UPCOMING EVENTS
Romantic Fools
ROMANTIC FOOLS
By RICH ORLOFF • Directed by DEBORAH MARTIN
12 two-character comedies examining love, lust, dating, and romance -- from a date with a caveman (Find Me a Primitive Man) to the joys of dull sex (One Man's Secret Desire) to the surprise frustrations of having a perfect mate (The Stepford Guy). With influences of Monty Python, Saturday Night Live, Jules Feiffer, the Marx Brothers, and classic vaudeville comedy, these sketches vary in style but all celebrate the inherent comedy of male-female relationships.
June 6, 7, 8, 13, 14, 15, 2025
Romantic Fools
ROMANTIC FOOLS
By RICH ORLOFF • Directed by DEBORAH MARTIN
12 two-character comedies examining love, lust, dating, and romance -- from a date with a caveman (Find Me a Primitive Man) to the joys of dull sex (One Man's Secret Desire) to the surprise frustrations of having a perfect mate (The Stepford Guy). With influences of Monty Python, Saturday Night Live, Jules Feiffer, the Marx Brothers, and classic vaudeville comedy, these sketches vary in style but all celebrate the inherent comedy of male-female relationships.
June 6, 7, 8, 13, 14, 15, 2025
Romantic Fools
ROMANTIC FOOLS
By RICH ORLOFF • Directed by DEBORAH MARTIN
12 two-character comedies examining love, lust, dating, and romance -- from a date with a caveman (Find Me a Primitive Man) to the joys of dull sex (One Man's Secret Desire) to the surprise frustrations of having a perfect mate (The Stepford Guy). With influences of Monty Python, Saturday Night Live, Jules Feiffer, the Marx Brothers, and classic vaudeville comedy, these sketches vary in style but all celebrate the inherent comedy of male-female relationships.
June 6, 7, 8, 13, 14, 15, 2025
Romantic Fools
ROMANTIC FOOLS
By RICH ORLOFF • Directed by DEBORAH MARTIN
12 two-character comedies examining love, lust, dating, and romance -- from a date with a caveman (Find Me a Primitive Man) to the joys of dull sex (One Man's Secret Desire) to the surprise frustrations of having a perfect mate (The Stepford Guy). With influences of Monty Python, Saturday Night Live, Jules Feiffer, the Marx Brothers, and classic vaudeville comedy, these sketches vary in style but all celebrate the inherent comedy of male-female relationships.
June 6, 7, 8, 13, 14, 15, 2025
Romantic Fools
ROMANTIC FOOLS
By RICH ORLOFF • Directed by DEBORAH MARTIN
12 two-character comedies examining love, lust, dating, and romance -- from a date with a caveman (Find Me a Primitive Man) to the joys of dull sex (One Man's Secret Desire) to the surprise frustrations of having a perfect mate (The Stepford Guy). With influences of Monty Python, Saturday Night Live, Jules Feiffer, the Marx Brothers, and classic vaudeville comedy, these sketches vary in style but all celebrate the inherent comedy of male-female relationships.
June 6, 7, 8, 13, 14, 15, 2025
Romantic Fools
ROMANTIC FOOLS
By RICH ORLOFF • Directed by DEBORAH MARTIN
12 two-character comedies examining love, lust, dating, and romance -- from a date with a caveman (Find Me a Primitive Man) to the joys of dull sex (One Man's Secret Desire) to the surprise frustrations of having a perfect mate (The Stepford Guy). With influences of Monty Python, Saturday Night Live, Jules Feiffer, the Marx Brothers, and classic vaudeville comedy, these sketches vary in style but all celebrate the inherent comedy of male-female relationships.
June 6, 7, 8, 13, 14, 15, 2025
Four Old Broads on the High Seas
By LESLIE KIMBELL • Directed by DEBORAH MARTIN
Set sail with the Sassy Senior’s cruise to the Bahamas. They’ re looking for eligible men and competing in the Senior Citizen Pageant... then throw in a murder mystery and you’re in for a laugh-a-minute night of fun.
July 25, 26, 27, 2025
(This show is not included in the season subscription)
Four Old Broads on the High Seas
By LESLIE KIMBELL • Directed by DEBORAH MARTIN
Set sail with the Sassy Senior’s cruise to the Bahamas. They’ re looking for eligible men and competing in the Senior Citizen Pageant... then throw in a murder mystery and you’re in for a laugh-a-minute night of fun.
July 25, 26, 27, 2025
(This show is not included in the season subscription)
Four Old Broads on the High Seas
By LESLIE KIMBELL • Directed by DEBORAH MARTIN
Set sail with the Sassy Senior’s cruise to the Bahamas. They’ re looking for eligible men and competing in the Senior Citizen Pageant... then throw in a murder mystery and you’re in for a laugh-a-minute night of fun.
July 25, 26, 27, 2025
(This show is not included in the season subscription)
The Red Velvet Cake War
THE RED VELVET CAKE WAR
By JONES HOPE WOOTEN • Directed by MIKE BEEHM
In this riotously funny Southern-fried comedy, the Verdeen cousins picked the worse time to throw their family reunion: the hottest day of July in the middle of Texas tornado season. Things spin out of control when a high-stakes wager is made on who bakes the best red velvet cake. Uproarious antics!
September 5, 6, 7, 12, 13, 14, 2025
The Red Velvet Cake War
THE RED VELVET CAKE WAR
By JONES HOPE WOOTEN • Directed by MIKE BEEHM
In this riotously funny Southern-fried comedy, the Verdeen cousins picked the worse time to throw their family reunion: the hottest day of July in the middle of Texas tornado season. Things spin out of control when a high-stakes wager is made on who bakes the best red velvet cake. Uproarious antics!
