Performers Wanted for "A Murder is Announced" Show
The company is holding auditions for Production of Agatha Christie's "A Murder is Announced" and looking for performers, please see the details below. ONLY LOCAL TALENT WILL BE CONSIDERED. About the project: An announcement in the local paper states the time and place when a murder is to occur in Miss Blacklock's Victorian house. The victim is not one of the house's several occupants, but an unexpected and unknown visitor. What follows is a classic Christie puzzle of mixed motives, concealed identities, a second death and a determined inspector grimly following the case's twists and turns. Fortunately, Miss Marple is on hand to provide the solution - at some risk to herself - in a dramatic final confrontation. Additional info: Auditions will consist of Cold readings from the script. No need to prepare anything. Time Commitment: Rehearsals are Tuesdays and Thursdays 7-10 and Tech week is October 27-November 3 6-10 Performances are November 1,2,3 Please apply if interested.
12 roles
Miss Marple is overly inquisitive, grandmotherly, but shrewd. Amateur detective.
Owner of Little Paddocks, Letitia is attractive. She has clearly looked after her figure and features. She has taken in Bunny as well as Julia, Patrick and Phillipa. Reserved and opinionated.
Craddock is the local police inspector. He is serious and business oriented.
Julia is staying with her Aunt Lettie. She is studying pharmacy. Beautiful but difficult.
Julia's brother, Patrick is a very handsome young man. A jokester, fights with Julia.
Dora is Lettie's school chum who has become her companion. Befuddled and laughable.
Lettie's cook, Mitzi is dark and mid-European or Asian (e.g. Hungarian, Romanian, Yugoslavian, Chinese etc.). She is explosive, if not paranoid but is very funny.
Tall, rather elegant looking, blonde, and classy, Phillipa is a war widow with a young son.
A serious young man with pretensions of being a writer, Edmund is dark and foreign looking, though very British. Embarrassed by his mother. He is interested in Phillipa.
Mrs. Swettenham is new to the village, she is very pushy but easily flustered.
Mellors is Craddock's assistant. Sometimes not too bright but diligent.
Rudi is a young Swiss national.
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