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Iron Mountain Stage Company announces auditions for its Fall production

"A Gift of Murder"
by George Batson

directed by Petra Seirmarco

Location:
Ringwood Public Library Community Room (downstairs)

Dates and Times of Auditions:
Thursday, Sept. 10, 7:00pm - 9:00 pm
Saturday, Sept. 12, 1:30 pm - 3:30 pm

Performance Dates and Locations:
Saturday, Nov. 7 - Community Presbyterian Church
Thursday, Nov. 12 - Bald Eagle Commons
Saturday, Nov. 14 - Skyline Lakes Fire House
Sunday, Nov. 15 - Skyline Lakes Fire House

About the play:

Comedy/Thriller
3 men, 5 women

CHARACTERS:

WIMPIE: Female, cook/housekeeper, "Fifty-ish", cool, efficient
DENNIS MORDAUNT: Male, Stella's Producer, handsome, late 40s
MARY: Female, early 20's, Stella's niece, attractive/wholesome
STELLA: Female, early to mid 40's, famous actress, diva
FLAVIA: Female, early to mid 40's, tall, arresting,"always on stage"
PETER SHELLY: Male, Mid 20s, Olviver Keane's nephew.
NURSE PEPPER: Female, Mid 30's, stated as "friendly and ageless"

OLIVER KEANE: Male, mid to late 40's, former actor and rugby player,"much self possesion"

The scene is an estate cottage in the north of England, where the famous actress, Stella Cavendish, accompanied by her attractive young niece, Mary, is recuperating from a hectic season and a bit too much high living. They are looked after by a cook-housekeeper (and local character) named Wimpi, and are soon joined by Dennis Mordaunt, Stella's producer and would-be suitor, and her fellow actress and arch rival, Flavia Dartega. Add in the surprise appearance of Oliver Keane (Stella's former leading man) and his dashing young nephew Peter (who is immediately captivated by Mary), and both the plot and the romantic possibilities quicken. The arrival of the bustling Nurse Pepper rounds out the cast and begins the progression of chilling (and frequently funny) events (including murder, actual and attempted) leading on to the unexpected and ingeniously devised denouement—in which the true identity of the villain is shielded until the last possible moment.