September 5, 6, 7, 12, 13, 14, 2025
The Red Velvet Cake War
THE RED VELVET CAKE WAR
By JONES HOPE WOOTEN • Directed by MIKE BEEHM
In this riotously funny Southern-fried comedy, the Verdeen cousins picked the worse time to throw their family reunion: the hottest day of July in the middle of Texas tornado season. Things spin out of control when a high-stakes wager is made on who bakes the best red velvet cake. Uproarious antics!
September 5, 6, 7, 12, 13, 14, 2025
The Red Velvet Cake War (Copy)
THE RED VELVET CAKE WAR
By JONES HOPE WOOTEN • Directed by MIKE BEEHM
In this riotously funny Southern-fried comedy, the Verdeen cousins picked the worse time to throw their family reunion: the hottest day of July in the middle of Texas tornado season. Things spin out of control when a high-stakes wager is made on who bakes the best red velvet cake. Uproarious antics!
September 5, 6, 7, 12, 13, 14, 2025
The Red Velvet Cake War
THE RED VELVET CAKE WAR
By JONES HOPE WOOTEN • Directed by MIKE BEEHM
In this riotously funny Southern-fried comedy, the Verdeen cousins picked the worse time to throw their family reunion: the hottest day of July in the middle of Texas tornado season. Things spin out of control when a high-stakes wager is made on who bakes the best red velvet cake. Uproarious antics!
September 5, 6, 7, 12, 13, 14, 2025
The Red Velvet Cake War
THE RED VELVET CAKE WAR
By JONES HOPE WOOTEN • Directed by MIKE BEEHM
In this riotously funny Southern-fried comedy, the Verdeen cousins picked the worse time to throw their family reunion: the hottest day of July in the middle of Texas tornado season. Things spin out of control when a high-stakes wager is made on who bakes the best red velvet cake. Uproarious antics!
September 5, 6, 7, 12, 13, 14, 2025
Merrily We Roll Along
MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG
Music & Lyrics by STEPHEN SONDHEIM • Book by GEORGE FURTH • Directed by CHRISTIAN SHAEFER
Music Direction by SARAH COHEA
Spanning three decades in the entertainment business, this musical charts the turbulent relationship between composer Franklin Shepard and his two lifelong friends—writer Mary and lyricist and playwright Charley. Features some of Stephen Sondheim’s most celebrated and personal songs.
October 16, 17, 18, 19, 23, 24, 25, 26, 2025
Merrily We Roll Along
MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG
Music & Lyrics by STEPHEN SONDHEIM • Book by GEORGE FURTH • Directed by CHRISTIAN SHAEFER
Music Direction by SARAH COHEA
Spanning three decades in the entertainment business, this musical charts the turbulent relationship between composer Franklin Shepard and his two lifelong friends—writer Mary and lyricist and playwright Charley. Features some of Stephen Sondheim’s most celebrated and personal songs.
October 16, 17, 18, 19, 23, 24, 25, 26, 2025
Merrily We Roll Along
MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG
Music & Lyrics by STEPHEN SONDHEIM • Book by GEORGE FURTH • Directed by CHRISTIAN SHAEFER
Music Direction by SARAH COHEA
Spanning three decades in the entertainment business, this musical charts the turbulent relationship between composer Franklin Shepard and his two lifelong friends—writer Mary and lyricist and playwright Charley. Features some of Stephen Sondheim’s most celebrated and personal songs.
October 16, 17, 18, 19, 23, 24, 25, 26, 2025
Merrily We Roll Along
MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG
Music & Lyrics by STEPHEN SONDHEIM • Book by GEORGE FURTH • Directed by CHRISTIAN SHAEFER
Music Direction by SARAH COHEA
Spanning three decades in the entertainment business, this musical charts the turbulent relationship between composer Franklin Shepard and his two lifelong friends—writer Mary and lyricist and playwright Charley. Features some of Stephen Sondheim’s most celebrated and personal songs.
October 16, 17, 18, 19, 23, 24, 25, 26, 2025
Merrily We Roll Along
MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG
Music & Lyrics by STEPHEN SONDHEIM • Book by GEORGE FURTH • Directed by CHRISTIAN SHAEFER
Music Direction by SARAH COHEA
Spanning three decades in the entertainment business, this musical charts the turbulent relationship between composer Franklin Shepard and his two lifelong friends—writer Mary and lyricist and playwright Charley. Features some of Stephen Sondheim’s most celebrated and personal songs.
October 16, 17, 18, 19, 23, 24, 25, 26, 2025
Merrily We Roll Along
MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG
Music & Lyrics by STEPHEN SONDHEIM • Book by GEORGE FURTH • Directed by CHRISTIAN SHAEFER
Music Direction by SARAH COHEA
Spanning three decades in the entertainment business, this musical charts the turbulent relationship between composer Franklin Shepard and his two lifelong friends—writer Mary and lyricist and playwright Charley. Features some of Stephen Sondheim’s most celebrated and personal songs.
October 16, 17, 18, 19, 23, 24, 25, 26, 2025
Merrily We Roll Along
MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG
Music & Lyrics by STEPHEN SONDHEIM • Book by GEORGE FURTH • Directed by CHRISTIAN SHAEFER
Music Direction by SARAH COHEA
Spanning three decades in the entertainment business, this musical charts the turbulent relationship between composer Franklin Shepard and his two lifelong friends—writer Mary and lyricist and playwright Charley. Features some of Stephen Sondheim’s most celebrated and personal songs.
