The Mousetrap: A Play

“It's a trap, isn't it? A trap that we've all walked into.”

Strap everyone in a house during a blizzard. Even the host starts looking like a stranger after an hour.

“We don’t know anything about each other.”

Mollie and Giles realize they barely know each other despite being married. Small secrets turn into huge walls when the police show up.

“I'm not a very nice person.”

Christopher Wren acts so erratic that everyone assumes he is the killer. Usually the person trying hardest to be noticed is just hiding a broken heart.

“Three blind mice, see how they run!”

The Three Blind Mice nursery rhyme becomes terrifying when you connect it to childhood trauma. Old songs carry heavy shadows.