Auditions for ‘Mousetrap’ Sunday, Monday at PCP

Monday, April 30, 2018

Director T.J. Tincher will hold two sessions of auditions for the Agatha Christie mystery play “The Mousetrap.”

The first session will be Sunday, May 6 at 3 p.m. and the second will be Monday, May 7 at 7 p.m. Both sessions will be in the rehearsal center at the Hazel Day Longden Theatre off Round Barn Road in Greencastle.

“The Mousetrap” is the second production of the 57th season of Putnam County Playhouse. Sponsored by Shuee’s Furniture and Appliances, it will be produced July 12-14 and July 18-21.

Characters to be cast in the thriller include Mollie and Giles Ralston, a newly married couple in their 20s-30s who have recently opened a secluded inn; Christopher Wren, a neurotic young man in his 20s-30s; Mrs. Boyle, a mature woman 40s-60s in a perpetual bad temper; and Major Metcalf, an imposing military man in his 40s-50s.

Also involved in the mysterious proceedings are Miss Casewell, a woman in her 20s-30s who is masculine in appearance; Mr. Paravacini, a continental gentleman in his 50s; and Det. Sgt. Trotter, a police detective in his 20s-30s on hand to solve the growing mystery.

All of these are stage ages. Auditioners will be asked to read from the script.

An audition form and audition sides are available on the website at www.putnamcountyplayhouse.com.

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