Tryouts January 29 &30

TRYOUT ANNOUNCEMENT – January 29 & 30

Levi Stewart Community Theater announces tryouts for “Murder Can Be Habit Forming” by Bill St. John, a murder mystery-comedy with parts for 7 men and 9 women, published by Pioneer Drama Service. Tryouts will be January 29 and 30 at 6:00 PM in the Jones Nutter Auditorium at the Stewart Library Build in Corinna. The performance dates are April 21, 22, and 23.

This play has a large cast with lots of fun characters of varying ages and characteristics. Look through the list to find a part that suits you. The list shows the name, approximate age, characteristics, and number of lines. There is a summary of the play below.

Mother Superior 60s, stern but good-hearted (157)
Sister Mary Martin 30s, breezy, outgoing (67)
Sister Mary Agatha 70s, sweet little old lady, vague (86)
Sister Mary Margaret 20s, quiet, somewhat shy (37)
Sister Mary Thomas 30s, cheerful, sense of humor (77)
Herman, handyman 50s, surly, unkempt, somewhat sinister (39)
Willard Patterson, bus driver 50s, heavyset, jolly, bachelor (36)
Lt. Patrick McDougal 40s, tough, police detective (71)
Erika Kincaid 30s, conceited, actress (49)
David Lewis 40s, mild-mannered, college professor (34)
Mary Bishop 20s, troubled, college student (122)
Jerome Stacey 50s, edgy, newspaper columnist (38)
Torch early 20s, strange, in a heavy metal band (36)
Laura Evans 60s, reserved, retired teacher, former nun (64)
Mary Adams 30s, smart, woman with a secret (81)
Ryan Wallace 20s, upset, college student (43)
 
Story of the play:
When a busload of passengers is stranded by a blizzard in upstate New York, they find their way to an old mansion in the woods, now St. Mary’s Convent, where the Reverend Mother Mary Cecilia provides them lodging for the night. Unfortunately, she soon realizes that among her guests is likely to be a serial killer known as ’the Mary Murderer’ whose victims are all named Mary!  Though most of the sisters have been stranded in Buffalo, the four nuns remaining with her all have the first name Mary, as do two of the women on the bus. To add to the list of potential victims, one passenger is a flamboyant actress whose TV character is named Mary and another is a retired school teacher who was formerly...  you guessed it!...  a nun named Mary! Before the night is over, the killer strikes! Which person from the bus could be the Mary Murderer? The college professor?  The newspaper columnist? The bus driver? Luckily, police detective Patrick McDougal was also on the bus and takes charge of solving the case. Providing as many laughs as chills, Murder Can Be Habit Forming is a lighthearted mystery comedy that reveals the very human side of the nuns as they attempt to stay one step ahead of a killer.