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"How to Host a Murder Mystery Dinner Party" Play Needs Cast

Sayreville, NJ, United States
ID: 287279Exp: 7/7/2025
Description:

Audition for "How to Host a Murder Mystery Dinner Party (In Fifteen Simple Steps)". Actors wanted. ONLY LOCAL TALENT WILL BE CONSIDERED. See breakdown below. About the project: What could be more fun than a dinner theatre murder mystery at a how-to seminar about hosting a murder mystery dinner party, complete with audience interaction, information packets with extra clues, and multiple endings?! Host Miss Penelope Chrysler-Michelin presents her proven, fifteen-step process on how to host a murder mystery dinner party to your audience, the dinner guests at her seminar. To guide them through the presentation, Miss Penelope has planned her own murder mystery dinner party to play out onstage. She takes guests through all the most important steps, such as “Setting the Scene,” “Choosing Your Mark,” “Establishing Motive,” and more. Of course, her guest list has been carefully selected to make sure the very best mix of suspicious characters are present — The Celebrity, The Writer, The Doctor, The Ladykiller. But like any good murder mystery, the weather worsens and the plot thickens when there is an unexpected visitor on the dark and stormy night. Good thing Miss Penelope has thought of everything, including Step Eight: “Always Have a Backup Plan.” Can anyone really be trusted at this devious dinner party? Additional info: There will be no callbacks. You will receive an email regarding casting from the production team by the end of that week. Rehearsals will be held on Mondays and Wednesdays from 7:30-9pm. Not everyone will be called to every rehearsal. Show dates are September 5 and 6. When applying, please include a 45 second to 1 minute comedic monologue. Please also include if you have any improv experience as this is a show with audience interaction.

14 roles

THE HOSTFemale18-56 y.o.All ethnicities

Aka Miss Penelope Chrysler Michelin; our guide; a bored heiress who’s out of touch with her audience.

THE HOUSEKEEPERFemale18-56 y.o.All ethnicities

Aka Miss Gwyneth; runs the household.

THE MAIDFemale18-56 y.o.All ethnicities

Aka Miss Sherry; assistant to Miss Gwyneth.

THE PIANISTFemale18-56 y.o.All ethnicities

Aka Harmony Kline; helps to set the mood.

THE GOSSIPFemale18-56 y.o.All ethnicities

Aka Gabby Reynolds; has the dirt on everyone.

THE CELEBRITYFemale18-56 y.o.All ethnicities

Aka Charlotte Beauregard; an off-broadway and small screen starlet.

THE LAWYERMale18-56 y.o.All ethnicities

Aka James Willhelm, Esq.; the most prominent lawyer in the region.

THE FREE SPIRITFemale18-56 y.o.All ethnicities

Aka Venus Starship; an advocate for mainstream- and fringe- issues.

THE GROUNDSKEEPERMale18-56 y.o.All ethnicities

Aka Hannibal Lattice; maintains the property.

THE DOCTORFemale18-56 y.o.All ethnicities

Aka Dr. Jennifer Nightingale; a successful family physician.

THE LADYKILLERMale18-56 y.o.All ethnicities

Aka Hugh Glover; a wealthy, handsome, and charming bachelor.

THE WRITERMale18-56 y.o.All ethnicities

Aka Gregory Hemingway; a famous- but fragile- novelist.

THE LOST TRAVELERMale18-56 y.o.All ethnicities

Aka Mark DeMarco; unsuspecting “Mark” marooned by the storm.

THE INSPECTORMale18-56 y.o.All ethnicities

Aka Charles Enigma; a local lawman who happens to be on the scene.