The Mousetrap
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Single Admission (everyone) is $20.00 per seat.
Opening Night Admission is $15.00 per seat.
Group Discount available for 10 or more seats.
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.
Types: Full-Length Play
Genre: Murder Mystery
*** All Ages are Relative ***
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.
Voice on the radio – source of news relevant to the story
Mollie Ralston: Kamryn Putney
Giles Ralston: Owen Newborn
Christopher Wren: Jeremy Niemi
Mrs Boyle: Kathleen Walker
Major Metcalf: Chuck Abernathy
Paravicini: Frank Le Doux
Miss Casewell: Evelyn Eoff
Sgt Trotter: Jared Burkholder
Director – Beverly Crain
Stage Manager – Robert White
Set – Betty Neal, Danny & Marvin McQuown
Lights and Sound – Adam McQueen
I am thrilled to have been asked to direct The Mousetrap for Ramona Hillside Players. I have been a great fan of Agatha Christie’s works for a very long time and was thrilled to be able to see The Mousetrap in London a couple of years ago. I also portrayed Mrs. Boyle in the play at Camino Real Playhouse in San Juan Capistrano 2 years ago, which was a longtime item on my bucket list.
The Mousetrap began as a radio play entitled Three Blind Mice, of which the same tune occurs throughout. The short 20 minute play was written for Queen Mary at the BBC’s request and then expanded into the stage play, which premiered in 1952. It has become a prototype of whodunit and is now the longest running play, with over 28,000 performances. I hope you will enjoy this presentation and have fun trying to figure ‘whodunit.’
Someone has said: “To see a mousetrap in your dreams reflects a need to be careful of character, as a person may have designs on you. The one who sets the trap will artfully devise means to overcome his/her opponents.”
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