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Cast Announced for HAY FEVER at Mariemont Players

MPI_logoDirector jef brown is pleased to announce the cast of Mariemont Players’ production of HAY FEVER, running March 4-20:

  • David Bliss – Kenny Tessel
  • Judith Bliss – Barbara Karol
  • Simon Bliss – Mitch Worden
  • Sorel Bliss – Elizabeth Beatty
  • Richard Greatham – Lon Nease
  • Myra Arundell – Jeanette Tacon
  • Sandy Tyrell – Bryce Willson
  • Jackie Coryton – Darcy Schwass
  • Clara – Jan Costello

For tickets, call Betsy at 684-1236 or visit www.mariemontplayers.com.

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Auditions Announced for WHO AM I THIS TIME? at Mariemont Players

MPI_logoMariemont Players Announces Auditions for WHO AM I THIS TIME? (& OTHER CONUNDRUMS OF LOVE)

Audition Dates:
Sunday, Jan. 31 from 1-4pm & Tue, Feb. 2 at 7pm

Location: 4101 Walton Creek Rd., Cincinnati, OH 45227

Performance Dates: May 6 – 22, 2016

Synopsis
The subject of this play—as we are told at the outset—is love, pure and complicated. Set on the stage of The North Crawford Mask & Wig Club (“the finest community theatre in central Connecticut!”), three early comic masterpieces by Kurt Vonnegut (Long Walk to Forever, Who am I This Time? and Go Back to Your Precious Wife and Son) are sewn together into a seamless evening of hilarity and humanity. With a single set, wonderful roles for seven versatile actors, and Vonnegut’s singular wit and insight into human foibles, this is a smart, delightful comedy for the whole family.

Character Descriptions
WHO AM I THIS TIME? is a play for 7 actors with doubling (or possibly more without). One actor will need to play the guitar, and there is a group number at the end of the show.

Actor 1

  • Tom Newton – Our friend, narrator, and guide

Actor 2

  • Kate Newton – Tom’s wife, a homemaker and community theatre actress

Actor 3

  • Newt – A young soldier
  • Joey “Doodles” Brookes – A young stage manager
  • John Murra – Murra’s son

Actor 4

  • Catherine – A young woman
  • Helene Shaw – A telephone girl
  • Paula Newton – Tom and Kate’s daughter

Actor 5

  • Harry Nash – A hardware clerk
  • Roy Crocker Jr. – A plumber

Actor 6

  • Verne Miller – A hardware store owner
  • George Murra – A writer

Actor 7

  • Doris Sawyer – A feisty librarian and community theatre director
  • Gloria Hilton – A glamorous movie star

Rehearsals will begin after March 20 and will be determined by the availability of the cast. Please bring known conflicts March 21 – May 22. Resume and headshots are appreciated but not required. For more information or to review the script, contact director Dan Maloney at maloneykd@gmail.com.

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CHRISTMAS BELLES Runs Nov. 6-22

Peter Merten as Dub Dubberly, Lauren Woodiwess as Honey Raye Futrelle, Chris Bishop as Raymond Chisum & Patrick Kramer as Justin Waverly. Photo by Jim Talkington.

Peter Merten as Dub Dubberly, Lauren Woodiwess as Honey Raye Futrelle, Chris Bishop as Raymond Chisum & Patrick Kramer as Justin Waverly. Photo by Jim Talkington.

CHRISTMAS BELLES
Mariemont Players Inc.
Nov. 6-22
Walton Creek Theatre [Mariemont]

Directed by Merritt Beischel
Produced by Dan Maloney

Cast: Ann Barfels as Geneva Musgrave, Lauren Woodiwiss as Honey Raye Futrelle, Mandy Goodwin as Gina Jo (G.J.) Dubberly, Geoff Amann as John Curtis Butner, Jennifer Richardson as Twik Futrelle, Peter Merten as Dub Dubberly, Peggy Allen as Frankie Futrelle Dubberly, Nancy Rzonca as Rhonda Lynn Lampley, Patrick Kramer as Justin Waverly, Chris Bishop as Raymond Chisum & Barbara Karol as Patsy Price

It’s Christmas-time in 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. This holiday journey through a misadventure-filled Christmas Eve is guaranteed to bring joy to your world!

