If Books Could Kill Auditions and Production Information

YAM Productions' 2025 murder mystery will be If Books Could Kill by Tom and Penny Warner. Performances are free to the public (with registration on the FCPL website) at 2pm on Saturday and Sunday, August 2 and 3 at Centreville Regional Library. Light refreshments will also be provided.

Auditions:

in person 7pm-8pm, June 4 at Centreville Regional Library (no appointment necessary) or through video submission by June 4 at 8:30pm

Auditions will consist of readings from the script. Virtual sides are being prepared and will be shared soon.

Rehearsal Schedule:

Rehearsals will be once a week starting the week of June 18 at Centreville Regional Library.

Rehearsals will be a mix of Wednesdays (7pm-8:30pm) and Sundays (2pm-3:30pm) as best fits the cast schedule.

Dress rehearsal is scheduled for Wednesday July 30, 7pm-9pm.

Roles:

All roles are open for casting, and actors will be asked to perform both scripted scenes and improvised audience interaction portions.

• Auntie Helen Spitfire: WWII historical fiction novelist celebrating her 99th birthday (may be played an actor of any age)

• Ernest Fitzgerald: Helen's grandnephew, an elitist but failed literary writer who is hosting the party

• Pauline Loover: Helen’s grandniece, the most famous romance writer in the world, has just jumped genres with her latest thriller, PARITY; she's better than you

• T.R.R. Bartin: Helen's grandnephew, once-famous fantasy writer who's been working on book 3 of his trilogy for a very long time

• Vera B. Rockets: Helen's grandniece and hard science fiction writer, who has big news tell everyone; very direct

• Steven Prince: TRR's husband, a horror novelist who's always #2 on the New York Times's Scaries (It’s pronounced Steff-AN.)

• Monica Meiers: Ernest's ex-wife and famous children's author who also jumped genres and wrote a thriller two years before Pauline. She’s only at the party because Helen invited her, much to the family's annoyance. *Some minimal singing required, need not be "good"

• Angelica Sansberry: Aunt Helen's beloved cousin fifteen times removed (or something like that) who writes cozy mysteries with who definitely doesn't think of herself as Jessica Fletcher