What: Pentacle Theatre celebrates the return of live performances to its intimate stage in West Salem with an audience favorite: Agatha Christie’s classic whodunit murder mystery, The Mousetrap, directed by David Cristobal and assistant director Emma Thurston.
When: Friday, Oct. 8 – Saturday, Oct. 23. Curtain time is 7:30 p.m. Thursdays–Saturdays and 2 p.m. Sundays.
Where: Pentacle Theatre, 324 52nd Ave. NW, off Highway 22 about 6 miles west of downtown Salem.
Made possible by the generous support of The Family of Alice Mary Norton.
Know before you go:
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Tickets are available at pentacletheatre.org. Click the “Buy Tickets” button at the top of the webpage.
- All tickets are for general admission. No reserved seating is available. Patrons who require accommodation should contact Lisa Joyce at 503-409-3971.
- Ticketholders will be seated in socially distanced groups on a first come, first served basis. Doors open one hour before each performance. Please arrive for the best seats.
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To attend The Mousetrap, all ticketholders must provide proof of being fully vaccinated against COVID-19, or proof of a negative PCR test taken within 72 hours of the performance.
- You must also wear a mask inside and outside the auditorium at all times while at Pentacle Theatre. Face shields, bandanas and gaiters are not permitted.
- Actors are tested each week to ensure they can safely perform without a mask.
Prices: Tickets are $25 per person with half-price tickets available to individuals who are frontline health workers or who hold an Oregon Trail Card.
About the show: After a local woman is murdered, the staff and guests at Monkswell Manor guesthouse find themselves stranded during a terrific snowstorm. A police detective, arriving on skis, interrogates everyone: the newlyweds running the guest house, an architect who seems better equipped to be a chef, a dissatisfied jurist who makes life miserable for all, a retired Army major, a spinster with a curious background, and a strange man with an unplaceable accent who claims his car overturned in a snowdrift. It soon becomes clear that the killer is among them, and the seven strangers grow increasingly suspicious of one another. When a second murder takes place, tensions and fears escalate. This entertaining murder mystery features a brilliant surprise ending from Dame Agatha Christie, the foremost mystery writer of her time.
The cast: In order of appearance—
- Sarah Aldrich as Mollie Ralston, proprietor of Monkswell Manor guesthouse.
- Michael Buss as Giles Ralston, Mollie’s husband who also runs Monkswell Manor.
- Carson Abrahamson as Christopher Wren, a hyperactive and peculiar young man who’s running away from something but refuses to say what.
- Laura Davis as Mrs. Boyle, a critical older woman who is pleased by nothing she observes.
- Ed Schoaps as Major Metcalf, who retired from the army, but little else is known about him.
- Kimberly Maione as Miss Casewell, an aloof woman who speaks offhandedly about the horrific experiences of her childhood.
- Tom Wrosch as Paravicini, a strange man of unknown provenance with an unplaceable accent, who claims his car has overturned in a snowdrift.
- Clyde Berry as Detective Sergeant Trotter, who arrives at the height of a snowstorm on skis to question everyone about a recent grisly murder and find the killer.