Cold readings. No monologue required.

Show: Murder by the Book

Playwright: Laura Teasdale

Director: Mallory Moxon-Carson

Theatre: Cambridge Community Players

Location: Cambridge Arts Theatre.

Audition Dates: Monday June 23rd, 7-10 pm, Tues June 24th, 7-10 pm

Callbacks: Thursday June 26th, 7-10 pm if necessary

The town of Two Spruce is about to lose their beloved library. A team of volunteer actors come to its financial rescue by staging a murder mystery. But on opening night a real murder most foul threatens to thwart their theatrical aspirations. Lucy the Librarian and a team of quirky volunteer actors scramble to solve the crime before the curtain rises and the library is lost forever.

Lucy Nickel:Our hero. Librarian and reluctant stage manager turned reluctant sleuth. Sometimes it seems like she’s the only sane one in the bunch.

Hillary Shilling:hallenger. Reformer. The janitor of the library. She’s harsh and intimidating. Plays the role of Wendy Sheckle -The nerdish ingénue 

Sarah Sovereign:The victim. Incredibly wealthy and sooo out of touch withordinary people. Plus she’s a terrible actor. Plays the role of Sally Guilder – former mean girl and also victim in the play within the play.

Shelagh O’Coin: Aspiring playwright. Plays the role of Linda Pence, a drunk.

Steve Quid: Gold digger. Vain. Charmer & flatterer. Plays the role of Walter Thruppence- The lawyer who becomes the sleuth of the play within the play.

Danny Farthing: Cop. He is debilitatingly shy except when on the community theatre stage. He is the town’s best actor.Plays the role of Kirk Florin – a party animal

Bill Quarter: Caregiver/peacemaker. Retired teacher. Plays the role of Rocky Bender- The hippie from a couple grades above Sally at school. He’s the psychic.

Dorie Drachma: A bit of a villain. Chairman of the board of the library. Conservative. She’s the director of the play within the play, but has to step inand take the role of Sally.

Cold readings. No monologue required.

Show: Trifles

Playwright: Susan Glaspell

Director: Marley Sullivan

Theatre: Cambridge Community Players

Location: Cambridge Arts Theatre.

Audition Dates: Monday June 23rd, 7-10 pm, Tues June 24th, 7-10 pm

Callbacks: Thursday June 26th, 7-10 pm if necessary

In what the men dismiss as trifles, the women find clues to the truth behind a grizzly murder. Inspired by a true-crime story and set against the backdrop of a lonely Iowa Farmhouse in the early 1900s, Trifles explores themes of justice, gender equality and abuse.

Mrs. Hale: The wife of Lewis Hale and neighbor to the victim – and suspect. Observant, suspicious of men.

Mrs. Peters: The Sheriff's wife, who is tasked with retrieving a few of Minnie’s belongings from the farmhouse. Conflicted.

County Attorney (George Henderson) : Young, self-assured. 

The Sheriff (Henry Peters) : The local lawman and husband of Mrs. Peters 

Mr. Hale: The neighbouring farmer who discovered the murder. 

To book an audition slot, please email productions@cambridgecommunityplayers.com.