Our March 2012 production...
Play On!
By Rick Abbot
A comedy in three acts
The hilarious story of a theater group desperately trying to put on a play in spite of maddening interference from the playwright constantly revising the script.
Open Auditions
When: December 19, 20, and 21, 2011, 6:30pm - 8:30pm.
(Appointments for alternate dates/times available by request - contact the director Jim Renney below)
Where: LionHeart Headquarters, 77 S Front St, Grant, MI 49327 - Directions
(NOT at the usual Grant Elementary School location!)
Roles available: 3-6 males, 4-7 females, 10 total.
Performance dates: March 2-3 & 9-10, 2012. (Fri & Sat evenings, Sat Matinee)
Possible additional Sunday matinee on either the 4th or 11th. Rehearsals: Starting January 9, 2012, Mon/Tues/Thurs, 6:30pm-8pm.
May be adjusted depending on actors' schedules.
Scripts available for browsing at the Grant and Newaygo Public Libraries.
Partial script available online free via Google Books.
Character Descriptions
(rough suggestions based on script, subject to adjustment, ages listed are stage ages only)
Aggie (or Algie) Manville (M or F) - stage manager and prompter, age flexible
Gerraldine (Or Gerald) "Gerry" Dunbar (M or F) - community theatre director, roughly middle aged
Henry Benish (M) - mid 50s, married to Polly, charactor actor
Polly Benish (F) - mid 50s, married to Henry, charactor actress
Marla "Smitty" Smith (F) - pretty and awkward, actress, around 17
Saul Watson (M) - snarky, mid 40s, actor
Billy Carewe (M) - athletic man of spirit, actor, mid 20s
Violet Imbry (F) - pretty, ditzy, actor, mid 20s
Louise (or Louis) (M or F) Peary - dour, mid 30s, sound/lighting/everything theater tech
Phyllis Montague (F) - maiden lady of 40s or 50s, playwright
For more information, please contact the director, Jim Renney, by email at jrenney@gmail.com or by phone at 231-335-7546.
Produced by special arrangement with Samuel French, Inc.
Play On!
By Rick Abbot
A comedy in three acts
The hilarious story of a theater group desperately trying to put on a play in spite of maddening interference from the playwright constantly revising the script.
Open Auditions
When: December 19, 20, and 21, 2011, 6:30pm - 8:30pm.
(Appointments for alternate dates/times available by request - contact the director Jim Renney below)
Where: LionHeart Headquarters, 77 S Front St, Grant, MI 49327 - Directions
(NOT at the usual Grant Elementary School location!)
Roles available: 3-6 males, 4-7 females, 10 total.
Performance dates: March 2-3 & 9-10, 2012. (Fri & Sat evenings, Sat Matinee)
Possible additional Sunday matinee on either the 4th or 11th. Rehearsals: Starting January 9, 2012, Mon/Tues/Thurs, 6:30pm-8pm.
May be adjusted depending on actors' schedules.
Scripts available for browsing at the Grant and Newaygo Public Libraries.
Partial script available online free via Google Books.
Character Descriptions
(rough suggestions based on script, subject to adjustment, ages listed are stage ages only)
Aggie (or Algie) Manville (M or F) - stage manager and prompter, age flexible
Gerraldine (Or Gerald) "Gerry" Dunbar (M or F) - community theatre director, roughly middle aged
Henry Benish (M) - mid 50s, married to Polly, charactor actor
Polly Benish (F) - mid 50s, married to Henry, charactor actress
Marla "Smitty" Smith (F) - pretty and awkward, actress, around 17
Saul Watson (M) - snarky, mid 40s, actor
Billy Carewe (M) - athletic man of spirit, actor, mid 20s
Violet Imbry (F) - pretty, ditzy, actor, mid 20s
Louise (or Louis) (M or F) Peary - dour, mid 30s, sound/lighting/everything theater tech
Phyllis Montague (F) - maiden lady of 40s or 50s, playwright
For more information, please contact the director, Jim Renney, by email at jrenney@gmail.com or by phone at 231-335-7546.
Produced by special arrangement with Samuel French, Inc.