AUDITIONS ANNOUNCED FOR ROCKY HORROR SHADOW CAST!
IT’S OUR 5 YEAR ANNIVERSARY!!!
Audition dates will be Sunday, September 16, and Wednesday September 19, 2018, 6:30-9 PM, both nights. Come one night or come both. Directed by John Lee.
Tentative Rehearsal Dates will be on Sundays and Wednesdays in October: 3, 7, 10, 14, 17, 21.
Dress Rehearsals: Oct. 24 & 25
Performance Dates: Oct. 26 & 27
All dates Mandatory! DON’T DREAM IT…BE IT.
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AUDITIONS FOR A NICE FAMILY GATHERING
Mandatory performance dates are December 7, 8, and 14 at 7:30 PM and December 15 at 2 PM and 7:30 PM.
Those auditioning will be asked to fill out an audition form. All auditioning should come prepared to read from the script. Resumes and headshots are welcome, but not required.
The Plot:
“A Nice Family Gathering” tells the story of a man who loved his wife so much he almost told her. It is Thanksgiving Day and the first gathering of the whole Lundeen family after the death of the patriarch. At the gathering, Dad comes back as a ghost with a mission; to tell his wife he loved her, something he neglected to tell her while he was alive. After all, they were only married for 41 years. The problem is, most of the family can’t hear or see him, including his wife. The trouble begins when Mom invites a date for dinner, This Minnesota-Nice, Norwegian-Lutheran family comically struggles to deal with each other and Mom’s gentleman friend.
The Audition:
Director Dawn Degenhardt is looking for four men and three women who can play the following:
Dad: stage age 60’s-70’s, doctor, golfer and recently deceased
Mom: stage age 60’s-70’s, losing it to early onset Alzheimer’s
Michael: older brother, stage age 30’s – 40’s, doctor and workaholic
Carl: middle brother, stage age 30’s – 40’s, truck driver and writer
Jill: Michael’s wife, stage age late 20’s-30’s, emotional wreck
Stacy: younger sister, stage age 20’s-30’s, somewhat neglected, lesbian
Jerry Myers: next door neighbor and gentleman caller, stage age 60’s-70’s
Freeport, Illinois
The Winneshiek Playhouse, home of the Nation’s oldest continuous all-volunteer community theater, is located at 228 West Clark Street in downtown Freeport, one block north of free municipal parking.
For information about this and other commuity theater activities
call 815-232-7023 or email info@wplay.org
