Open Auditions For November 3, 4, 5 Comedy!
The Catskill Community Players announce
auditions for
“The Savannah Sipping Society”
a Comedy by Jessie Jones, Nicholas Hope, and Jamie Wooten
Directed by Lissa Sidoli
The Catskill Community Players announce auditions for their Fall Comedy, “The Savannah Sipping Society”, a comedy by Jessie Jones, Nicholas Hope, and Jamie Wooten, and directed by Lissa Sidoli. Roles are available for four women, ages 50-70, at all levels of acting experience.
Auditions will be held at the First United Methodist Church, 66 Chestnut St. (use Church Street entrance) on Sunday, August 13, @ 3:00PM, and Tuesday August 15, @ 6:30PM. Those who wish to audition should bring a schedule of conflicts from August 21 through November 5 for rehearsal planning purposes. Those auditioning will be asked to read pages from the script, which will be provided. If you would like to preview a script, contact the director, Lissa Sidoli, at sidoli19@yahoo.com. The play will be presented on November 3rd and 4th at 7:30 p.m., and November 5th at 2:00 p.m., with a possible additional matinée on November 4th at 2:00 p.m., at the historic Wieting Theatre in Worcester, NY.
Play Description:
In this delightful Jones, Hope, & Wooten comedy, 4 unique women all needing to escape day-to-day routine are brought together by Fate at a yoga class and an impromptu happy hour. Each is confronting her own individual, unexpected, and unsettling life event leaving each lost and uncertain. Over the course of six months, filled with laughter, hilarious misadventures, and occasional liquid refreshment, these middle-aged women successfully bond and find the confidence to restart their lives.
Character Descriptions:
Randa: -perfectionist/workaholic struggles to cope with surprise career derailment
Dot: -must restart new life from scratch after beloved husband’s death and at a loss as to how to begin
Marlafaye: -earthy, boisterous; leaves Texas after cheating husband leaves her for his 23 year old dental hygienist to start over in Savannah, but how?
Jinx: -spunky ball of fire offers services as a much needed life coach full of ambition but little experience.
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CCP events are made possible with public funds from the Statewide Community Regrants Program, a program of the NYS Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature, and administered by The Earlville Opera House.
CCP is a recipient of a Community Events Grant administered by the Otsego County Government.
If you can volunteer to help us in any way on the production we need you! (Stage Managing, Costuming, Lighting, Ushering, Sets, Painting, Props, etc.) please reply to this email or call/text Diana Friedell if you would like to participate. dianafriedell@gmail.com; Phone: (607) 433-2089.
AUDITIONS:
WHEN:
Sunday, August 13th
3 p.m. – 5 p.m.
AND
Tuesday, August 15th
6:30 p.m. – 8 p.m.
WHERE:
First United Methodist Church
Fellowship Room
(Located on the corner of Chestnut and Church Streets. Enter through the Church Street door on the left side of the building.)
or by Special Arrangement w/Director Lissa Sidoli
BRING: Your Calendar so you can note your conflicts- any times you are NOT available to rehearse for rehearsal planning purposes. MARK YOUR CALENDARS!
Performance Dates:
Friday, November 4, 2023 at 7:30 pm
(possibly) Saturday, November 5, 2023 at 2 pm
Saturday, November 5, 2023 at 7:30 pm
Sunday, November 6, 2022 at 2 pm
All performances are at the Wieting Theater in Worcester, NY. Rehearsals will be both in Oneonta and in Worcester.
