Theater Snapshot: The Mousetrap


By Joel Reiner

There is a wonderful tradition that is offered to the students of Delone Catholic and surrounding spectators: the Theater Departments bi-annual productions. Two productions are usually offered every school year, one being the fall play and the other in the spring either being another play or a musical.

This past fall, the Delone Catholic Drama Department presented, The Mousetrap, a crime fiction play written by Agatha Christie. The setting takes place in Monkswell Manor located in London around the early 1950s.

The opening of the play takes an unsettling turn by starting with a tragic event, setting the stage for a true murder mystery. Characters Mollie Ralston, played by Senior Gabi Cranga, and Giles Ralston, played by Sophomores Christian Powell and Alex Guy, open a guest house in Monkwell Manor, where they begin to invite their first guests to visit.

What happens next to these characters after they discover that a murder has occurred in the local paper? Filled with plot twists and turns, the play does not disappoint and keeps the audience guessing till the last scene.

Cast Not Mentioned

Christopher Wren                      Emma Roeder, Sophomore  
Mrs. Boyle                                Sarah Shatzer, Senior and Emma Landis, Freshman  
Major Metcalf                           Matthew Vandergrift, Junior and Sam Dolecki, Sophomore
Miss Casewell                           Marlee Lackey, Junior and Mackenzie Buckley, Sophomore
Mr. Paravincini                         Madison Buckley and Bethany Staub, Sophomores

Detective Sergeant Trotter         Tom Martz, Sophomore 

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