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A musical Trivial Pursuit dinner party is returning to Queens next month
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Published Jul 29, 2025
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A biannual meal-slash-performance art show-slash-interactive experience-slash-Trivial Pursuit homage returns next month for the sixth time — and, for the first time, with an original score.
"Trivial Pursuits Dinner Party: The Musical!" features eclectic, participatory performances and a homemade, six-course meal of pies served to guests at color-coded tables.
Tickets are $40 and the event takes place on Sunday, Aug. 10 from 3 to 6 p.m. at a secret location in Long Island City, with address revealed upon ticket purchase.
The evening is produced by the group Springboard Collective, which bills itself as a producer of “interactive, immersive exhibitions.” The group has previously produced Rinkworm, a pop-up roller rink and Limo Cult, a handmade 70-foot limousine that hosted a 12-hour DJ set and champagne brunch.
The inspiration for the Trivial Pursuits series came from both the board game and a desire to create an evening of entertainment.
A past Trivial Pursuits dinner party.
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“I wanted to have a dinner party riffing on the game pieces from Trivial Pursuit, the board game, with the goal of it culminating in a food fight,” Sarah Dahlinger, Springboard Collective codirector, said of the inspiration for the first Trivial Pursuits Dinner Party back in 2017.
“It was kind of this very literal way of having a trivial pursuit, trying to accomplish something that seems really silly and dumb but is actually an impactful experience to get swept up into,” she said.
This year’s dinner, which is Broadway musical-themed, does not involve a planned food fight, but it will have a surprising grand finale, said Dahlinger’s co-director, Danny Crump.
“ I can't reveal what the grand finale is, but each addition of the dinner party kind of, like, slowly culminates to a big interactive part where everyone is activated all at once, whether they want to or not,” Crump said.
She described the parties' finales as moments "of shared experience that people weren’t expecting.” One previous dinner party ended with literal pies in the face.
Past attendees say the series is a shining example of how weird and wonderful New York is.
“ The whole thing kind of feels ‘PeeWee's Playhouse’-esque in all the good ways,” said Alex Nathanson, who has attended several dinners. “We need more weird, queer, play, art, stuff in the world, and I think this is a great example of that.”
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