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Auditions — RUMORS

The Catskill Community Players host auditions for Rumors by Neil Simon, directed by Lissa Sidoli, and produced by Diana Friedell.

Auditions
Location: Foothills PAC (ATRIUM), 24 Market, Oneonta
Dates & Times: Wednesday, September 29, 5:30-7pm
Sunday, October 3, 3:00-4:30pm
And…….over Zoom by appointment
Thursday, September 30, 5:30-7

Performances will be held at the
Worcester Wieting Theater, Worcester, NY
April 29, 30, at 8 pm and May 1 at 2 pm (2022)

Seeking Actors for 4–6 female roles and 4–6 male roles, age range 30-70

Those who wish to audition should bring a schedule of conflicts from January 10 thru May 1 (2022) for rehearsal planning purposes. Those auditioning will be asked to read pages from the script, which will be provided.

Play Description:
“America’s premier comic playwright delighted audiences with this out-and-out funny offering.

Four couples are at the townhouse of a deputy New York City mayor and his wife to celebrate their tenth wedding anniversary. The party never begins because the host has shot himself in the head (it’s only a flesh wound) and his wife is missing. His lawyer’s cover-up gets progressively more difficult to sustain as the other guests arrive and nobody can remember who has told what about whom. Doors slam and hilarity abounds as the couples get more and more crazed.”

Character breakdown
10 roles
4-6 men
4-6 women

CHRIS GORMAN – attractive woman, beautifully dressed, 30-60, lead role
KEN GORMAN – husband to Chris, lawyer, smartly dressed, 40-70, lead role

CLAIRE GANZ – attractive woman, evening gown, 30-60, supporting role
LENNIE GANZ – husband to Claire, tuxedo, 40-70, tax attorney, supporting role

COOKIE CUSACK – wife to Ernie, cooking show host, 30-60, bad back injury, supporting role
ERNIE CUSACK – husband to Cookie, psychotherapist, deferential, 40-70, supporting role

GLENN COOPER – handsome, 40-70, running for Senate, featured role
CASSIE COOPER – very attractive, 30-60, well-dressed, featured role

OFFICER WELCH – strong vigorous 30-50 male or female, featured role
OFFICER PUDNEY – younger 30-40, female, featured role

More information on the Catskill Community Players, this 46 year old theater company, which has recently merged with the Catskill Theatre Works of Delhi, can be seen at www.catskillplayers.org, or find Catskill Community Players on Facebook.

For more information, to review a script, or to schedule Zoom audition, please contact Lissa Sidoli at sidoli19@yahoo.com.

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AUDITIONS — BLITHE SPIRIT

Catskill Community Theatre announces AUDITIONS for

“Blithe Spirit,” a comic play by Noël Coward

Director – Nancy Bondurant-Couch

Producer – Diana Friedell

Production Description:

The play concerns the socialite and novelist Charles Condomine, who invites the eccentric medium and clairvoyant, Madame Arcati, to his house to conduct a séance, hoping to gather material for his next book. The scheme backfires when he is haunted by the ghost of his annoying and temperamental first wife, Elvira, after the séance. Elvira makes continual attempts to disrupt Charles’s marriage to his second wife, Ruth, who cannot see or hear the ghost.

Roles:

Charles Condomine (Lead): Male, 30-70

Husband to Ruth and, before her passing, to Elvira. A sophisticated and urbane novelist who is dabbling in spiritualism to use it as a subject for a book.

Ruth Condomine (Lead): Female, 25-70

Charles’s second wife, and eventually a ghost. Ruth is witty and sophisticated but also a bit stuffy and predictable.

Elvira Condomine (Lead): Female, 25-50

The ghost of Charles’s first wife. She is spirited, outgoing, wild – and jealous of Ruth. She aggravates Charles, and continues to do so, even when joined by his second wife Ruth. 

Madame Arcati (Supporting): 30-80

Known as the local eccentric, she considers herself a spiritualist and a medium who conjures up Charles’ first wife and eventually his second. 

Doctor Bradman (Supporting): Male, 45-70

A good friend of the Condomines who is invited to dinner and a séance.  Skeptical of anything to do with the occult.

Mrs. Bradman (Supporting): Female, 40-70

Doctor Bradman’s wife.  Simple and naive, she is excited about being in the presence of a medium.

