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Please note: We are not associated with Actors’ Equity Association and do not participate in union contracts. We are a volunteer-based organization and actors may receive small stipends to help offset transportation costs associated with participating in our productions.
Director: Susan McIntyre
Stage Manager: Sean Morrone
Audition Dates
Saturday, July 25, 2026 (between 12:00pm and 3:00pm)
Sunday, July 26, 2026 (between 6:00pm and 9:00pm)
Audition appointments are five minutes each and must be reserved ahead of time.
Callbacks (by invitation only)
Wednesday, July 29, 2026 (6:30pm to 9:30pm)
Audition & Callback Location
Edmonds Driftwood Players Rehearsal Annex, located at 200 Dayton Street, Edmonds
Rehearsal Dates
August 3, 2026 – September 17, 2026
Typically, Monday through Thursday evenings from 7:00pm-10:00pm. Actors may not be called to every rehearsal. Please report any/all conflicts for Monday through Thursday evening, as well as weekends during the rehearsal period (we may try to find a weekend day or two to hold for additional rehearsal times); your conflicts are one of many factors considered in casting, so it’s important that we know your availability.
All the following days are REQUIRED for participation:
Rehearsal Location
Edmonds Driftwood Players Rehearsal Annex (200 Dayton Street, Edmonds) and/or Wade James Theatre (950 Main Street, Edmonds)
Performance Dates
September 18-October 11, 2026 for a total of 16 performances (Curtain times are listed below). Call times will be no more than 90 minutes prior to curtain.
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Performance Location
This production plays at The Wade James Theatre, home of Edmonds Driftwood Players, located at 950 Main Street, Edmonds (Free lot & street parking)
Volunteer Stipend
Edmonds Driftwood Players is not associated with Actors’ Equity Association and does not participate in union contracts. We are a volunteer-based organization. Actors receive $150 stipends to help offset transportation costs associated with participating in our productions. Cast will each receive two comp tickets as well as a Friends & Family discount to share and use on additional ticket purchases.
Show Synopsis
An announcement in the local paper states the time and place when a murder is to occur in Miss Blacklock’s Victorian house. The victim is not one of the house’s several occupants, but an unexpected and unknown visitor. What follows is a classic Christie puzzle of mixed motives, concealed identities, a second death and a determined inspector grimly following the case’s twists and turns. Fortunately, Miss Marple is on hand to provide the solution – at some risk to herself – in a dramatic final confrontation.
A MURDER IS ANNOUNCED is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals on behalf of Samuel French, Inc.
Audition Requirement
No later than July 23, email [email protected]:
Casting
We are casting 12 actors: 5 male-presenting roles and 7 female-presenting roles. Actors of all ethnicities, gender, identity, and ability are encouraged to audition. Gender presentations listed refer to the characters in the play and the pronouns used in the script.
PATRICK SIMMONS (Male presenting; 20s-early 30s): slightly arrogant, cavalier and mischievous engineering student, brother to Julia and cousin to Letitia Blacklock.
JULIA SIMMONS (Female presenting; 20-early 30s): slightly uppity, playful and clever young pharmaceutical student, sibling to Patrick, cousin to Letitia Blacklock.
LETITIA BLACKLOCK (Female presenting; late 50s to 60s): the “matriarch” of the homestead, Little Paddocks” – she is charming, efficient, calm, capable and described as “a woman who has clearly looked after herself” in terms of appearance.
DORA “BUNNY” BUNNER (Female presenting; late 50s to 60s): Letitia’s childhood friend currently staying at Little Paddocks, she is fiercely loyal, endearingly ditzy, sweet and light-hearted.
MITZI (Female presenting; anywhere from 20s to 40s): the cook at Little Paddocks, she is of Central European descent and is passionate, dramatic and suspicious of authority.
MISS MARPLE (Female presenting; late 60s to early 80s): grandmotherly, unassuming and keenly perceptive, she is an amateur but shrewdly gifted detective who solves crimes.
PHILLIPA HAYMES (Female presenting; 20s-30s): a lodger at Little Paddocks and a young widowed mother, she works as an assistant gardener in town. Capable, unassuming and no-nonsense.
MRS SWETTENHAM (Female presenting; late 50s to 60s): a genteel and proper widow who dotes on her grown son, Edmund.
EDMUND SWETTENHAM (Male presenting; 20s-30s): sardonic, intelligent if not idle young writer who is in love with Phillipa.
RUDI SCHERZ (Male presenting; 20s-30s): Swiss receptionist at a local hotel and small time thief, gruff and unworldly.
INSPECTOR CRADDOCK (Male presenting; 40s to 50s): Determined, stern and dedicated chief inspector assigned to local crimes.
SERGEANT MELLORS (Male presenting; 30s to 40s): quiet, professional and diligent sergeant working with Craddock.
To reserve your audition time: Click on the “Audition Survey” button below and you will be taken to a Google Survey so that we can collect your contact information, conflicts (have your calendar ready), and the roles you are interested in. Be sure to double-check that your email is entered correctly in the survey, as that is what will be used for all callback/casting communications. When you complete the survey, you will be given a link to reserve your audition appointment.
Signups will close at 12pm (noon) on Friday, July 24 so that staff can prepare audition materials for the production team.
