CINCINNATI, OH – October 23, 2014 —Sunset Players is holding auditions for A Nice Family Gathering on November 17 & 18 at 7:00 p.m. at the Arts Center at Dunham. The Arts Center at Dunham is located at 1945 Dunham Way, Cincinnati, OH 45238.
Funny and touching, A Nice Family Gathering is a ghostly love story about a man who loved his wife so much, he almost told her before he died. Now he’s a ghost on a mission, and his son Carl is the unlikely messenger on Thanksgiving Day. When Mom’s date arrives, bombshell announcements are made, hormones are out of whack, and hilarity ensues. Show dates are February 20, 21, 27, 28, March 1, 5, 6, 7, 2015.
Auditions will be cold readings from the script.
Characters:
- Dad: age 50s-60s, doctor, golfer and recently deceased
- Mom: age 50s-60s, losing it to early onset Alzheimer’s
- Carl: younger son, late 20s-late 30s, truck driver and writer
- Michael: elder son, early 30s-late 30s, doctor and workaholic
- Jill: Michael’s wife, late 20s-late 30s, emotional wreck
- Stacy: daughter and the youngest, somewhat neglected, lesbian
- Jerry Myers: next door neighbor, 50s-60s, possible suitor for mom
Ages of characters will be determined by the audition turnout.
If you cannot make these dates. contact Don Frimming, the director, at frimmingmd@cinci.rr.com to make special arrangements.
Sunset Players, Inc. is a community theater group located on the west side of Cincinnati. Founded in 1979, the group performs at the Arts Center at Dunham and has produced more than 120 plays. Its mission is to bring a smile, and its plays include comedies, farces, dramatic comedies and musical comedies—as long as there is some “comedy” in the performance somewhere. For more information, visit our website at www.sunsetplayers.org or like us on Facebook.
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