The Mousetrap
By Agatha Christie

Directed by Lenore Stjerne

Previously produced at WCT in 1990. This long-running hit finds a group of suspicious strangers stranded in an English boarding house during a snowstorm. One of them is a murderer. To get to the rationale of the killer’s pattern, a policeman probes the back- ground of everyone present. Add another famous Christie surprise ending and chalk up superb intrigue from the foremost mystery writer of all time.

Audition Information

Directed by Lenore Stjerne
Auditions - Monday, 9/13 and Tuesday, 9/14 at 7:30 PM
Callbacks - Tuesday, 9/14 at 8:30 PM
Show runs November 5 – 20, 2010
Westminster Community Theatre
7272 Maple Street, Westminster, 92684
For more information: lstjerne@svia.org or (949) 552-1939

Looking for talented character actors who will bring depth and nuance to their roles. Each of these characters has a secret and audience needs to believe that any one of them could be the murderer. Looking for strong ensemble acting to bring this famous and popular mystery to life. British accent required for all roles except Mr. Paravicini, whose accent should be Italian. The play is set in the early 1950’s.

Casting:

Mollie Ralston: 25-30, LEAD. Pretty, outgoing, warm and pleasant. Can be nervous but has some spunk. A young wife running a boarding house with her husband. Hasn’t been married long, knew her husband only a short time before they were married. She starts to doubt his actions.
Giles Ralston: 25-30, LEAD. Mollie’s young husband. Attractive, confident, comes off as a bit arrogant and curt. He is protective of Mollie but he starts to doubt what he knows about her.
Detective Sergeant Trotter: 25-35, Male, LEAD. Confident, complex, clever, has a genial but urgent manner about him. Needs to have something unsettling about him that is just below the surface. He is not what he appears to be. The most intriguing character in the play.
Christopher Wren: 20-30, SUPPORT. Eccentric, hyperactive, flamboyant, fey. Develops an easy friendship with Mollie, is protective of her. Has an odd manner about him that invites suspicion.
Miss Casewell: 25-30, SUPPORT. Slightly masculine in dress, manner and voice. Sophisticated and worldly. Intense, rigid and aloof. Keeps mostly to herself until the end of the play.
Mrs. Boyle: 45-65, SUPPORT. A former magistrate. Imposing, unpleasant, haughty. Snobbish, disapproving, complains about everyone and everything. She is murdered at the end of Act 1.
Major Metcalf: 45-60, SUPPORT. Retired Army officer. Distinguished, congenial, earnest, helpful. Has a watchful manner about him. He is not what he appears to be.
Mr. Paravicini: 45-60, SUPPORT. Foreign looks and manner. Colorful, flamboyant character. Has a sly sense of humor. Appears at the boarding house when his car breaks down in a snowstorm.