October 16, 17, 18, 19, 23, 24, 25, 26, 2025
Merrily We Roll Along
MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG
Music & Lyrics by STEPHEN SONDHEIM • Book by GEORGE FURTH • Directed by CHRISTIAN SHAEFER
Music Direction by SARAH COHEA
Spanning three decades in the entertainment business, this musical charts the turbulent relationship between composer Franklin Shepard and his two lifelong friends—writer Mary and lyricist and playwright Charley. Features some of Stephen Sondheim’s most celebrated and personal songs.
October 16, 17, 18, 19, 23, 24, 25, 26, 2025
Miracle on South Division Street
SEASON EXTRA:
MIRACLE ON SOUTH DIVISION STREET
By TOM DUDZICK • Directed by CARL DeFRANCO
The Nowaks have known they were special ever since the Christmas miracle in Grandpa’s barbershop! Ruth plans a show about it, but a deathbed confession causes the family legend to unravel. The results are heartfelt and hilarious.
December 5, 6, 7, 2025
(THIS SHOW IS NOT INCLUDED IN SEASON SUBSCRIPTION)
Miracle on South Division Street
SEASON EXTRA:
MIRACLE ON SOUTH DIVISION STREET
By TOM DUDZICK • Directed by CARL DeFRANCO
The Nowaks have known they were special ever since the Christmas miracle in Grandpa’s barbershop! Ruth plans a show about it, but a deathbed confession causes the family legend to unravel. The results are heartfelt and hilarious.
December 5, 6, 7, 2025
(THIS SHOW IS NOT INCLUDED IN SEASON SUBSCRIPTION)
Miracle on South Division Street
SEASON EXTRA:
MIRACLE ON SOUTH DIVISION STREET
By TOM DUDZICK • Directed by CARL DeFRANCO
The Nowaks have known they were special ever since the Christmas miracle in Grandpa’s barbershop! Ruth plans a show about it, but a deathbed confession causes the family legend to unravel. The results are heartfelt and hilarious.
December 5, 6, 7, 2025
(THIS SHOW IS NOT INCLUDED IN SEASON SUBSCRIPTION)
The Gods of Comedy
THE GODS OF COMEDY
By KEN LUDWIG • Directed by ERIC ALMLEAF
What do you do when you’re a classics professor at one of the greatest universities in America and find a long-lost manuscript by Euripides that will make you famous throughout the world? You lose it, of course. And then you call on the ancient Greek Gods of Comedy to get you out of the mess!
January 23, 24, 25, 30, 31, February 1, 2026
The Gods of Comedy
THE GODS OF COMEDY
By KEN LUDWIG • Directed by ERIC ALMLEAF
What do you do when you’re a classics professor at one of the greatest universities in America and find a long-lost manuscript by Euripides that will make you famous throughout the world? You lose it, of course. And then you call on the ancient Greek Gods of Comedy to get you out of the mess!
January 23, 24, 25, 30, 31, February 1, 2026
The Gods of Comedy
THE GODS OF COMEDY
By KEN LUDWIG • Directed by ERIC ALMLEAF
What do you do when you’re a classics professor at one of the greatest universities in America and find a long-lost manuscript by Euripides that will make you famous throughout the world? You lose it, of course. And then you call on the ancient Greek Gods of Comedy to get you out of the mess!
January 23, 24, 25, 30, 31, February 1, 2026
The Gods of Comedy
THE GODS OF COMEDY
By KEN LUDWIG • Directed by ERIC ALMLEAF
What do you do when you’re a classics professor at one of the greatest universities in America and find a long-lost manuscript by Euripides that will make you famous throughout the world? You lose it, of course. And then you call on the ancient Greek Gods of Comedy to get you out of the mess!
January 23, 24, 25, 30, 31, February 1, 2026
The Gods of Comedy
THE GODS OF COMEDY
By KEN LUDWIG • Directed by ERIC ALMLEAF
What do you do when you’re a classics professor at one of the greatest universities in America and find a long-lost manuscript by Euripides that will make you famous throughout the world? You lose it, of course. And then you call on the ancient Greek Gods of Comedy to get you out of the mess!
January 23, 24, 25, 30, 31, February 1, 2026
The Gods of Comedy
THE GODS OF COMEDY
By KEN LUDWIG • Directed by ERIC ALMLEAF
What do you do when you’re a classics professor at one of the greatest universities in America and find a long-lost manuscript by Euripides that will make you famous throughout the world? You lose it, of course. And then you call on the ancient Greek Gods of Comedy to get you out of the mess!
January 23, 24, 25, 30, 31, February 1, 2026
Bus Stop
BUS STOP
By WILLIAM INGE • Directed by MARILEE ENSIGN
In the middle of a howling snowstorm, a bus out of Kansas City must stop at a small roadside diner where the weary travelers on board must take refuge until morning. Cherie, a nightclub singer, is being pursued by “a young cowboy with all the romantic finesse of a rodeo bull.” A classic!
April 3, 4, 5, 10, 11, 12, 2026
Bus Stop
BUS STOP
By WILLIAM INGE • Directed by MARILEE ENSIGN
In the middle of a howling snowstorm, a bus out of Kansas City must stop at a small roadside diner where the weary travelers on board must take refuge until morning. Cherie, a nightclub singer, is being pursued by “a young cowboy with all the romantic finesse of a rodeo bull.” A classic!
