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Auditions for St. Paul Players Fall show THE UNEXPECTED GUEST by Agatha Christie.

Tue & Thu, July 9 & 11 at 7pm

St. Paul Lutheran Church. Parking lot is at 121 Willow St. Reading, 45215.

Performance dates: October 18-20 and 25-27.

Directed  by Mary Benken

Cast requirements: 3 women, 6 men

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.

For more information contact the director at maryangela1969@aol.com

St. Paul Players announce auditions for their July production, COCKTAILS WITH MIMI by Mary Chase.

Directed by Barry Prince

Audition dates and times:
Sunday April 7 at 2:00 pm and Tuesday April 9 at 7:00 pm.

Location:
St. Paul Lutheran Church 106 Maple St. Reading, Ohio 45215
Parking Lot for the Church is 121 Willow St. Reading, Ohio 45215
Any questions call David Hill at 513-324-8304

Performance dates: July 5-7 & 12-14

Auditions consist of cold readings from the script.

SYNOPSIS:
Mimi Ralston, a wealthy and much-married divorcee, is giving a party in honor of the reputedly formidable parents of her daughter’s fiancé. Typically she engages a stunt “waiter” to insult her guests and, specifically, to spill soup on the stuffed-shirt Calthorpes. But her daughter, Edie, fearing that her mother would never be able to stomach her future in-laws, has hired two actors to impersonate them—which works fine until the real Calthorpes arrive on the scene with their son. Thereafter the mistaken identities (and the fun) proliferate, until all is in a state of hilarious confusion. Fortunately things are eventually set straight, as is Edie—who learns some lessons in love and life which spare her from what could have been a most unhappy fate.

Character breakdown:

• Mimi Ralston                           the hostess
• Edith Ralston                          her daughter
• Clyde Elliot                             her lawyer
• Jane Elliot                               his wife
• Mrs. Carlton De Vries (Dody) a guest
• Lester Calthorpe                      Edith’s fiancé
• Leland Calthorpe                     his father
• Eudorra Calthorpe                   his mother
• Lucy White                              an actress
• Burt Evans                              an actor
• Paul Hanson                            a waiter
• Waiter