{"id":3010,"date":"2025-02-28T21:56:05","date_gmt":"2025-02-28T21:56:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bedfordplayers.ca\/?p=3010"},"modified":"2025-02-28T21:56:05","modified_gmt":"2025-02-28T21:56:05","slug":"audition-notice-sex-please-were-sixty-2-2-2-3-2-3-2-2-3-2-2-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bedfordplayers.ca\/?p=3010","title":{"rendered":"Audition Notice: A Murder is Announced"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/bedfordplayers.ca\/WP\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/ksnip_20250228-173432.png\" width=\"286\" height=\"179\" \/><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">A Murder is Announced<\/span><\/h3>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\">by Leslie Darbon<\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Adapted from Agatha Christie&#8217;s novel<\/p>\n<p>Auditions will be held from 7:00 to 9:30 pm on March 9th and 10th (Sunday and Monday)\u00a0 at Bedford Players Theatre (upper-level parking lot at All Saints Anglican Church) 1408 Bedford Highway.<\/p>\n<p><strong>About the play:<\/strong><\/p>\n<div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<p>A startling notice in the local paper announces that a murder is scheduled to take place at 6:30 PM on Friday the 13th at &#8220;Little Paddocks,&#8221; the Victorian home of Miss Blacklock. What follows is a classic Christie murder mystery filled with various motives and memorable characters. Thankfully, Miss Marple is on the scene and joins forces with a resolute inspector to follow the intricate twists and turns of the case and as she embarks on finding the solution, Miss Marple faces a dramatic confrontation&#8230;with a killer!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u201c<strong><em>A Murder Is Announced<\/em><\/strong>\u201d is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals on behalf of Samuel French, Inc. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.concordtheatricals.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=http:\/\/www.playscripts.com&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1721742859476000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3Mo6qcGPVEZP2u4zjhMaXx\">www.concordtheatricals.com<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Notes for auditioners:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">No prepared piece is required for this audition. Individual auditions on a <strong>first-come first-serve basis<\/strong> will be carried out using excerpts from the script which will be provided on site. <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Auditions will begin at 7:00 pm on both nights.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rehearsals will be 3 times per week, Sunday, Monday &amp; Thursday at 7:00 p.m., beginning with a read-through on Sunday, March 16, 2025 and continuing through to Tuesday, June 3, 2025.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Performances will be Thursdays to Sundays, June 5 to 21<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, 2025. <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">See below for character descriptions. Age ranges are flexible.<\/span><\/li>\n<li>To audition, please register for the date of your choosing by completing our online audition form at <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/e\/1FAIpQLSflqv4gHEshGD2iUeAFyvgJxZSfBxGsSYZUpp4aqKpqsy9ycA\/viewform?usp=send_form\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/1nk.io\/ANyL?recipient_id%3D14DTLBtwi23c6y5ZKgNqCcgkgZshA9hpt5fim4GcQr1VI&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1721742859476000&amp;usg=AOvVaw1foPrW6TAsBC3Lhp4n453K\">A Murder is Announced &#8211; Audition Form<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>Characters:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Miss Marple (60yrs+) Spinster &#8211; amateur detective, observant\u00a0and clever<\/li>\n<li>Letitia \u201cLetty\u201d Blacklock (50yrs+) Heiress and owner of Little\u00a0Paddocks \u2013 elegant, intelligent, giving<\/li>\n<li>Dora \u201cBunny\u201d Bunner (50+yrs) Childhood friend of Mrs Blacklock &#8211; sweet, absent-minded, a bit of an over-sharer, a resident of Little Paddocks<\/li>\n<li>Philippa Haymes (mid-20s) Lodger at Little Paddocks \u2013 widow, horticulturalist, elegant, polite and serious<\/li>\n<li>Patrick Simmons (mid-20s) Nephew of Mrs Blacklock \u2013 University Student, sarcastic, enjoys teasing his sister, Julia, a resident of Little Paddocks<\/li>\n<li>Julia Simmons (mid-20s) Sister of Patrick \u2013 Pharmacy assistant, well-spoken, elegant, enjoys the finer things in life, a resident of Little Paddocks<\/li>\n<li>Edmund Swettenham (mid-20s) Aspiring author \u2013 cynical, well\u00a0read, a bit out-spoken, lives with his mother<\/li>\n<li>Mrs Swettenham (45yrs+) Neighbour to Mrs Blacklock \u2013 Nosey,\u00a0overbearing mother<\/li>\n<li>Mitzi (20s-40s) Hungarian cook\/housekeeper at Little Paddocks \u2013 she is excitable, very paranoid, and has a temper<\/li>\n<li>Inspector Craddock (40yrs+) Police Inspector \u2013 He is serious, experienced and a bit gruff<\/li>\n<li>Sergeant Mellors (20s-40ys) Police Sergeant \u2013 eager, helpful<\/li>\n<li>Rudi Scherz (early 20s) Uninvited guest at Little Paddocks \u2013\u00a0small role, he is on stage briefly<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">To audition, please register for the date of your choosing by completing our online audition form at <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/e\/1FAIpQLSflqv4gHEshGD2iUeAFyvgJxZSfBxGsSYZUpp4aqKpqsy9ycA\/viewform?usp=send_form\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/1nk.io\/ANyL?recipient_id%3D14DTLBtwi23c6y5ZKgNqCcgkgZshA9hpt5fim4GcQr1VI&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1721742859476000&amp;usg=AOvVaw1foPrW6TAsBC3Lhp4n453K\">A Murder is Announced &#8211; Audition Form<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Questions can be directed to the Director at Director at <a href=\"mailto:director3@bedfordplayers.ca\">director3@bedfordplayers.ca<\/a><\/p>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: center;\">Bedford Players Community Theatre is a community organization that operates on a volunteer basis. All participants are volunteers and their time, skills, and efforts are offered with no compensation.\u00a0 We appreciate all our volunteers and could do nothing without them!<\/h6>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n<p> <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">A Murder is Announced<\/span> by Leslie Darbon <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Adapted from Agatha Christie&#8217;s novel<\/p>\n<p>Auditions will be held from 7:00 to 9:30 pm on March 9th and 10th (Sunday and Monday)\u00a0 at Bedford Players Theatre (upper-level parking lot at All Saints Anglican Church) 1408 Bedford Highway.<\/p>\n<p><strong>About the play:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A startling notice &hellip; <\/p>\n<p><a class=\"more-link btn\" href=\"https:\/\/bedfordplayers.ca\/?p=3010\">Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3012,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3010","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","nodate","item-wrap"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bedfordplayers.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3010","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bedfordplayers.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bedfordplayers.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bedfordplayers.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bedfordplayers.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3010"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/bedfordplayers.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3010\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3015,"href":"https:\/\/bedfordplayers.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3010\/revisions\/3015"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bedfordplayers.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3012"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bedfordplayers.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3010"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bedfordplayers.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3010"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bedfordplayers.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3010"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}