Casting Performers for "The Mousetrap" Play
Seeking performers to audition for "The Mousetrap" show. Please see the details below. About the project: THE MOUSETRAP follows a group of people gathered in a remote part of the countryside as they discover, to their horror, that there is a murderer in their midst. Who can it be? One by one, suspicious characters reveal their sordid pasts until, at the last nerve-shredding moment, the play finally unveils the identity and the motive. An irresistible treat for amateur sleuths everywhere! Additional info: For auditions, please be prepared to read sides from the script that will be provided by the director. If you have a headshot or performance resume, the director would be glad to look it over. If interested, please apply.
9 roles
New owner/hostess of Monkswell Manor; anxious about hosting the inn's first guests; married to Giles for one year.
Owns Monkswell Manor with his wife Mollie; somewhat arrogant and jealous of the other guests' attentions toward Mollie.
The first guest to arrive at the hotel, Wren is ahyperactive young man who acts in a very peculiar manner. Wren claims to have been named after the architect of the same name by his parents.
Mrs. Boyle is an imposing woman in a bad temper; she complains about everything. She is disapproving of every effort that Mollie and Giles produce to make her comfortable.
Major Metcalf is middle-aged, squareshouldered, military in manner and bearing. He is friendly and very polite, and serves as a good counter to Mrs. Boyle during the play’s first act.
A strange, aloof, somewhat masculine woman who speaks offhandedly about the horrific experiences of her childhood.
A man of unknown provenance who turns up claiming his car has overturned in a snowdrift. He appears to be affecting a foreign accent and artificially aged with make-up.
Detective Sergeant Trotter is a cheerful, common-place man who arrives at the guest house on skis to investigate a local murder.
Voice only; reads BBC News reports on local murder.
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