The Mousetrap
The Mousetrap
Directed by Joel Fenster
“The MouseTrap” - written by Agatha Christie, performed in The Dressing Room Theatre September 14th – 30th, 2007
The story is about a young couple, Mollie and Giles Ralston, who have started up a new hotel in the converted Monkswell Manor. They are snowed in together with four guests and an additional traveler, who ran his car into a snowdrift. Detective Sergeant Trotter arrives on skis to inform the group that he believes a murderer is on his way to the hotel, following the death of Miss Maureen Lyon in London. When one of the guests is killed, they realize that the murderer is already there. Although the suspicion falls first on Christopher Wren, an erratic young man who fits the description of the supposed murderer, it quickly transpires that the killer could be any one of the guests, or even the hosts themselves.
Cast:
(in order of appearance)
Mollie Ralston – Rasha Hamilton
Clark Giles Ralston – Stephen Tubbs
Christopher Wren – Mario Fuentes
Mrs. Boyle – Marcia Cummings Vinci
Major Metcalf – John Pyron
Miss Casewell - Alicia Dupuis
Mr. Paravicini – Dexter Anderson
Sergeant Trotter – Rob Nichols
Production Team:
Producer – Lou Ursone
Director – Joel Fenster
Production Design – Peter Barbieri, Jr.
Stage Manager – Kevin Tangey
Costume Design – Amber Gordon
Radio Broadcasts – Ray Stephens
Assistant Stage Manager – Samantha Vinci
Light Board Operator – Patrick Cahill
Portrait of Dame Agatha Christie by Fred Scharmer
Special Thanks to: JCB Interiors – East Main Street, Stamford for furniture on loan.