Auditions: “The Mousetrap”

Open auditions for the Actors Guild of Schuylkill County’s production of Agatha Christie’s “The Mousetrap.”
Audition dates/times:
SUNDAY, JULY 12TH 1-3PM
MONDAY, JULY 13TH 6-9PM
WEDNESDAY, JULY 15TH 6-9PM
Show dates:
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 16TH 7PM
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 17TH 7PM
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 18TH 2PM
THE KELSEY THEATRE
229 N MILL STREET, ST. CLAIR PA
Audition Information:
1. Please come prepared to do a cold reading of sides from the script.
2. You must be available for ALL show dates. Tech week will be the preceding week before the show. Tech week is mandatory. No exceptions.
3. Please write down on your audition form ALL known and potential conflicts, such as work, other show rehearsals, vacations, etc. so we can create a rehearsal schedule that works for everyone and accommodates conflicts.
4. Please indicate which role(s) you are auditioning for on your form.
5. All roles are open to everyone regardless of experience.
6. Rehearsals will begin shortly after the casting process is complete. There will be three rehearsals - two evenings on a weeknight and a Sunday afternoon. Please be aware that not everyone will be called to every rehearsal until we are closer to opening.
7. If you are interested in auditioning but are unable to make any of the scheduled dates, please reach out to us on messenger so we can set something up.
SHOW SUMMARY
The world’s longest running play! A group of strangers are stranded in a boarding house during a snow storm, one of whom is a murderer. The suspects include the newly married couple who run the house, and the suspicions in their minds nearly wreck their perfect marriage. Others are a spinster with a curious background, an architect who seems better equipped to be a chef, a retired Army major, a strange man who claims his car has overturned in a drift, and a jurist who makes life miserable for everyone. Into their midst comes a policeman, traveling on skis. He no sooner arrives, when the jurist is killed. Two down, and one to go. To get to the rationale of the murderer’s pattern, the policeman probes the background of everyone present, and rattles a lot of skeletons. Another famous Agatha Christie switch finish! Chalk up another superb intrigue for the foremost mystery writer of her time.