RiverStage is pleased to announce auditions for its first show of the 2024-25 Season!

The genre-defining murder mystery from the world’s best-selling novelist of all time comes to the stage!

RiverStage Community Theatre invites you to open auditions for its opening show of the 2024-25 season, Agatha Christie’s worldwide phenomenon murder mystery, “The Mousetrap”! Auditions will be held for two nights, August 18 & 19, at 7:00pm at RiverStage Community Theatre, Greenspace Center, 815 Market Street, in Lewisburg.

Actors may attend either audition session, and do not need to prepare material ahead of time but will be asked to read scenes from the script. Auditioners should also bring a calendar to indicate any scheduling conflicts they have between now and October 27. Performances will be October 18, 19, 20, 25, 26 and 27 in the same location at RiverStage.

In true Agatha Christie style, The Mousetrap offers a host of colorful and suspicious characters. At a remote guest house in the England countryside amid a huge snowstorm, weekend guests arrive and begin to settle in. As news spreads about a murder in nearby London, a police sergeant arrives and reveals the shocking news that there is reason to believe that the killer they are searching for is among them. This sets off the investigation, with the sergeant (and the audience) unearthing clues and putting together the pieces before the killer can strike again. The Mousetrap is the world’s longest running-play in London’s West End and anywhere in the world, with over 29,500 performances since its premiere in 1952.

The list of roles is as follows:

• Mollie Ralston – Proprietor of Monkswell Manor
• Mrs Boyle – A critical older woman who is pleased by nothing she observes.
• Miss Casewell – A strange, aloof, woman who speaks offhandedly about the horrific experiences of her childhood.
• Giles Ralston – Husband of Mollie who runs Monkswell Manor with his wife.
• Christopher Wren – The first guest to arrive at the hotel, Wren is a hyperactive young man who acts in a very peculiar manner. He admits he is running away from something, but refuses to say what. Wren claims to have been named after the architect of the same name by his parents.
• Major Metcalf – Retired from the army, little is known about Major Metcalf.
• Mr Paravicini – 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 – He arrives in a snow storm and questions the proprietors and guests.

Rehearsal schedule will depend on role and actors’ conflicts, and not every actor will be called to every rehearsal. RiverStage Community Theatre is also committed to equity, diversity and inclusion, and we encourage performers of all races and ethnicities, gender identities, sexualities, abilities, and ages to attend RiverStage auditions. Please contact us with any questions at auditions@riverstagetheatre.org, and we’ll see you at auditions!

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