The North Platte Community Playhouse will kick off their 2016/2017 season with a classic mystery, Agatha Christie’s “The Mousetrap.”
In the show, a group of strangers is stranded in a boarding house during a snowstorm, one of whom is a murderer. The suspects include the newly married couple who run the house, and the suspicions in their minds nearly wreck their perfect marriage. Others are a spinster with a curious background, an architect who seems better equipped to be a chef, a retired Army major, a strange little man who claims his car has overturned in a drift, and a jurist who makes life miserable for everyone. Into their midst comes a policeman, traveling on skis. He no sooner arrives, when the jurist is killed. Two down, and one to go. To get to the rationale of the murderer’s pattern, the policeman probes the background of everyone present and rattles a lot of skeletons. Another famous Agatha Christie switch finish!
Production dates for “The Mousetrap” are September 23, 24, 25 & 30 and October 1 & 2, 2016, with Friday and Saturday performances beginning at 8:00 pm and Sunday Matinees beginning at 2:00 pm. Tickets are $15 for adults and $8 for students. Individual and Family season tickets are available. Tickets sales begin on Monday, September 19. Tickets are available at the NPCP Box Office (301 East 5th Street) from Noon-5:00 pm, online at www.northplattecommunityplayhouse.com or at the door prior to each performance.
This production is made possible, in part, by the Nebraska Arts Council and the Nebraska Cultural Endowment of the Arts, as well as our Corporate Sponsors, Adams and Swanson Funeral Home and Carpenter Memorial Chapel.
“The Mousetrap” is directed by Carolyn Clark with Assistant Director Robert Allen.