April 3, 4, 5, 10, 11, 12, 2026
Bus Stop
BUS STOP
By WILLIAM INGE • Directed by MARILEE ENSIGN
In the middle of a howling snowstorm, a bus out of Kansas City must stop at a small roadside diner where the weary travelers on board must take refuge until morning. Cherie, a nightclub singer, is being pursued by “a young cowboy with all the romantic finesse of a rodeo bull.” A classic!
April 3, 4, 5, 10, 11, 12, 2026
Bus Stop
BUS STOP
By WILLIAM INGE • Directed by MARILEE ENSIGN
In the middle of a howling snowstorm, a bus out of Kansas City must stop at a small roadside diner where the weary travelers on board must take refuge until morning. Cherie, a nightclub singer, is being pursued by “a young cowboy with all the romantic finesse of a rodeo bull.” A classic!
April 3, 4, 5, 10, 11, 12, 2026
Bus Stop
BUS STOP
By WILLIAM INGE • Directed by MARILEE ENSIGN
In the middle of a howling snowstorm, a bus out of Kansas City must stop at a small roadside diner where the weary travelers on board must take refuge until morning. Cherie, a nightclub singer, is being pursued by “a young cowboy with all the romantic finesse of a rodeo bull.” A classic!
April 3, 4, 5, 10, 11, 12, 2026
Bus Stop
BUS STOP
By WILLIAM INGE • Directed by MARILEE ENSIGN
In the middle of a howling snowstorm, a bus out of Kansas City must stop at a small roadside diner where the weary travelers on board must take refuge until morning. Cherie, a nightclub singer, is being pursued by “a young cowboy with all the romantic finesse of a rodeo bull.” A classic!
April 3, 4, 5, 10, 11, 12, 2026
Sweeney Todd
SWEENEY TODD
Music & Lyrics by STEPHEN SONDHEIM • Book by HUGH WHEELER • Directed by NOAH A. PRICE
Music Direction by CAROLYN GOODFELLOW
The hit Broadway musical about a Victorian-era barber who swears revenge on the corrupt judge who ruined his life. When revenge eludes him, Sweeney turns to murder, while Mrs. Lovett bakes the bodies into meat pies and sells them to the unsuspecting public. Dark comedy and terror in one amazing musical.
June 4, 5, 6, 7, 11, 12, 13, 14, 2026
Sweeney Todd
SWEENEY TODD
Music & Lyrics by STEPHEN SONDHEIM • Book by HUGH WHEELER • Directed by NOAH A. PRICE
Music Direction by CAROLYN GOODFELLOW
The hit Broadway musical about a Victorian-era barber who swears revenge on the corrupt judge who ruined his life. When revenge eludes him, Sweeney turns to murder, while Mrs. Lovett bakes the bodies into meat pies and sells them to the unsuspecting public. Dark comedy and terror in one amazing musical.
June 4, 5, 6, 7, 11, 12, 13, 14, 2026
Sweeney Todd
SWEENEY TODD
Music & Lyrics by STEPHEN SONDHEIM • Book by HUGH WHEELER • Directed by NOAH A. PRICE
Music Direction by CAROLYN GOODFELLOW
The hit Broadway musical about a Victorian-era barber who swears revenge on the corrupt judge who ruined his life. When revenge eludes him, Sweeney turns to murder, while Mrs. Lovett bakes the bodies into meat pies and sells them to the unsuspecting public. Dark comedy and terror in one amazing musical.
June 4, 5, 6, 7, 11, 12, 13, 14, 2026
Sweeney Todd
SWEENEY TODD
Music & Lyrics by STEPHEN SONDHEIM • Book by HUGH WHEELER • Directed by NOAH A. PRICE
Music Direction by CAROLYN GOODFELLOW
The hit Broadway musical about a Victorian-era barber who swears revenge on the corrupt judge who ruined his life. When revenge eludes him, Sweeney turns to murder, while Mrs. Lovett bakes the bodies into meat pies and sells them to the unsuspecting public. Dark comedy and terror in one amazing musical.
June 4, 5, 6, 7, 11, 12, 13, 14, 2026
Sweeney Todd
SWEENEY TODD
Music & Lyrics by STEPHEN SONDHEIM • Book by HUGH WHEELER • Directed by NOAH A. PRICE
Music Direction by CAROLYN GOODFELLOW
The hit Broadway musical about a Victorian-era barber who swears revenge on the corrupt judge who ruined his life. When revenge eludes him, Sweeney turns to murder, while Mrs. Lovett bakes the bodies into meat pies and sells them to the unsuspecting public. Dark comedy and terror in one amazing musical.
June 4, 5, 6, 7, 11, 12, 13, 14, 2026
Sweeney Todd
SWEENEY TODD
Music & Lyrics by STEPHEN SONDHEIM • Book by HUGH WHEELER • Directed by NOAH A. PRICE
Music Direction by CAROLYN GOODFELLOW
The hit Broadway musical about a Victorian-era barber who swears revenge on the corrupt judge who ruined his life. When revenge eludes him, Sweeney turns to murder, while Mrs. Lovett bakes the bodies into meat pies and sells them to the unsuspecting public. Dark comedy and terror in one amazing musical.
June 4, 5, 6, 7, 11, 12, 13, 14, 2026
Sweeney Todd
SWEENEY TODD
Music & Lyrics by STEPHEN SONDHEIM • Book by HUGH WHEELER • Directed by NOAH A. PRICE
Music Direction by CAROLYN GOODFELLOW
The hit Broadway musical about a Victorian-era barber who swears revenge on the corrupt judge who ruined his life. When revenge eludes him, Sweeney turns to murder, while Mrs. Lovett bakes the bodies into meat pies and sells them to the unsuspecting public. Dark comedy and terror in one amazing musical.
