Aspiring and experienced performers are invited to take part in a night of murder, mystery and audience interaction as the ARTx3 Campus holds auditions for its upcoming production of Much Ado About Murder.
Auditions will consist of reading sides from the script and an improv exercise. Auditioners do not have to memorize the sides, but they are encouraged them to read ahead of time here. No acting experience is required. Performers must be available for all tech rehearsals and performances. Auditioners must be 18 or older.
Rich but rotten Carlton Larraby enjoys punctuating his family’s lives with macabre little surprises. His latest joke is a Halloween party where everyone arrives dressed as a Shakespearean character. The bored guests wait impatiently for their host to appear, unaware that he has been gruesomely bludgeoned to death in his study. A sinister master of ceremonies named Mr. Hawker reveals what happened through a series of flashbacks that show the events surrounding the murder. Little by little, as the audience gets to know the people of the drama, they begin to suspect the identity of the murderer ... only to discover they’re wrong.
To help them further, Mr. Hawker invites the audience to view the clue-rich scene of the crime during intermission. Finally, near the end of Act II, he gives the audience the opportunity to question the characters. All the ingredients of a deliciously frightening murder mystery are here—lightning, thunder, weird sounds, screams in the dark—plus the fun of letting the audience participate in solving the crime.
Much Ado About Murder is directed by Jonathan R. Hoover and assistant directed by Briar Thompson. The production is sponsored by the Ben J. Altheimer Charitable Foundation.
