Upcoming Auditions
Auditions for our last two shows, “Ring Around Rosalie” and “Secret Garden” are coming up!
Saturday, November 15th 10AM – 2PM at the Barron Area Community Center in the community room.
Monday, November 17th 5PM – 8PM at the Barron Area Community Center in the auditorium.
See descriptions and character lists for each show below.
Ring Around Rosalie
Showing January 23rd – 25th and January 30th – February 1st.
“This funny, fast-paced farce begins in 1933 at the end of Prohibition. Benito “Benny” Bellarosa, a New York gangster, is attempting to make good on his promise to become a respectable business man and join the Board of the New York Bank and Trust. Meanwhile, his rebellious daughter, Rosalie, concocts a plan to free herself from the confines of her room. She leads Benny to believe that she is “in the family way,” hoping he will allow her to leave the house and marry her boyfriend. Unfortunately, Rosalie’s lover disappears and Benny is left with more suitors (and daughters) than he can handle. Mistaken identities abound as Benny contends with his frantic wife, bumbling henchmen and an ambitious accountant. With the bankers arriving any moment, Benny is desperate to find a suitable husband and get a ring around Rosalie!”
CAST OF CHARACTERS
NORA: The maid on the verge of quitting; 20s
BELLA BELLAROSA: Benny’s beautiful wife; 40s
BENNY BELLAROSA: A New York “business man”; 40s
SPATS SPINELLI: Right-hand man of Benny Bellarosa; 30s
ANGELO DIPRIMA: Spats’ dim-witted sidekick; 30s
DANIEL RAFFERTY: A handsome and ambitious CPA; 20s
ROSALIE BELLAROSA: Benny’s pretty and emotional daughter; 21
GIUSEPPE FIGARO: A fastidious tailor.
LOUISA: A young woman in love; 20s
ELLERY PEMBROOKE: Shy British linguistics profession; 30s
SISTER CAMILLE: A well-meaning but flustered nun.
HATTIE WALKER: The new maid; 40s.
The Secret Garden
Showing April 10th – 12th and April 17th – 19th.
Frances Hodgson Burnett’s beloved classic is brought to the stage faithfully and in theatrical manner. The orphaned Mary Lennox is sent to live at her Uncle Archibald’s Yorkshire estate where she grows from a sour and bitter girl to a caring and selfless young woman by discovering and, with the help of others, bringing back to life an abandoned secret garden. The tale is told years later by the aged Dickon, who lives with nature and recounts how he met and helped Mary bring life to the garden. As in the young adult novel, the dramatization is filled with colorful characters and incidents that are humorous as well as heart-warming.
CAST OF CHARACTERS
MARY LENNOX (f) A sullen ten year-old who gradually warms up to people.
OLD DICKON SOWERBY (m) A crusty but likable old man who is still lively.
YOUNG DICKON SOWERBY (M) A youth between the ages of twelve and sixteen with a magical touch with people and animals.
ARCHIBALD CRAVEN (m) A morose man in his late thirties. Also plays Ghost of Craven.
MARTHA SOWERBY (f) Dickon’s sister, a bright and cheerful housemaid in her twenties.
COLIN CRAVEN (m) Archibald’s son, a sickly and temperamental ten-year-old boy.
MRS. MEDLOCK (f) A cold and efficient middle-aged housekeeper.
BEN WEATHERSTAFF (m) A rustic and rough-edged gardener in his sixties.
DR. MILES CRAVEN (m) Archibald’s cousin, a chilly and efficient physician in his thirties.
MRS. LENNOX (f) A lovely but vain woman in her late thirties.
AYAH (f) A subservient Indian servant, most any age.
LOUISA (f) An adventurous girl in her late teens.
SARAH (f) A curious girl in her late teens.
BERTHA (f) Sarah’s sister, a cautious girl, in her early teens.
BRITISH OFFICER (m) An experienced officer, most any age.
GHOST OF LILY CRAVEN (f) Beautiful and gracious, in her late twenties.
EXTRAS
SERVANTS (m/f) minimum of two
