September 10-11, 13-18
7:30 p.m.
$12 balcony, $15 main floor
Preview performance September 9: all tickets $5
STUDENT SPECIAL:
Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday
(September 14, 15, 16)
All tickets $8 with student I.D.

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This year marks the 120th anniversary of the Grande Dame of Mystery, Agatha Christie. Help us celebrate Agatha Christie Week (September 12 - 18) with the Covey Center's production of her classic play The Mousetrap.  The Mousetrap has been a mainstay of the London theater world for over fifty years—the longest-running play in the world.

This Covey Center production, directed by the extraordinary Barta Heiner, will feature professional actors, an amazing set, thrills and chills and the famous twist at the ending!

What the critics have to say about The Mousetrap:

• "One of the most skillfully written murder mysteries ever produced" —New York Times

• "A truly entertaining classic thriller" —The Sunday Times

• "Deservedly a classic among murder thrillers" —The Observer

• "The cleverest murder mystery of the British theatre" —The Daily Telegraph
  

More About The Mousetrap

"When the late Queen Mary was approaching her eightieth birthday she was asked by the BBC what she would like to celebrate the event - anything from Shakespeare to opera. Queen Mary said she would like 'an Agatha Christie play' and Mrs Christie promptly wrote a thirty-minute radio production called Three Blind Mice. This was eventually to become The Mousetrap!"  —Sir Peter Saunders, the original producer of The Mousetrap

The Mousetrap has broken several records for its continuous theatrical run since its opening, and it is estimated that more than four million people had seen the play by the time its twenty-five year anniversary was celebrated in 1977. After another twenty years of performances, it is safe to speculate that an additional three to four million people have probably sat in the dark and tried to puzzle out the identity of the murderer. Performances of The Mousetrap continue to benefit from tourists who seek out the play both for its artistic merits and for the joy of being part of a theatrical tradition. Christie signed over the royalties from the play to her grandson at its opening in 1952. It is thought that he has become a multimillionaire from the royalties of this one property alone.

Mystery Writing Contest

In addition to our production of The Mousetrap, the Covey Center  and the Provo City Library are sponsoring a Short-Short Mystery Writing Contest. For more information, click here.