An Old Fashioned Family Murder
Auditions: Monday August 10 and Tuesday August 11 at 7:00pm
Callbacks: Thursday August 13 and 11 at 7:00pm
Location: Vienna Community Center: 120 Cherry S. SE, Vienna VA 22081
Performance Dates:
Friday, October 16 at 7:30 PM
Saturday, October 17 at 7:30 PM
Sunday, October 18, at 2:00 PM
Friday, October 23 at 7:30 PM
Saturday, October 24 at 7:30 PM
Sunday, October 25 at 2:00 PM
Friday, October 30 at 7:30 PM
No performance on Halloween, Saturday October 31
Sunday, November 1 at 2:00 PM
Description:
A murder. A mystery. A mother. It’s a dark and stormy night at the mansion of elderly Colonel Claythorne, and the pompous murder-mystery author Arthur Whittington is holding court with the Colonel’s family: his eldest daughter, Clarice, who is cold and glamorous; Clarice’s attractive fiancé, Jasper; Claythorne’s youngest daughter, Dotty, who is a big fan of Whittington’s; and Mrs. Shirley Peck, an unassuming but keenly observant visiting widow. When Whittington shares the news that the Colonel has modified his will to cut out one of his daughters – though which daughter won’t be revealed until the Colonel’s death – tempers flare. By the time Mrs. Peck’s son, (junior) Detective Paul Peck arrives at the house, there’s been a murder, and everyone is a suspect. With backstabbing, love and Mrs. Peck’s mother-knows-best advice complicating the investigation, it soon becomes clear that nothing – and no one – is what it seems.
Character Descriptions:
Mrs. Shirley Peck - over fifty. Sweet and unassuming and relentlessly underestimated
Decective Paul Peck - 30’s. Shirley’s devoted son. An earnest yet rather unsuccessful detective.
Arthur Whittington - middle aged. A world -renown writer of murder mysteries, Also, a proud snob. He speaks with a very affected English accent, though he’s probably from Missouri.
Clarice Claythorne - 20’s-30’s - Dazzling and glamorous, sharp witted and sly. She wouldn’t be out of place in film noir.
Dotty Claythorne - twenties or early thirties. Modest and soft spoken, excited only by murder mysteries. Though young, she dresses like a Victorian widow.
Jasper Jamison - twenties or early thirties, Clarice’s finance, Handsome and dim, he looks fantastic in a swimsuit.
Place - The grand room of a grand mansion, somewhere in the rainy Northwest.
Time - Spring, 1943
Diversity actors are strongly encouraged to audition.
Location - All auditions and performances will be held at the Vienna Community Center: 120 Cherry S. SE, Vienna VA 22081
Questions, please email: [email protected]
A murder. A mystery. A mother. It’s a dark and stormy night at the mansion of elderly Colonel Claythorne, and the pompous murder-mystery author Arthur Whittington is holding court with the Colonel’s family: his eldest daughter, Clarice, who is cold and glamorous; Clarice’s attractive fiancé, Jasper; Claythorne’s youngest daughter, Dotty, who is a big fan of Whittington’s; and Mrs. Shirley Peck, an unassuming but keenly observant visiting widow. When Whittington shares the news that the Colonel has modified his will to cut out one of his daughters – though which daughter won’t be revealed until the Colonel’s death – tempers flare. By the time Mrs. Peck’s son, (junior) Detective Paul Peck arrives at the house, there’s been a murder, and everyone is a suspect. With backstabbing, love and Mrs. Peck’s mother-knows-best advice complicating the investigation, it soon becomes clear that nothing – and no one – is what it seems.
Character Descriptions:
Mrs. Shirley Peck - over fifty. Sweet and unassuming and relentlessly underestimated
Decective Paul Peck - 30’s. Shirley’s devoted son. An earnest yet rather unsuccessful detective.
Arthur Whittington - middle aged. A world -renown writer of murder mysteries, Also, a proud snob. He speaks with a very affected English accent, though he’s probably from Missouri.
Clarice Claythorne - 20’s-30’s - Dazzling and glamorous, sharp witted and sly. She wouldn’t be out of place in film noir.
Dotty Claythorne - twenties or early thirties. Modest and soft spoken, excited only by murder mysteries. Though young, she dresses like a Victorian widow.
Jasper Jamison - twenties or early thirties, Clarice’s finance, Handsome and dim, he looks fantastic in a swimsuit.
Place - The grand room of a grand mansion, somewhere in the rainy Northwest.
Time - Spring, 1943
Diversity actors are strongly encouraged to audition.
Location - All auditions and performances will be held at the Vienna Community Center: 120 Cherry S. SE, Vienna VA 22081
Questions, please email: [email protected]
