Agatha Christie play 'The Mousetrap' to be staged at Hoey Auditorium
The 2019-20 Mainstage theatre season gets underway at 甜瓜视频app as students and faculty from WCU鈥檚 School of Stage and Screen present Agatha Christie鈥檚 murder mystery, 鈥淭he Mousetrap,鈥� from Thursday, Sept. 26, through Sunday, Sept. 29, at Hoey Auditorium.
Shows are set for 7:30 p.m. Sept. 26 through Saturday, Sept. 28, with a concluding performance at 3 p.m. Sept. 29.
Christie鈥檚 legendary 鈥渨hodunit鈥� tells the story of a group of strangers who are stranded
in a boarding house during a snowstorm, and one of them is a murderer. Among the suspects
are the newly married couple who run the house, an architect, a spinster with a curious
background and a retired Army major. A policeman traveling on skis stops by the house
and probes the background of everyone, rattling a lot of personal skeletons.
鈥淭he Mousetrap鈥� has the longest continuous run of any play in history, as it opened at Ambassadors Theatre in London鈥檚 West End in 1952 and has been presented in the city ever since. In 1974, the production moved next door to St. Martin鈥檚 Theatre.
The WCU student cast includes Kelsey Willard, Ben Reilly, Tyler Garner, Kathryn Oden, Bobby Guenther, Cassidy Knye, Tyler Ledbetter, Jacob Whitlow, Lilly Davis and Ariana Haylock. The show is being directed by Terry Martin, director of WCU鈥檚 undergraduate program in stage and screen, and student Ashani Smith is serving as assistant director.
The play contains acts of violence that may be unsuitable for some people.
Tickets are $20 for adults; $15 for seniors, and WCU faculty and staff; and $10 for students. Tickets may be or at the box office of the John W. Bardo Fine and Performing Arts Center. The box office can be contacted at 828-227-2479.
