Audition Information for the ‘26 - ‘27 Season!
Auditions:
Monday, October 5th @ 7:00 PM
Saturday, October 10th @ 1:00 PM
@ The Corson Playhouse
Performance Dates:
December 4, 5, 6, 11, 12, 13
Director: Hope Dunkle
Auditions will consist of cold reads from provided sides. Please email info@mightycorson.com with questions.
The Story
Pick Your Poison is a murder mystery farce in the style of the “country house murder.” Sir Nicholas Blackburn invites his old friends, acquaintances, and one stranger to visit him at his country estate, but some of them may not live through the weekend. In this audience-interactive play, the audience votes at intermission on which of the eight main characters is the murder, and the winning vote determines which one of eight alternative endings are played at that performance.
Roles (as listed in script)
Alice Jennings - Female, late 20s. Sir Nicholas Blackburn's secretary.
Josephine (Fifi) Francois - Female, mid-20s. The French kleptomaniac maid.
Lord Earnest Crawford - Male, mid-20s. The fourth son of the marquess of Whitley.
Dr. Merlin Hayes - Male, 60s. A Harley Street doctor and old friend of Sir Nicholas and Octavia Osborne. His wife (Sybil Hayes) was killed in a hit-and-run a few years ago.
Octavia Osborne - Female, 50s-60s. A famous crime novelist and old friend of Dr. Hayes and Sir Nicholas. Her ex-husband (Julien Osborne) has recently died.
Clayton Asbury - Male, early 30s. An acquaintance of Sir Nicholas.
Sir Nicholas Blackburn - Male, 60s. A judge in the high court of England. He is hosting a weekend party for various friends and acquaintances.
Hector Perrot - Male, mid-30s. A French psychologist and professor at the University of Paris.