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Beechmont Players Inc. is proud to announce auditions for our Summer production of Moonlight and Magnolias.

A play by Ron Hutchison

Directed by Laura Berkemeier
Produced by Dan Cohen

Moonlight and Magnolias rehearsals will start in April in order to accommodate Summer vacation schedules. Production dates are August 2nd-10th, 2024

When: March 18th & 19th from 6:30pm to 9:30pm.
Where: Cherry Grove United Methodist Church, 1428 Eight Mile Rd, Cincinnati, OH 45244

Please bring a theatrical resume, headshot (if able), and a complete list of conflicts from April 1st through August 10th.

Auditions will consist of selected readings from the script on both nights. You do not have to attend both sessions.

The Play:
1939 Hollywood is abuzz. Legendary producer David O. Selznick has shut down production of his new epic, Gone with the Wind, a film adaptation of Margaret Mitchell’s novel. The screenplay, you see, just doesn’t work. So what’s an all-powerful movie mogul to do? While fending off the film’s stars, gossip columnists and his own father-in-law, Selznick sends a car for famed screenwriter Ben Hecht and pulls formidable director Victor Fleming from the set of The Wizard of Oz. Summoning both to his office, he locks the doors, closes the shades, and on a diet of bananas and peanuts, the three men labor over five days to fashion a screenplay that will become the blueprint for one of the most successful and beloved films of all time.

The Characters and age requirements.
– David O. Selznick – 37(ish).
– Ben Hecht – 35(ish).
– Victor Fleming – 50(ish)
– Miss Poppenghul – No age requirements.

Moonlight and Magnolias is, of course, based on actual people, and *mostly* true events. With that in mind, the above ages are accurate to the ages the real people would have been in 1939. That said, please do not feel constrained by the ages listed above. The final cast will be determined based on chemistry and believability.

Please contact Beechmont Players at beechmontplayersinc@gmail.com with any questions.

Beechmont Players, Inc. Announces Auditions for DEATH BY FATAL MURDER, a comic thriller by Peter Gordon 

Directed by jef brown
Produced by Pam Kaesemeyer

February 12th & 13th at 6:30p.m.

Cherry Grove United Methodist Church
1428 Eight Mile Rd
Cincinnati, OH 45255

Inspector Pratt’s record of crime detection at Bagshot House isn’t enviable. On his two previous visits, the body count mounted, as he looked on, hopeless and helpless. Now, he’s back – and, as usual, chaos reigns supreme. Pratt meets Nancy Allwright, the new owner of the house, and is soon embroiled in yet more mystery and mayhem, aided and abetted by Miss Maple and Constable Thompkins.

The cast will consist of four actors and four actresses, 20s and older:

• Inspector Pratt – middle-aged, clumsy, inept.  British.
• Constable Thompkins – shy, but capable.  British.
• Enzo Garibaldi – Italian, with an eye for the ladies.
• Squadron Leader Roger (Stiffy) Allwright – devil-may-care RAF Officer.
• Nancy Allwright – bright, open and friendly.  British.
• Ginny Fahrquar – Annoyingly posh, with an annoying laugh.  British (of course).
• Miss Joan Maple – ‘mature’ local tweedy crime-solver.  British.
• Blodwyn Morgan – middle-aged. Overwhelming.  Welsh.

Death by Fatal Murder will be staged May 3-11, 2024 at the Anderson Center.

Auditions will consist of readings from the script.

Questions about auditions? Contact the director at jefwi1f@gmail.com.

Interested in working behind the scenes? Contact the producer at pkaesey@gmail.com.