LTCC auditions for Agatha Christie's 'The Mouse Trap' on Sunday, Tuesday

The Lake Tahoe Community College Theatre Arts Department celebrates the 60th anniversary of the longest-running show of any play in history with Agatha Christie's "The Mouse Trap." Auditions are on Sunday Sept. 16, Tuesday, September 18 at 7 p.m. in the Duke Theatre. Casting 8 men and women of various ages.
This mega-hit from the Queen of Mysteries, brings together a group of strangers 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 that are 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 little 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, than 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. Of course, the play ends with another famous Agatha Christie switch finish.

The casting is for:

Mollie Ralston – late 20s-early 30s; Proprietor of Monkswell Manor, and wife of Giles; tries hard to please; has a secret.
Giles Ralston – late 20s-early 30s; Husband of Mollie who runs Monkswell Manor with his wife.
Christopher Wren – 20s; wild-looking neurotic young man; peculiar; artistic; has secrets.
Mrs. Boyle – 50s-60s; a retired judge; critical older woman who is pleased by nothing she observes.
Major Metcalf – 50s-60s; Retired Army Major; solid, patient man.
Miss Casewell – 20s; A strange, aloof, masculine woman; mysterious.
Mr. Paravicini – A mysterious man whose age is hard to pinpoint, as he appears to be artificially aged with make-up; has a foreign accent.
Detective Sergeant Trotter – 20s; the policeman who arrives to protect the people in the house; investigating a murder.
British accents preferred.
Scripts are available on reserve in the Library and audition sides are available at the Theater Department callboard. It is highly recommended that you read the script(there is also a movie version) and prepare the sides for the characters you are interested in.
Opportunities to work in the scene shop building sets or to be on backstage crew are also available.
For more information, call the Theatre Department at (530) 541-4660, ext. 240.