June 4, 5, 6, 7, 11, 12, 13, 14, 2026
Sweeney Todd
SWEENEY TODD
Music & Lyrics by STEPHEN SONDHEIM • Book by HUGH WHEELER • Directed by NOAH A. PRICE
Music Direction by CAROLYN GOODFELLOW
The hit Broadway musical about a Victorian-era barber who swears revenge on the corrupt judge who ruined his life. When revenge eludes him, Sweeney turns to murder, while Mrs. Lovett bakes the bodies into meat pies and sells them to the unsuspecting public. Dark comedy and terror in one amazing musical.
June 4, 5, 6, 7, 11, 12, 13, 14, 2026
Romantic Fools - Open Auditions
Written by Rich Orloff
Directed by Deborah Martin
AUDITION DATES:
Sunday, April 13 at 6 p.m.
Monday, April 14 at 6 p.m.
Tuesday, April 15 at 6 p.m.
ABOUT THE PLAY:
A vaudeville-style comedy! Romantic Fools consists of 12 eight-minute, two-character comedies examining love, lust, dating, and romance -- from a date with a caveman (“Find Me a Primitive Man”) to the joys of dull sex (“One Man's Secret Desire”) to the surprise frustrations of having a perfect mate (“The Stepford Guy”). Think Love American Style (a fun/sexy TV sit-com from 1969-74).
ROLES:
8 to 14 men and women needed! Ages mid-20s and up.
AUDITIONS:
Cold readings from the script.
Love of comedy a must!
PERFORMANCE DATES:
June 6, 7, 8, 13, 14, 15, 2025
Romantic Fools - Open Auditions
Written by Rich Orloff
Directed by Deborah Martin
AUDITION DATES:
Sunday, April 13 at 6 p.m.
Monday, April 14 at 6 p.m.
Tuesday, April 15 at 6 p.m.
ABOUT THE PLAY:
A vaudeville-style comedy! Romantic Fools consists of 12 eight-minute, two-character comedies examining love, lust, dating, and romance -- from a date with a caveman (“Find Me a Primitive Man”) to the joys of dull sex (“One Man's Secret Desire”) to the surprise frustrations of having a perfect mate (“The Stepford Guy”). Think Love American Style (a fun/sexy TV sit-com from 1969-74).
ROLES:
8 to 14 men and women needed! Ages mid-20s and up.
AUDITIONS:
Cold readings from the script.
Love of comedy a must!
PERFORMANCE DATES:
June 6, 7, 8, 13, 14, 15, 2025
Romantic Fools - Open Auditions
Written by Rich Orloff
Directed by Deborah Martin
AUDITION DATES:
Sunday, April 13 at 6 p.m.
Monday, April 14 at 6 p.m.
Tuesday, April 15 at 6 p.m.
ABOUT THE PLAY:
A vaudeville-style comedy! Romantic Fools consists of 12 eight-minute, two-character comedies examining love, lust, dating, and romance -- from a date with a caveman (“Find Me a Primitive Man”) to the joys of dull sex (“One Man's Secret Desire”) to the surprise frustrations of having a perfect mate (“The Stepford Guy”). Think Love American Style (a fun/sexy TV sit-com from 1969-74).
ROLES:
8 to 14 men and women needed! Ages mid-20s and up.
AUDITIONS:
Cold readings from the script.
Love of comedy a must!
PERFORMANCE DATES:
June 6, 7, 8, 13, 14, 15, 2025
Absent Friends
ABSENT FRIENDS
By ALAN AYCKBOURN • Directed by ERIC ALMLEAF
Colin must be comforted in his grief over the death of his fiancee so his friends, who never met the girl, arrange a tea party for him. Understandably they are on edge wondering what to say, but there is more to their unease: Diane and Paul, John and Evelyn, and Marge and her husband is perpetually out of circulation with trivial illnesses are all kept together by a mixture of business and cross marital emotional ties. By the time Colin arrives for tea, their tenseness contrasts dramatically with his air of cheerful relaxation. He is the only happy one among them and his happiness and insensitive analyses of their troubles causes each of them to break down.
April 4, 5, 6, 11, 12, 13, 2025
Absent Friends
ABSENT FRIENDS
By ALAN AYCKBOURN • Directed by ERIC ALMLEAF
Colin must be comforted in his grief over the death of his fiancee so his friends, who never met the girl, arrange a tea party for him. Understandably they are on edge wondering what to say, but there is more to their unease: Diane and Paul, John and Evelyn, and Marge and her husband is perpetually out of circulation with trivial illnesses are all kept together by a mixture of business and cross marital emotional ties. By the time Colin arrives for tea, their tenseness contrasts dramatically with his air of cheerful relaxation. He is the only happy one among them and his happiness and insensitive analyses of their troubles causes each of them to break down.
April 4, 5, 6, 11, 12, 13, 2025
Absent Friends
ABSENT FRIENDS
By ALAN AYCKBOURN • Directed by ERIC ALMLEAF
Colin must be comforted in his grief over the death of his fiancee so his friends, who never met the girl, arrange a tea party for him. Understandably they are on edge wondering what to say, but there is more to their unease: Diane and Paul, John and Evelyn, and Marge and her husband is perpetually out of circulation with trivial illnesses are all kept together by a mixture of business and cross marital emotional ties. By the time Colin arrives for tea, their tenseness contrasts dramatically with his air of cheerful relaxation. He is the only happy one among them and his happiness and insensitive analyses of their troubles causes each of them to break down.
