Murder at the Pie Auction

Van Buren Community Players is proud to announce auditions for Murder at the Pie Auction. No experience is necessary. The auditions will be open to adults 18 and older. Please enter through the Van Buren Community Center entrance on the east side of the building at 46425 Tyler Rd, Van Buren Township, MI 48111. We will have two nights of auditions - Monday & Tuesday, January 6 & 7 from 7:00 PM till 10:00 PM. Both nights will have the same audition process. There will not be callbacks. Picture and resume suggested but not required. The reading audition cuts will be provided at the audition. The audition form and schedule is available HERE and will also be available at auditions.

Rehearsals are generally held on Monday, Tuesday and Thursday (with a few exceptions) at the Van Buren Township Community Center Theater from 7 – 9:50PM.

Performances are March 8 & 9 and 14-16.

Character Breakdown:

Please note that many roles can be cast as either male or female.

Phoebe Muffet - Female, 50+, editor of the local newspaper

Minaret Towers - Female, 50+, Phoebe’s best friend

Felicity Hubbard - Female, 30-40, pie contest coordinator, all business

Mark Tucker - Male, 30-40, Felicity’s high-strung assistant

Rex Roberts - Male, 30-40, actor

Julie Lyle - Female, 50+, pie-baking legend

Eve Simone - Female, 20-30, contest’s youngest baker, eager to take Julia’s place

Roger Marble - Male, 25-35, handsome, stylish, and formerly in love with Eve

Guy Templeton - Male, 40+, pie connoisseur and judge

Eunice Hammond - Female, any age, was going to be the local contest entrant until she was poisoned

Server - Either, any age, pie-server

Bidder #1 - Either, any age, actor planted in the audience to buy the key lime pie

Bidder #2 - Either, any age, actor planted in the audience to buy the fried pie

We prefer to have all auditions in person but if you are unable to attend auditions in person, video auditions will be accepted until 6:00pm Sunday, January 5th. All video submissions will be reviewed after in person auditions are complete.

Please include the following in your video audition:

- your name, email address and phone number

- ensure the video includes your entire person

- the role you are auditioning for

Please send the video audition or any questions to Director Emily Lange at: emilylange13@gmail.com

Visit our show page for full details.