This musical mystery is structured as a Victorian-era performance troupe staging Charles Dickens’ unfinished novel The Mystery of Edwin Drood. When Edwin Drood disappears under suspicious circumstances, the company presents a growing list of possible suspects whose rivalries, hidden motives, and personal entanglements complicate the investigation. As the story unfolds, revelations and reversals continually reshape the mystery.

Because Dickens never completed the original novel, the production incorporates audience participation, allowing each performance to determine the identity of the murderer and the final outcome of the narrative.