April 4, 5, 6, 11, 12, 13, 2025
Absent Friends
ABSENT FRIENDS
By ALAN AYCKBOURN • Directed by ERIC ALMLEAF
Colin must be comforted in his grief over the death of his fiancee so his friends, who never met the girl, arrange a tea party for him. Understandably they are on edge wondering what to say, but there is more to their unease: Diane and Paul, John and Evelyn, and Marge and her husband is perpetually out of circulation with trivial illnesses are all kept together by a mixture of business and cross marital emotional ties. By the time Colin arrives for tea, their tenseness contrasts dramatically with his air of cheerful relaxation. He is the only happy one among them and his happiness and insensitive analyses of their troubles causes each of them to break down.
April 4, 5, 6, 11, 12, 13, 2025
Absent Friends
ABSENT FRIENDS
By ALAN AYCKBOURN • Directed by ERIC ALMLEAF
Colin must be comforted in his grief over the death of his fiancee so his friends, who never met the girl, arrange a tea party for him. Understandably they are on edge wondering what to say, but there is more to their unease: Diane and Paul, John and Evelyn, and Marge and her husband is perpetually out of circulation with trivial illnesses are all kept together by a mixture of business and cross marital emotional ties. By the time Colin arrives for tea, their tenseness contrasts dramatically with his air of cheerful relaxation. He is the only happy one among them and his happiness and insensitive analyses of their troubles causes each of them to break down.
April 4, 5, 6, 11, 12, 13, 2025
Absent Friends
ABSENT FRIENDS
By ALAN AYCKBOURN • Directed by ERIC ALMLEAF
Colin must be comforted in his grief over the death of his fiancee so his friends, who never met the girl, arrange a tea party for him. Understandably they are on edge wondering what to say, but there is more to their unease: Diane and Paul, John and Evelyn, and Marge and her husband is perpetually out of circulation with trivial illnesses are all kept together by a mixture of business and cross marital emotional ties. By the time Colin arrives for tea, their tenseness contrasts dramatically with his air of cheerful relaxation. He is the only happy one among them and his happiness and insensitive analyses of their troubles causes each of them to break down.
April 4, 5, 6, 11, 12, 13, 2025
OPEN AUDITIONS FOR "ABSENT FRIENDS" (Copy) (Copy)
Written by Alan Ayckbourn
Directed by Eric Almleaf
AUDITION DATES:
Friday, January 24 @ 6 p.m.
Saturday, January 25 @ 2 p.m.
Sunday, January 26 @ 2 p.m.
PLAY SYNOPSIS:
Colin must be comforted in his grief over the death of his fiancée, so his friends, who never met the girl, arrange a tea party for him.
Absent Friends takes place in real time in the lounge of Diana and Paul’s house. Serio-comedy.
CAST:
Looking for 3 women and 3 men who are or can play between 20 and 40 years old.
Characters:
Colin (a recent widower)
Paul (a friend of Colin; has had an affair with Evelyn)
Diana (Paul's wife)
John (a friend of Colin)
Evelyn (John's wife; has had an affair with Paul)
Marge (wife of the unseen and ill Gordon)
MORE DETAILS: https://www.playersofutica.org/auditions
OPEN AUDITIONS FOR "ABSENT FRIENDS" (Copy)
Written by Alan Ayckbourn
Directed by Eric Almleaf
AUDITION DATES:
Friday, January 24 @ 6 p.m.
Saturday, January 25 @ 2 p.m.
Sunday, January 26 @ 2 p.m.
PLAY SYNOPSIS:
Colin must be comforted in his grief over the death of his fiancée, so his friends, who never met the girl, arrange a tea party for him.
Absent Friends takes place in real time in the lounge of Diana and Paul’s house. Serio-comedy.
CAST:
Looking for 3 women and 3 men who are or can play between 20 and 40 years old.
Characters:
Colin (a recent widower)
Paul (a friend of Colin; has had an affair with Evelyn)
Diana (Paul's wife)
John (a friend of Colin)
Evelyn (John's wife; has had an affair with Paul)
Marge (wife of the unseen and ill Gordon)
MORE DETAILS: https://www.playersofutica.org/auditions
OPEN AUDITIONS FOR "ABSENT FRIENDS"
Written by Alan Ayckbourn
Directed by Eric Almleaf
AUDITION DATES:
Friday, January 24 @ 6 p.m.
Saturday, January 25 @ 2 p.m.
Sunday, January 26 @ 2 p.m.
PLAY SYNOPSIS:
Colin must be comforted in his grief over the death of his fiancée, so his friends, who never met the girl, arrange a tea party for him.
Absent Friends takes place in real time in the lounge of Diana and Paul’s house. Serio-comedy.
CAST:
Looking for 3 women and 3 men who are or can play between 20 and 40 years old.
Characters:
Colin (a recent widower)
Paul (a friend of Colin; has had an affair with Evelyn)
Diana (Paul's wife)
John (a friend of Colin)
Evelyn (John's wife; has had an affair with Paul)
Marge (wife of the unseen and ill Gordon)
MORE DETAILS: https://www.playersofutica.org/auditions
The Best Christmas Pageant Ever
THE BEST CHRISTMAS PAGEANT EVER
By BARBARA ROBINSON • Directed by KELLY DeGRACE
In this hilarious Christmas classic, a couple struggling to put on a church Christmas pageant is faced with casting the Herdman kids – probably the most inventively awful kids in history. You won't believe the mayhem – and the fun – when the Herdmans collide head-on with the story of Christmas!
