Auditions for next CCPA production announced

Nevada Daily Mail

The Community Council on the Performing Arts has scheduled auditions for its next season production, "Murder by the Book," a comedy-mystery by Craig Sodaro, sponsored by Hoffman Financial Resources.

There are roles for four men and six women, teen-age or adult. Auditions will be held Sunday, March 12, and Monday, March 13, from 7 p.m. at the Fox Playhouse, 110 S. Main. Rehearsals will begin on March 15. The production is scheduled to be held on May 4, 5, 6, and 7, and will be directed by Sam DeLaney.

Synopsis: What happens when some of the world's greatest writers get together?

Murder, that's what! The Raven Society is holding its annual meeting to select the best mystery book of the year to win the coveted Smoking Gun Award. Because of the prestige of the prize, the membership in this sacred club is secret, even amongst themselves.

Each member attends the three day meeting, cut off from the rest of the world at the Dickens House, disguised as a famous author. This year, Edgar Allen Poe introduces a dashing upstart, William Shakespeare, as a new member to replace the recently departed Jules Verne.

Spouting poetry, Will instantly captures the hearts of Mary Shelley, Charlotte Bronte, and Louisa Mae Alcott. But romance is interrupted when Poe reads a nasty bit of correspondence announcing that each member of the society will die.

Only mystery maven Agatha Christie takes the message seriously, but, alas, it's too late. Emily Dickinson is the first to die, quickly followed by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Terror stalks the meeting as even the indomitable Mark Twain disappears.

Only one thing is for sure -- one of the famous authors is trying to kill the competition! (Pioneer Drama Service)

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