St. Paul Players announce auditions for their October production: Agatha Christie’s The Unexpected Guest, directed by Mary Benken.
Audition dates and times: Monday July 8, at 7:00 pm and Tuesday July 9, at 7:00 pm. Callbacks on Thursday July 11 at 7:00 pm.
Location: St. Paul Lutheran Church, 106 Maple St., Reading, Ohio 45215 (parking lot for the Church is at 121 Willow St., Reading
More Info: Call David Hill at 513-324-8304
Performance Dates: October 18-20 and 25-27
Auditions consist of cold readings from the script.
SYNOPSIS: Lost in the fog, a stranger seeks refuge in a nearby house, only to find a man shot dead and his wife standing over him with a smoking gun. But the woman’s dazed confession is anything but convincing, and the unexpected guest decides to help. Remarkably, the police clues point to a man who died two years previously, but as the ghosts of a past wrong begin to emerge, a tangled web of lies reveals family secrets and chilling motives, where the real murderer turns out to be the greatest mystery of all.
CHARACTERS:
Richard Warwick | Dead (no lines – great for someone wanting to get started in community theatre acting) |
Laura Warwick | Kind and caring. Richard Warwick’s wife. |
Michael Starkwedder | Rugged outdoor look. Not polished but quick thinker. |
Miss Bennett | Organized, alert, and nosey. Runs the household. |
Jan Warwick | Excitable young man with an innocent sweetness about him. Eyes dart and add sly look to him. |
Mrs. Warwick | Commanding and alert with a strong personality. |
Henry Angell | Manservant with proper manners but shifty untrusting personality. |
Sergeant Cadwallader | Poetic and soft spoken. Somewhat unobserving. |
Inspector Thomas | Good poker face with dry sarcastic attitude. |
Julian Farrar | Politician with soldierly aspect. |