December 6, 7, 8, 13, 14, 15, 2024
The Best Christmas Pageant Ever
THE BEST CHRISTMAS PAGEANT EVER
By BARBARA ROBINSON • Directed by KELLY DeGRACE
In this hilarious Christmas classic, a couple struggling to put on a church Christmas pageant is faced with casting the Herdman kids – probably the most inventively awful kids in history. You won't believe the mayhem – and the fun – when the Herdmans collide head-on with the story of Christmas!
December 6, 7, 8, 13, 14, 15, 2024
The Best Christmas Pageant Ever
THE BEST CHRISTMAS PAGEANT EVER
By BARBARA ROBINSON • Directed by KELLY DeGRACE
In this hilarious Christmas classic, a couple struggling to put on a church Christmas pageant is faced with casting the Herdman kids – probably the most inventively awful kids in history. You won't believe the mayhem – and the fun – when the Herdmans collide head-on with the story of Christmas!
December 6, 7, 8, 13, 14, 15, 2024
The Best Christmas Pageant Ever
THE BEST CHRISTMAS PAGEANT EVER
By BARBARA ROBINSON • Directed by KELLY DeGRACE
In this hilarious Christmas classic, a couple struggling to put on a church Christmas pageant is faced with casting the Herdman kids – probably the most inventively awful kids in history. You won't believe the mayhem – and the fun – when the Herdmans collide head-on with the story of Christmas!
December 6, 7, 8, 13, 14, 15, 2024
The Best Christmas Pageant Ever
THE BEST CHRISTMAS PAGEANT EVER
By BARBARA ROBINSON • Directed by KELLY DeGRACE
In this hilarious Christmas classic, a couple struggling to put on a church Christmas pageant is faced with casting the Herdman kids – probably the most inventively awful kids in history. You won't believe the mayhem – and the fun – when the Herdmans collide head-on with the story of Christmas!
December 6, 7, 8, 13, 14, 15, 2024
The Best Christmas Pageant Ever
THE BEST CHRISTMAS PAGEANT EVER
By BARBARA ROBINSON • Directed by KELLY DeGRACE
In this hilarious Christmas classic, a couple struggling to put on a church Christmas pageant is faced with casting the Herdman kids – probably the most inventively awful kids in history. You won't believe the mayhem – and the fun – when the Herdmans collide head-on with the story of Christmas!
December 6, 7, 8, 13, 14, 15, 2024
Bad Seed
BAD SEED
By MAXWELL ANDERSON • Directed by SUZANNE RODIO
The scene is a small Southern town where Colonel and Christine Penmark live with their daughter, Rhoda. Little Rhoda Penmark is the evil queen of the story. On the surface, she is sweet, charming, full of old-fashioned graces, loved by her parents, admired by all her elders. But Rhoda’s mother has an uneasy feeling about her. When one of Rhoda’s schoolmates is mysteriously drowned at a picnic, Mrs. Penmark is alarmed. For the boy who was drowned was the one who had won the penmanship medal that Rhoda felt she deserved.
October 18, 19, 20, 25, 26, 27, 2024
Bad Seed
BAD SEED
By MAXWELL ANDERSON • Directed by SUZANNE RODIO
The scene is a small Southern town where Colonel and Christine Penmark live with their daughter, Rhoda. Little Rhoda Penmark is the evil queen of the story. On the surface, she is sweet, charming, full of old-fashioned graces, loved by her parents, admired by all her elders. But Rhoda’s mother has an uneasy feeling about her. When one of Rhoda’s schoolmates is mysteriously drowned at a picnic, Mrs. Penmark is alarmed. For the boy who was drowned was the one who had won the penmanship medal that Rhoda felt she deserved.
October 18, 19, 20, 25, 26, 27, 2024
Bad Seed
BAD SEED
By MAXWELL ANDERSON • Directed by SUZANNE RODIO
The scene is a small Southern town where Colonel and Christine Penmark live with their daughter, Rhoda. Little Rhoda Penmark is the evil queen of the story. On the surface, she is sweet, charming, full of old-fashioned graces, loved by her parents, admired by all her elders. But Rhoda’s mother has an uneasy feeling about her. When one of Rhoda’s schoolmates is mysteriously drowned at a picnic, Mrs. Penmark is alarmed. For the boy who was drowned was the one who had won the penmanship medal that Rhoda felt she deserved.
October 18, 19, 20, 25, 26, 27, 2024
Bad Seed
BAD SEED
By MAXWELL ANDERSON • Directed by SUZANNE RODIO
The scene is a small Southern town where Colonel and Christine Penmark live with their daughter, Rhoda. Little Rhoda Penmark is the evil queen of the story. On the surface, she is sweet, charming, full of old-fashioned graces, loved by her parents, admired by all her elders. But Rhoda’s mother has an uneasy feeling about her. When one of Rhoda’s schoolmates is mysteriously drowned at a picnic, Mrs. Penmark is alarmed. For the boy who was drowned was the one who had won the penmanship medal that Rhoda felt she deserved.
