Audition
We Welcome All Actors To Our Auditions!
All roles open to everyone, regardless of race, creed, national origin, sexual orientation, or previous experience. Newcomers are welcome and encouraged.
Auditions happen in a closed session with you and the director. Usually you'll audition by reading scenes from the show's script or sometimes with a prepared monologue. If you cannot attend the audition on the scheduled date, contact ACT to arrange an alternate date.
Scripts for all upcoming shows are available in the Box Office, located in the Main Stage theatre. Call (904) 261-6749 or stop by during Box Office hours to check out or read a script.
Upcoming auditions
The Mousetrap
Performances: August 9th - 24th 2024
Directed by Peggy Strickland
Audition Dates:
June 1st @ 12:30pm
June 2nd @ 6:30pm
Studio 209 Cedar Street
Fernandina Beach, FL. 32034
Characters
Mollie Ralston, Female; Age 20s to early 30s. New owner/hostess of Monkswell Manor; anxious about hosting the inn's first guests; married to Giles for one year.
Giles Ralston, Male; Age 20s to early 30s. Owns Monkswell Manor with his wife Mollie; somewhat arrogant and jealous of the other guests' attentions toward Mollie.
Christopher Wren, Male; Age 20s to 30s. The first guest to arrive at the hotel, Wren is a hyperactive young man who acts in a very peculiar manner. Wren claims to have been named after the architect of the same name by his parents.
Mrs. Boyle Female; Age 40s to 60s. Mrs. Boyle is an imposing woman in a bad temper; she complains about everything. She is disapproving of every effort that Mollie and Giles produce to make her comfortable.
Major Metcalf, Male; Age 40s to 60s. Major Metcalf is middle-aged, squareshouldered, military in manner and bearing. He is friendly and very polite, and serves as a good counter to Mrs. Boyle during the play’s first act.
Miss Casewell Female; Age 20s to 30s. A strange, aloof, somewhat masculine woman who speaks offhandedly about the horrific experiences of her childhood.
Mr. Paravicini Male; Age 30s to 50s. 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. Sgt. Trotter Male; Age late 20s to early 40s.
Detective Sergeant Trotter is a cheerful, common-place man who arrives at the guest house on skis to investigate a local murder
Synopsis
After a local woman is murdered, the guests and staff at Monkswell Manor find themselves stranded during a snowstorm. It soon becomes clear that the killer is among them, and the seven strangers grow increasingly suspicious of one another. A police detective, arriving on skis, interrogates the suspects: the newlyweds running the house; 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. When a second murder takes place, tensions and fears escalate. This record-breaking murder mystery features a brilliant surprise finish from Dame Agatha Christie, the foremost mystery writer of her time.