Theatre--Auditions

The St. Martinville Evangeline Players announce auditions for their holiday production A Dickens' Christmas Carol: A Traveling Travesty in Two Tumultuous Acts (A Play) By Mark Landon Smith DATES Auditions: October 8 (6:00-9:00 PM) Performances: December 7-16 (Friday-Sunday) Directed by Alicia Chaisson SYNOPSIS From the author of the popular Faith County and An Evening of Culture - Faith County IIcomes a completely different adaptation of the holiday classic, A Christmas Carol. From the bonny shores of England comes the Styckes-Upon-Thump Repertory Theatre Company, a stuffy old travelling troupe embarking on their fifteenth annual farewell tour of the Dickens' tale. The company includes Sir Selsdon Piddock, the consummate actor, in the role of Ebenezer Scrooge, with Mrs. Bettina Salisbury, Dame Rowena Middleton-Lewis, Mrs. Cordelia ffoliet-ffolkes ffortescue Woods, Teddy Shub and Elyot Crummels in multiple supporting roles. Sweet Cynthia Imbry, the general understudy, suddenly finds herself thrust onstage to perform a role she's ill-prepared for! Bettina, the company diva, pretends to be ill, certain the production will be cancelled. However, much to her shock and rage, the show does go on without her! Roles are shuffled at the last minute and poor Cynthia finds herself center stage. The play begins but mid-way through the theatre doors open and in rushes Bettina, determined to reclaim her roles. Mayhem ensues as this professional company scrambles to keep the show going and everything that could possibly go wrong does, to hilarious, ridiculous results! CHARACTERS Sir Selsdon Piddock – A “Classical” actor in the truest sense of the word who will be playing Ebenezer Scrooge. Mrs. Cordelia Ffoliet-Ffolkes Ffortescue Woods – An actress who wishes her resume were as long as her name. She will be playing multiple roles this evening. Dame Rowena Middleton-Lewis – An actress of some pretensions who plays multiple roles. Cynthia Imbry – A young actress who is the company understudy and is suddenly forced into the production and isn’t prepared but anxious to make an impression. Mr. Elyot Crummels – A once dashing leading man now playing character parts. He will be very busy in this evening’s production. Teddy Shub – An over-anxious young actor who appears to be all teeth. He plays every scene as though he were Macbeth. Mrs. Bettina Salisbury – The company diva who was pretending to be ill for this evening’s performance, assured that the show would be canceled. It hasn’t happened and she appears mid-way through the show determined to play her roles.