<div dir="ltr">  <div class="gmail-_DblQBlAM__container" style="box-sizing:border-box;width:auto;margin:auto;padding-left:15px;padding-right:15px;max-width:100%"><div class="gmail-_pDNE0kYl gmail-_VRPOUjk9 gmail-pb-grid gmail-pb-grid--stackable gmail-pb-grid--aligned-center gmail-pb-grid--automatic gmail-pb-grid--equal-height" style="box-sizing:border-box;display:-webkit-flex;margin:0px;padding:0px;float:none"><div class="gmail-grid__column" style="box-sizing:border-box;min-height:1px;vertical-align:top;width:445.547px;display:-webkit-flex;padding:0px;margin-left:0px;margin-right:0px"><div class="gmail-_O689JW7n gmail-_y6XMUOox" style="box-sizing:border-box;width:445.547px;padding-left:10px;text-align:center"><h3 class="gmail-_qaQP6rvk gmail-_pKLLtBeK" style="margin:15px 0px 5px;font-family:Oswald,Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-weight:normal;line-height:40px;color:rgb(25,57,100);font-size:45px;box-sizing:border-box;word-break:break-word"><span class="gmail-_VWvqNvR9 gmail-_ZmV_HQvw gmail-_title gmail-_3JdPm85O" style="box-sizing:border-box;vertical-align:middle;font-weight:inherit">Audition Notice</span></h3><h3 class="gmail-_qaQP6rvk gmail-_87gxtjlm" style="margin:0px;font-family:Oswald,Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-weight:normal;line-height:55px;color:black;font-size:55px;box-sizing:border-box;word-break:break-word"><span class="gmail-_VWvqNvR9 gmail-_geYEHJeJ gmail-_title gmail-_3JdPm85O" style="box-sizing:border-box;vertical-align:middle;font-weight:inherit">THE MOUSETRAP<br style="box-sizing:border-box"></span></h3><h3 class="gmail-_qaQP6rvk gmail-_zVXMtelj" style="margin:15px 0px 5px;font-family:Oswald,Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-weight:normal;line-height:40px;color:rgb(25,57,100);font-size:35px;box-sizing:border-box;word-break:break-word"><span class="gmail-_VWvqNvR9 gmail-_L4P6HJmW gmail-_title gmail-_3JdPm85O" style="box-sizing:border-box;vertical-align:middle;font-weight:inherit">Sunday, June 16 at 2:00pm <br style="box-sizing:border-box">Monday, June 17 at 7:00pm<br style="box-sizing:border-box"></span></h3></div></div></div></div><div class="gmail-_DblQBlAM__filter" style="box-sizing:border-box;width:1099.28px;height:51.4531px;overflow:hidden;background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0)"></div><div class="gmail-_DblQBlAM__container" style="box-sizing:border-box;width:auto;margin:auto;padding-left:15px;padding-right:15px;max-width:100%"><div class="gmail-_pDNE0kYl gmail-_VNKmUElD gmail-pb-grid gmail-pb-grid--stackable gmail-pb-grid--automatic" style="box-sizing:border-box;display:-webkit-flex;margin:0px;padding:0px;float:none"><div class="gmail-grid__column" style="box-sizing:border-box;min-height:1px;vertical-align:top;width:1069.28px;padding:0px;margin-left:0px;margin-right:0px"><div class="gmail-_O689JW7n gmail-_AoLEUEz5" style="box-sizing:border-box"><h3 class="gmail-_qaQP6rvk gmail-_aVm6tQVL" style="margin:0px 0px 5px;font-family:Oswald,Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-weight:normal;line-height:40px;color:black;font-size:40px;box-sizing:border-box;word-break:break-word;font-style:italic"><span class="gmail-_VWvqNvR9 gmail-_XmdLHa4W gmail-_title gmail-_3JdPm85O" style="box-sizing:border-box;vertical-align:middle;font-weight:inherit">Thrilling twists abound in Agatha Christie's classic mystery<br style="box-sizing:border-box"></span></h3></div></div></div></div><div class="gmail-_DblQBlAM__container" style="box-sizing:border-box;width:auto;margin:auto;padding-left:15px;padding-right:15px;max-width:100%"><div class="gmail-_pDNE0kYl gmail-_JDwgU5Z2 gmail-pb-grid gmail-pb-grid--stackable gmail-pb-grid--automatic" style="box-sizing:border-box;display:-webkit-flex;margin:0px;padding:0px;float:none"><div class="gmail-grid__column" style="box-sizing:border-box;min-height:1px;vertical-align:top;width:1069.28px;padding:0px;margin-left:0px;margin-right:0px"><div class="gmail-_O689JW7n gmail-_x5wBUKo1" style="box-sizing:border-box"><h3 class="gmail-_qaQP6rvk gmail-_LVvvtaVB" style="margin:0px 0px 5px;font-family:Oswald,Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-weight:normal;line-height:40px;color:rgb(25,57,100);font-size:40px;box-sizing:border-box;word-break:break-word"><span class="gmail-_VWvqNvR9 gmail-_bmr1HAm6 gmail-_title gmail-_3JdPm85O" style="box-sizing:border-box;vertical-align:middle;font-weight:inherit">About the Show<br style="box-sizing:border-box"></span></h3></div></div></div><div class="gmail-_pDNE0kYl gmail-_xZQOU7kl gmail-pb-grid gmail-pb-grid--stackable gmail-pb-grid--automatic" style="box-sizing:border-box;display:-webkit-flex;margin:0px;padding:0px;float:none"><div class="gmail-grid__column" style="box-sizing:border-box;min-height:1px;vertical-align:top;width:1069.28px;padding:0px;margin-left:0px;margin-right:0px"><div class="gmail-_O689JW7n gmail-_4VjYULoZ" style="box-sizing:border-box"><h3 class="gmail-_qaQP6rvk gmail-_d4GJt5Kz" style="margin:0px 0px 