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Auditions – BELL, BOOK AND CANDLE

Auditions!

·      Bell, Book and Candle by John Van Druten

·      Produced by Catskill Community Players

·      Directed by Rosemary Summers and Charlie Reiman

Auditions will be held at

The Institute for Spiritual Development (ISD)
297 River St. Service Road, (upstairs)
Oneonta, NY

Audition dates/times:

·      Saturday, August 22nd, 2-4 pm

·      Sunday, August 23rd, 2-4 pm

Rehearsing at ISD Oneonta.  

Rosemary Summers and Charlie Reiman, directors.  Contact for more info or script: rosemaryfsummers@gmail.com 

Performance Dates & Location

  • Show Dates: November 13, 14, & 15, 2026
  • Venue: Wieting Theatre, 197 Main St., Worcester, NY

Roles & Descriptions

  • Gillian Holroyd – the main character; a modern witch with a dilemma
  • Shep Henderson – Gillian’s upstairs neighbor and love interest
  • Aunt Queenie Holroyd – Gillian’s eccentric and loveable aunt
  • Nicky Holroyd – Gillian’s charming and mischievous brother
  • Sidney Redlitch – clueless author with a drinking problem
  • Pyewacket – Gillian’s cat and magical familiar (youth role)

Play Overview

This light-hearted 50’s comedy is about what happens when a witch in New York makes a lover of a very conventional man, and then has to face the consequences when she really falls in love with him. Gillian Holroyd becomes interested in her upstairs neighbor and tenant, and hexes him into falling in love with her. Shep Henderson, her quarry, is mystified, delighted, and completely unaware that other-worldly forces are at work. Despite the oddness of Gillian’s aunt and brother, themselves an endearingly addled old witch and a fun-loving warlock, Shep is oblivious. He only knows that his life changed when he crossed over Gillian’s threshold. When she realizes that she is falling in love herself, Gillian faces a dilemma: she will lose her considerable powers if she acts on her feelings. Will love prevail?


We look forward to seeing you at auditions—come be part of the fun!
 

BELL, BOOK AND CANDLE is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals on behalf of Dramatists Play Service.(www.concordtheatricals.com)
 

The Catskill Community Players are a recipient of a Community Events Grant administered by the Otsego County Government.

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. 

  

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