Edith (Supporting): Female, 18-28

The Condomines’ new maid. She is nervous and tears around at breakneck speed trying to do things right.

Audition, Rehearsal and Production Dates & Locations:

Auditions will be held at Institute for Spiritual Development, 41-45 Dietz St. Oneonta, NY.

  • Thursday, August 22 at 7:00 pm
  • Sunday, August 25 at 2:00

Scenes from the script will be provided for the audition

Those who wish to audition should bring a schedule of conflicts for dates from August 26 – October 27 for rehearsal planning purposes:

Rehearsals will be held in Oneonta until the first few weeks of October where the rehearsals move to the stage of the Wieting Theatre in Worcester, NY.

Performances held October 25 & 26 at 8:00 pm and Sunday, Oct. 27 at 2:00 pm in the Wieting Theatre, Worcester, NY  

If additional information is needed please email the director, Nancy: nancybcouch@yahoo.com

or the Producer, Diana B. Friedell:  dianafriedell@gmail.com, 607-433-2089

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AUDITIONS – THE GREAT KOOSHOG LAKE HOLLIS MACCAULEY FISHING DERBY

‘The Great Kooshog Lake Hollis McCauley Fishing Derby’
Written by Norm Foster • Directed by Nancy Bondurant-Couch
Produced by Catskill Community Players • Spring 2019

Performances will be held at
The Wieting Theatre
168 Main Street, Worcester, NY 12197
Friday, April 5 at 8:00 pm
Saturday, April 5 at 8:00 pm
Sunday, April 7 at 2:00 pm

Auditions will be held at the ISD
(Institute for Spiritual Development)
41-45 Dietz St., Suite #1, Oneonta, NY 13820 
Thursday, January 31 at 6PM
Saturday, February 2 at 4PM
Call-backs will be held Sunday Feb. 3

Rehearsals will be held in Oneonta until 2 weeks prior to the performance date.

Production Description
If you are growing tired of real-world stresses, then cast away your troubles and savor a Canadian comedy that traffics unabashedly in human goodness.

“The Great Kooshog Lake Hollis McCauley Fishing Derby” is a beautifully written story about one small town, five big hearted people and a big fish. Written by award-winning Canadian playwright Norm Foster, this quirky, funny, and heartwarming comedy comes complete with romance, broken hearts, and the hunt for the elusive catfish named Hollis McCauley. 


Uptight investment banker James Bell is on his way to present a very important speech, when his car breaks down in the wilderness town of Kooshog Lake.  Finding himself stranded with little to do, he is lured into participating in the annual fishing derby, which offers a prize of $92,000 to the angler who can catch Hollis McCauley, the legendary catfish named for its resemblance to the local high school shop teacher! Soon James realizes that he is the fish out of water, and we follow this city boy as he is bewildered and beguiled by the people he meets.  James gets a crash course in fishing, but the real lessons he learns are about life. There’s laughter all through this charming and funny fish story, a story that’s filled with real people and real heart.

CAST (3 Female, 2 Male)

SIENNA GREY: Female, 50-60+
dry-humored, divorced, and missing her only son, who moved away months before and still hasn’t called; she owns the only store in town; she and her store are the hub for the town’s news and gossip; she enjoys playing with out-of-towners, and James Bell is no exception.

JAMES BELL: Male, 30-35
focused, driven, slightly awkward investment banker, who gets stranded in Kooshog, on his way to a conference; by play’s end he’s learned how to fish, but he’s also learned how to live.

RHONDA BORKOWSKI: Female, 40-55
dry-humored, somewhat over-sexed local; she’s flirty, fun, and looking for love; she owns the only hotel in Kooshog which means that single banker James has to be on his guard while he’s stuck in town.

KIRK DOUGLAS: Male, 50-60+
the owner of the town’s garage and bait & tackle shop; he’s wise, witty, and sometimes a little confused. He has an interesting catalog of stories, analogies, and sayings; and he’s the founder of the Hollis McCauley Fishing Derby, based on the mighty fish story he tells.

MELANIE MORNINGSIDE: Female, 25-35
dry-humored, sunny, a little bit vulnerable, independent local, who owns the town’s antique shop. She’s fiercely protective of Kooshog’s friendly, slow-paced way of life. She was once in love with Sienna’s now-estranged son, and is nursing that heartache.