DECEMBER 1, 2016 // 7
Audition for classic murder
mystery ‘The Mousetrap’
CANNON BEACH — The
Coaster Theatre will hold
auditions at 6 p.m. Dec. 11,
12 and 13 for its winter/
spring play “The Mouse-
trap” by Agatha Christie.
The show will be directed by
Susi Brown and run March 3
through April 15.
In this Christie classic,
a group of strangers have
gathered in a country manor
during a treacherous snow-
storm. With no possibility of
reaching the outside world,
they discover a murder and
find themselves, one by one,
under suspicion.
The suspects include the
newly married couple who
run the house, and the sus-
picions in their minds nearly
wreck their perfect marriage.
Other suspects include
a spinster with a curious
background, an architect
who seems better equipped
to be a chef, a retired Army
major, a strange little man
who claims his car has over-
turned in a drift, and a jurist
who makes life miserable
for everyone.
Into their midst comes
a policeman, traveling on
skis. He no sooner arrives,
when the jurist is killed. Two
down, and one to go. To get
to the rationale of the mur-
derer’s pattern, the police-
man probes the background
of everyone present and
rattles a lot of skeletons.
The play includes roles
for eight men and women
age 20 to 70: Mollie Ralston,
Giles Ralston, Christopher
Wren, Mrs. Boyle, Major
Metcalf, Miss Casewell, Mr.
Paravicini and Detective
Sergeant Trotter.
At auditions, everyone
will read from pre-selected
sides from the show. Arrive
on time prepared to fill out
an audition form, and make
sure to bring your schedules
and conflicts, such as out
of town dates, work sched-
ule, appointments, etc. that
will take place after 5 p.m.
Monday through Friday or
anytime Saturdays and Sun-
days. Rehearsals will begin
in January until the show’s
opening.
Actors are welcome to
check out a copy of the play
to read prior to auditions at
the Coaster Theatre. There is
a $20 refundable deposit re-
quired to check out a script.
Anna Tivel, Jeffrey Martin bring
folk songs to Peninsula Arts Center
LONG BEACH, Wash. — The
Peninsula Arts Center will
host a performance by
songwriters Anna Tivel and
Jeffrey Martin at 7 p.m.
Saturday, Dec. 3.
A nationally touring artist
with a deep love of quiet
stories, Tivel is beginning to
carve a place for herself in the
songwriting world. She was
recently chosen a winner of
both the Telluride Troubadour
Contest and the Kerrville
New Folk Contest and placed
second at the Rocky Moun-
tain songwriting contest.
Tivel was raised in the
forest and farmland of rural
northern Washington and
currently calls Portland
home. Her songs reflect both
the stark colors of small-
town life, and the hard,
sharp lines of the city. Folk
Radio UK called her newest
album, “Heroes Waking
Up,” a superb and sublime
album from a voice that
deserves to be shouted from
the highest rooftops.” Her
previous album, “Before
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Songwriters Jeffrey Martin, left, and Anna Tivel will perform
Dec. 3 at the Peninsula Arts Center.
Machines,” was hailed by
No Depression as “raw, yet
superbly composed and ex-
ecuted, intelligent, personal
and deeply expressive.”
Martin was raised with a
careful ear cocked and lis-
tening to Neil Young, John
Prine, Jackson Browne, Bob
Dylan and Harry Chapin.
He was fortunate to live in
Eugene for much of his ad-
olescence, where in the late
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Tickets $20 or $15
Shows begin at 7:30 p.m.
Sunday shows at 3:00 p.m.
Sponsored by The Clark Family
Tickets: 503-436-1242 or coastertheatre.com
108 N Hemlock Street, Cannon Beach, OR
’90s and early 2000s there
was a strong and steady flow
of folk songwriters touring
through. Leo Kotke, John
Gorka, and David Wilcox
were huge inspirations.
In 2011, Martin caught
a lucky break, a chance
encounter with a prominent
local promoter at a rowdy
dive bar. Through that meet-
ing he was invited to open
for Tracy Grammer and then
David Wilcox, which then
lead to a few small tours,
and eventually a finalist
slot in a national songwrit-
ing competition in New
York City and a successful
national tour. Martin is back
on the road touring full time
nationally, with plans to hit
the U.K. in the spring.
When asked whether he
considers himself a musician
or a songwriter first Martin
had this to say: “I’m a writer
more than I am a musician.
If I could play guitar half
as well as I can write I’d be
wearing nicer pants.”
Wine, beer, and other
refreshments are available
for purchase. The Peninsula
Arts Center is located at 504
Pacific Ave. N.
Admission is $12 at
the door or online through
Brown Paper Tickets, or, call
Bill at 360-901-0962.
Concerts benefit the Long
Beach Peninsula Acous-
tic Music Association, a
501(c)3 nonprofit charitable
organization.