MVLCT announces auditions for Ken Ludwig’s comedy, The Game’s Afoot, or Holmes for the Holidays! Auditions will be held on Sunday, Sept. 18, and Monday, Sept. 19, at 7 p.m.in the Uptown Theatre of the First Street Community Center, 221 First Street East in Mount Vernon. Production dates are November 11 — 13 and 18 — 19. Bill Croghan is directing. There are parts for eight actors.
It is December 1936, and Broadway star William Gillette, admired the world over for his leading role in the play Sherlock Holmes, has invited his fellow cast members to his Connecticut castle for a weekend of revelry. But when one of the guests is stabbed to death, the festivities in this isolated house of tricks and mirrors quickly turn dangerous. It is then up to Gillette himself, as he assumes the persona of his beloved Holmes, to track down the killer before the next victim appears. The danger and hilarity are non-stop in this glittering whodunit set during the Christmas holidays.