0.5em;font-family:Oswald,Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-weight:400;line-height:25px;color:black;font-size:25px;box-sizing:border-box;word-break:break-word"><span class="gmail-_VWvqNvR9 gmail-_OeGGHOel gmail-_title gmail-_3JdPm85O" style="box-sizing:border-box;vertical-align:middle;font-weight:inherit">Directed by Art Suskin<br style="box-sizing:border-box">Written by Agatha Christie<br style="box-sizing:border-box"></span></h3><p class="gmail-_7XqAY8_A gmail-_vqAghZBJ" style="margin:10px 0px 5px;padding:0px;box-sizing:border-box;font-size:20px;font-family:Lato;line-height:20px;color:black"><span class="gmail-_VWvqNvR9 gmail-_Q4nghKqO gmail-_text gmail-_ZGwmb_O6" style="box-sizing:border-box;vertical-align:middle;line-height:inherit;margin-right:0px">The Mousetrap by Agatha Christie is currently approaching its 28,000 consecutive performance in London’s West End where it opened 25th November 1952. A group of strangers stranded in a boarding house during a snow storm. One of them is a murderer. The suspects include the newly married couple who run the house. The suspicions in their minds nearly wreck their perfect marriage. Arrivals include a spinster with a curious background, an architect who seems better equipped to be a chef, a retired Army major, and a jurist who makes life miserable for everyone. And then comes the unexpected guest—a strange little foreign man who claims his Rolls Royce overturned in a snowdrift. Into their midst add a policeman traveling on skis. He no sooner arrives than the jurist is killed. Could this be connected to the horrific murder that has dominated radio broadcasts all day? Two down, one to go. To discover the rationale of the murderer’s pattern, the policeman probes the background of everyone present, rattling one skeleton after another. Another famous Agatha Christie switch finish! Chalk up another superb intrigue for the foremost mystery writer of her time!<br style="box-sizing:border-box"><br style="box-sizing:border-box">The Mousetrap is produced by Special Arrangement with Samuel French, Inc.<br style="box-sizing:border-box"></span></p></div></div></div></div><div class="gmail-_DblQBlAM__container" style="box-sizing:border-box;width:auto;margin:auto;padding-left:15px;padding-right:15px;max-width:100%"><div class="gmail-_pDNE0kYl gmail-_gRaQUALk gmail-pb-grid gmail-pb-grid--stackable gmail-pb-grid--automatic" style="box-sizing:border-box;display:-webkit-flex;margin:0px;padding:0px;float:none"><div class="gmail-grid__column" style="box-sizing:border-box;min-height:1px;vertical-align:top;width:1069.28px;padding:0px;margin-left:0px;margin-right:0px"><div class="gmail-_O689JW7n gmail-_q5YAUmYn" style="box-sizing:border-box"><h3 class="gmail-_qaQP6rvk gmail-_p40kt_Z7" style="margin:0px 0px 5px;font-family:Oswald,Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-weight:normal;line-height:40px;color:rgb(25,57,100);font-size:40px;box-sizing:border-box;word-break:break-word"><span class="gmail-_VWvqNvR9 gmail-_regKHWMw gmail-_title gmail-_3JdPm85O" style="box-sizing:border-box;vertical-align:middle;font-weight:inherit">Audition Information<br style="box-sizing:border-box"></span></h3></div></div></div><div class="gmail-_pDNE0kYl gmail-_nN98UG3D gmail-pb-grid gmail-pb-grid--stackable gmail-pb-grid--automatic" style="box-sizing:border-box;display:-webkit-flex;margin:0px;padding:0px;float:none"><div class="gmail-grid__column" style="box-sizing:border-box;min-height:1px;vertical-align:top;width:1069.28px;padding:0px;margin-left:0px;margin-right:0px"><div class="gmail-_O689JW7n gmail-_e6mPUP8V" style="box-sizing:border-box"><p class="gmail-_7XqAY8_A gmail-_857zhAMj" style="margin:5px 0px 10px;padding:0px;box-sizing:border-box;font-size:20px;font-family:Lato;line-height:20px;color:black"><span class="gmail-_VWvqNvR9 gmail-_MqV3hamq gmail-_text gmail-_ZGwmb_O6" style="box-sizing:border-box;vertical-align:middle;line-height:inherit;margin-right:0px">Auditions will be held at The Geauga Lyric Arts Center, 106 Water St, Chardon, OH 44024 (across the street from the theater)      <br style="box-sizing:border-box"></span></p><p class="gmail-_7XqAY8_A gmail-_05D3hKbq" style="margin:10px 0px 5px;padding:0px;box-sizing:border-box;font-size:20px;font-family:Lato;line-height:20px;color:black"><span class="gmail-_VWvqNvR9 gmail-_VGZ2hnVG gmail-_text gmail-_ZGwmb_O6" style="box-sizing:border-box;vertical-align:middle;line-height:inherit;margin-right:0px"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-weight:bold">For appointments, please contact Art Suskin at 816-210-6266<br style="box-sizing:border-box"></span><br style="box-sizing:border-box">Appointment is necessary. Auditions will consist of readings from the script and/or your prepared dramatic piece. (A prepared dramatic piece of 1-2 minutes is preferred but not required.) Please be prepared to stay for a few hours.<br style="box-sizing:border-box"><br style="box-sizing:border-box">Callbacks (if necessary) are by invitation only on Wednesday, June 19 at 7:00pm. <br style="box-sizing:border-box"><br style="box-s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