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Directed by Lindsey August Mercer.

THE MYSTERY PLAYS is two interrelated one acts, loosely based on the tradition of the medieval mystery plays.

In the first play, The Filmmaker’s Mystery, Joe Manning, a director of horror films, survives a terrible train wreck—only to be haunted by the ghost of Nathan West, one of the passengers who didn’t survive. As the police investigate Joe, he investigates Nathan, desperate to understand why he survived and what Nathan’s specter could possible want.

In the second play, Ghost Children, Joe’s attorney and friend, Abby Gilly, travels to a small town in rural Oregon to make peace with the man who brutally murdered her parents and younger sister sixteen years earlier. The man—the murderer—is her older brother. Like the original medieval mystery plays, The Mystery Plays wrestles with the most profound of human ideas: the mysteries of death, the afterlife, religion, faith, and forgiveness—in a uniquely American way.

Cast:

• A six person flex cast of 3M 3W with strong story telling skills. Preferred experience with character work and light movement.

Please prepare a 1 minute monologue, and anticipate additional cold readings.

Auditions will be held at Falcon Theatre, 636 Monmouth St, Newport, Kentucky 41071 on August 31 and September 1 from 7-9 p.m. Questions? Contact director Lindsey Augusta Mercer (lindseyamercer@gmail.com).

Production dates: Nov. 6-21:

At Peter and Rita’s wedding, a mysterious old man asks to kiss the bride. After the wedding, Peter gradually realizes that the woman by his side is not Rita. The wedding kiss caused Rita’s soul and the old man’s to transmigrate. Peter must track down the old man and free Rita’s soul trapped in an aging and dying body.

Roles

• Peter – A young professional in his late 20’s – 30’s
• Rita – Pretty and offbeat artist/bartender in her late 20’s – 30’s
• Old Man (Julius Becker) – (65 +)
• Mrs. Boyle (Rita’s mother)
• Dr. Boyle (Rita’s dad)
• Aunt Dorthy
• Uncle Fred
• Taylor (Peter’s best friend)
• Tom (works at bar w/Rita)
  
• Leah (Old Man’s daughter)
  
• Jamaican waiter
  
• Minister (at Peter and Rita’s wedding)
  

Supporting roles may be doubled.

Auditions will consist of cold readings from the script. A call-back may be necessary.

Contact the director, Tom Peters at sloanpeters@hotmail.com for additional information or to request a perusal script.

Auditions will be August 18 & 19 at Falcon Theatre, 636 Monmouth St, Newport, Kentucky 41071, 7-9 p.m.

Performance dates: Jan. 29-Feb. 13, 2016