January Auditions
for… ‘Meddling spirits’
a farce by Rex Kelch and Ben Moore
Director: Rex Kelch
Audition dates:
- Saturday January 4 at 10:00 am
- Sunday January 5 at 2:00 pm
- Tuesday January 7 at 6:30 pm
Show dates March 19, 20, 21, 22, 26, 27, 28, 29, 2020.
About ‘Meddling Spirits’
THE STORY: Takes place at the Sleepy Creek Inn and Winery in Sleepy Creek, Virginia. Shirley, a widow and the owner, is having money problems, so under pressure from her daughter, Juanita, and son-in-law, Delbert, she reluctantly agrees to have a seance for Hans and Jacklyn Burkhalter of Park Ave. N.Y. The Burkhalters’ daughter Jackie, who recently spent her honeymoon at the Inn, went missing upon returning home. Heartbroken the Burkhalters believe the Inn will be the perfect place for the seance because “that’s where the Burkhalters are happiest.” With a downturn in the alignment of the stars and planets, and an approaching snow storm, Psychic Madame Esmerelda and her assistant must postpone the session one day. Unfortunately Shirley doesn’t get the message because Cletas “Bull” Schmidt and Elizabeth “EZ” Zigler who have escaped from the transport van taking them to the NYPD for questioning have intercepted the message and are then mistaken by Shirley as the psychic and her assistant. EZ says “All we gotta do is act like a couple weirdos to fool some people we don’t know into believing that we’re weirdos who know what we’re doing! How hard could it be with these bumpkins?” And they might have gotten away with it if it hadn’t been for those “meddling spirits.”
The Characters
SHIRLEY, owner of the Sleepy Creek Inn and Winery
JUANITA, Shirley’s daughter
DELBERT, Juanita’s husband
WYATT MATTERS, the local sheriff
HANS BURKHALTER, New York City businessman and father of missing daughter
JACKLYN BURKHALTER, wife of Hans and mother of missing daughter
CLETAS “BULL” SCHMIDT, escapee from prison transport van
ELIZABETH “EZ:” ZIGLER, escapee from prison transport van
March Auditions
for… ‘DOUBT, A PARABLE’
by John Patrick Shanley
Director: Tyler Kovar
Audition dates March. 22 and 23
Show dates May.1, 2, 3, 7, 8, 9, 2020
Winner of the 2005 Pulitzer Prize
Winner of the 2005 Tony Award
About “Doubt”
THE STORY: “In this brilliant and powerful drama, Sister Aloysius, a Bronx school principal, takes matters into her own hands when she suspects the young Father Flynn of improper relations with one of the male students.
Winner of the 2005 Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award.” —Dramatists Play Service
The Characters
FATHER FLYNN, late 30s
SISTER ALOYSIUS BEAUVIER, 50s-60s
SISTER JAMES, 20s
MRS. MULLER, around 38