October 18, 19, 20, 25, 26, 27, 2024
Bad Seed
BAD SEED
By MAXWELL ANDERSON • Directed by SUZANNE RODIO
The scene is a small Southern town where Colonel and Christine Penmark live with their daughter, Rhoda. Little Rhoda Penmark is the evil queen of the story. On the surface, she is sweet, charming, full of old-fashioned graces, loved by her parents, admired by all her elders. But Rhoda’s mother has an uneasy feeling about her. When one of Rhoda’s schoolmates is mysteriously drowned at a picnic, Mrs. Penmark is alarmed. For the boy who was drowned was the one who had won the penmanship medal that Rhoda felt she deserved.
October 18, 19, 20, 25, 26, 27, 2024
Bad Seed
BAD SEED
By MAXWELL ANDERSON • Directed by SUZANNE RODIO
The scene is a small Southern town where Colonel and Christine Penmark live with their daughter, Rhoda. Little Rhoda Penmark is the evil queen of the story. On the surface, she is sweet, charming, full of old-fashioned graces, loved by her parents, admired by all her elders. But Rhoda’s mother has an uneasy feeling about her. When one of Rhoda’s schoolmates is mysteriously drowned at a picnic, Mrs. Penmark is alarmed. For the boy who was drowned was the one who had won the penmanship medal that Rhoda felt she deserved.
October 18, 19, 20, 25, 26, 27, 2024
Open Auditions for "The Best Christmas Pageant Ever"
BY BARBARA ROBINSON … DIRECTED BY KELLY DEGRACE
AUDITION DATES and TIMES:
Sunday, September 22 from 2 to 4 pm
Monday, September 23 from 6 to 8 pm
Wednesday, September 25 from 6 to 8 pm
SYNOPSIS:
Beth Bradley’s church’s Christmas pageant is predictable every year -- the angel choir wears too much lipstick, the shepherds are all in their father’s bathrobes, the minister’s son is permanently cast in the role of Joseph -- hardly “four-star entertainment.” But when seasoned and authoritative pageant director Mrs. Armstrong breaks her leg, it is up to Beth’s inexperienced mother Grace to step in.
Great roles for adults and children.
Open Auditions for “The Best Christmas Pageant Ever”
BY BARBARA ROBINSON … DIRECTED BY KELLY DEGRACE
AUDITION DATES and TIMES:
Sunday, September 22 from 2 to 4 pm
Monday, September 23 from 6 to 8 pm
Wednesday, September 25 from 6 to 8 pm
SYNOPSIS:
Beth Bradley’s church’s Christmas pageant is predictable every year -- the angel choir wears too much lipstick, the shepherds are all in their father’s bathrobes, the minister’s son is permanently cast in the role of Joseph -- hardly “four-star entertainment.” But when seasoned and authoritative pageant director Mrs. Armstrong breaks her leg, it is up to Beth’s inexperienced mother Grace to step in.
Great roles for adults and children.
Open Auditions for "The Best Christmas Pageant Ever"
BY BARBARA ROBINSON … DIRECTED BY KELLY DEGRACE
AUDITION DATES and TIMES:
Sunday, September 22 from 2 to 4 pm
Monday, September 23 from 6 to 8 pm
Wednesday, September 25 from 6 to 8 pm
SYNOPSIS:
Beth Bradley’s church’s Christmas pageant is predictable every year -- the angel choir wears too much lipstick, the shepherds are all in their father’s bathrobes, the minister’s son is permanently cast in the role of Joseph -- hardly “four-star entertainment.” But when seasoned and authoritative pageant director Mrs. Armstrong breaks her leg, it is up to Beth’s inexperienced mother Grace to step in.
Great roles for adults and children.
Kosher Lutherans
KOSHER LUTHERANS
By WILLIAM MISSOURI DOWNS • Directed by ART FELSHAW
Kosher Lutherans is a curveball comedy about an infertile Jewish couple and their desperate attempts to have a baby. One day their dreams come true - they meet a young, naïve, pregnant girl from Iowa who is willing to let them adopt her out-of-wedlock baby. The only problem is the girl doesn’t know they’re Jewish. All she knows about Jews is what her farmer father told her, “They control Hollywood and killed Jesus.” In an attempt not to blow the deal, the couple decides to pose as Lutherans, leading to hysterical twists and turns and a perfect play for the holiday season.
September 6, 7, 8, 13, 14, 15, 2024
Kosher Lutherans
KOSHER LUTHERANS
By WILLIAM MISSOURI DOWNS • Directed by ART FELSHAW
Kosher Lutherans is a curveball comedy about an infertile Jewish couple and their desperate attempts to have a baby. One day their dreams come true - they meet a young, naïve, pregnant girl from Iowa who is willing to let them adopt her out-of-wedlock baby. The only problem is the girl doesn’t know they’re Jewish. All she knows about Jews is what her farmer father told her, “They control Hollywood and killed Jesus.” In an attempt not to blow the deal, the couple decides to pose as Lutherans, leading to hysterical twists and turns and a perfect play for the holiday season.
September 6, 7, 8, 13, 14, 15, 2024
Kosher Lutherans
KOSHER LUTHERANS
By WILLIAM MISSOURI DOWNS • Directed by ART FELSHAW
Kosher Lutherans is a curveball comedy about an infertile Jewish couple and their desperate attempts to have a baby. One day their dreams come true - they meet a young, naïve, pregnant girl from Iowa who is willing to let them adopt her out-of-wedlock baby. The only problem is the girl doesn’t know they’re Jewish. All she knows about Jews is what her farmer father told her, “They control Hollywood and killed Jesus.” In an attempt not to blow the deal, the couple decides to pose as Lutherans, leading to hysterical twists and turns and a perfect play for the holiday season.
September 6, 7, 8, 13, 14, 15, 2024
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