Auditions Announced for CHRISTMAS BELLES at Mariemont Players

Mariemont Players Announces Auditions For CHRISTMAS BELLES

Director Merritt Beischel will hold auditions for the Mariemont Players production of CHRISTMAS BELLES, a comedy by Jamie Wooten, Jessie  Jones and Nicholas Hope, at the Walton Creek Theater, 4101 Walton Creek Road (just east of Mariemont) at 7:00pm on Sunday, July 12th and at 7:00pm on Monday, July 13th, 2015. Callbacks, if needed, will be held at 7:00pm on Tuesday, July 14th.

It’s Christmas time in the small town of Fayro, Texas, and the Futrelle Sisters — Frankie, Twink and Honey Raye — are not exactly in a festive mood. Their church Christmas program is spinning hilariously out of control thanks to squabbling siblings, family secrets, a surly Santa, a vengeful sheep, and a reluctant Elvis impersonator. But in true Futrelle fashion, the feuding sisters find a way to pull together in order to present a holiday program the citizens of Fayro will never forget.

The cast consists of 7 women and 4 men. See below for character descriptions with approximate stage ages.

All roles are open. Auditions will consist of cold readings from the script. Since this show is set in a small Texas town, all of the characters will speak with a Texan accent.

Rehearsals will begin in mid-September. The production will be staged November 6th through November 22nd, 2015.

For more information, contact the director at merrittbeischel@gmail.com.

Character descriptions with approximate stage ages:

• MISS GENEVA MUSGRAVE, town florist with a take-charge attitude, sings Christmas-song solo (60s or 70s)
• HONEY RAYE FUTRELLE, oldest Futrelle sister, a sexy and vivacious go-getter, having hot flashes (early 50s)
• TWINK FUTRELLE, middle Futrelle sister, currently incarcerated for ex-boyfriend-related arson (40s)
• FRANKIE FUTRELLE DUBBERLY, youngest Futrelle sister, enormously pregnant with her second round of twins (40s)
• DUB DUBBERLY, Frankie’s husband, long-suffering and working as a store Santa (40s)
• GINA JO (G.J.) DUBBERLY, Frankie and Dub’s daughter, sincere, naive and helpful (20s)
• JOHN CURTIS BUNTNER, deputy sheriff, law-abiding but fair, has affinity for Elvis (40s)
• JUSTIN WAVERLY, Interim Pastor at the Tabernacle of the Lamb, in love with G.J.  (20s)
• RHONDA LYNN LAMPLEY, manager of The Dairy Dog, eternally positive and well-meaning (50s)
• RAYNERD CHISUM, part-time employee at The Dairy Dog, always wears a an ear-flap cap and pulls a little red wagon (40s-50s)
• PATSY PRICE, local society matron, well-coiffed, not a fan of the Futrelles, sings a song “under the influence” (50s)