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Auditions for The Mousetrap 

 

By Agatha Christie

Directed by Grant Turner

Looking for the following characters:

 

  • Mollie Ralston – Proprietor of Monkswell Manor, and wife of Giles.

  • 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.

  • Mrs Boyle – A critical older woman who is pleased by nothing she observes.

  • Major Metcalf – Retired from the army, little is known about Major Metcalf.

  • Miss Casewell – A strange, aloof, masculine woman who speaks offhandedly about the horrific experiences of her childhood.

  • 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 – The detective. He arrives in a snow storm and questions the proprietors and guests.

 

Please submit a monologue or speech roughly 1 min in length, IN A BRITISH ACCENT 

Please upload your recorded monologue to YouTube or another platform and send the viewing link to:

grant@elginoperahouse.com
Include the following:

Name:

Phone Number:

Email:

Please list your acting experience:

Please list any rehearsal conflicts:

Please submit by December 20th

 

We will have a reading of the play as a company on 12/27 

 

rehearsals will begin on 1/2/25

Performance Dates:

January 31, February 1, 7, 8, 14, 15 @ 7:30 PM
February 1, 8, 15 @ 2:30 PM

At the Jewel Theater

Please get in touch with Grant Turner with questions

grant@elginoperahouse.com

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