  • Fri-Sat, Nov. 6-7 at 8pm
  • Sun, Nov. 8 at 2pm
  • Thu, Nov. 12 at 7:30pm
  • Fri-Sat, Nov. 13-14 at 8pm
  • Sun, Nov. 15 at 2pm & 7pm
  • Thu, Nov. 20 at 7:30pm
  • Fri, Nov. 21 at 8pm
  • Sat, Nov. 21 at 3pm & 8pm
  • Sun, Nov. 22 at 2pm

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Mariemont Players Announces CHRISTMAS BELLES

Peter Merten as Dub Dubberly, Lauren Woodiwess as Honey Raye Futrelle, Chris Bishop as Raymond Chisum & Patrick Kramer as Justin Waverly. Photo by Jim Talkington.

Peter Merten as Dub Dubberly, Lauren Woodiwess as Honey Raye Futrelle, Chris Bishop as Raymond Chisum & Patrick Kramer as Justin Waverly. Photo by Jim Talkington.

Mariemont Players presents 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), November 6th through November 22nd, 2015.

It’s Christmas-time in 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. This holiday journey through a misadventure-filled Christmas Eve is guaranteed to bring joy to your world!

Christmas Belles is directed by Merritt Beischel, produced by Dan Maloney, and features the talents of Ann Barfels as Geneva Musgrave, Lauren Woodiwiss as Honey Raye Futrelle, Mandy Goodwin as Gina Jo (G.J.) Dubberly, Geoff Amann as John Curtis Butner, Jennifer Richardson as Twik Futrelle, Peter Merten as Dub Dubberly, Peggy Allen as Frankie Futrelle Dubberly, Nancy Rzonca as Rhonda Lynn Lampley, Patrick Kramer as Justin Waverly, Chris Bishop as Raymond Chisum, and Barbara Karol as Patsy Price.

Performances will be:

  • 8 PM Friday, November 6th
  • 8 PM Saturday, November 7th
  • 2 PM Sunday, November 8th
  • 7:30 PM Thursday, November 12th
  • 8 PM Friday, November 13th
  • 8 PM Saturday, November 14th
  • 2 PM Sunday, November 15th
  • 7 PM Sunday, November 15th
  • 7:30 PM Thursday, November 19th
  • 8 PM Friday, November 20th
  • 3 PM Saturday, November 21st
  • 8 PM Saturday, November 21st
  • 2 PM Sunday, November 22nd

For more information or to order tickets for CHRISTMAS BELLES call Betsy at 513-684-1236 OR order online at www.mariemontplayers.com. All seats are reserved and cost $20 each.

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Auditions Announced for HAY FEVER at Mariemont Players

MPI_logoMariemont Players will be holding auditions for Noel Coward’s classic, HAY FEVER.

Unconventional, risqué, and often downright rude, the Blisses are everything an upper-crust English family should not be. This is made abundantly clear when each family member invites a guest for the weekend. Alliances form, affairs begin, and formality is thrown to the wind. Noel Coward’s perfect comedy will send you home laughing.
Audition Dates: Monday & Tuesday, November 9 & 10

Audition Time: 7 PM

Location: Mariemont Players – 4101 Walton Creek Road, Cincinnati, OH 45227

Callbacks: Wednesday, November 11 (if necessary)

Performance Dates: March 4 – 20, 2016

Rehearsals: Determined by the availability of those who are cast.

Character Descriptions

  • Judith Bliss – David Bliss’s wife and Sorel and Simon’s mother, Judith Bliss is a retired actress, although she still loves to act and keeps insisting she will return to her craft. She invites Sandy Tyrell as a weekend guest.
  • David Bliss – Judith Bliss’s husband and Sorel and Simon’s father, David Bliss is a novelist of some acclaim, who is looking for his next muse. He invites Jackie Coryton as a weekend guest.
  • Sorel Bliss – Judith and David’s daughter, Sorel Bliss is nineteen years old and bored with most of life. She invites Richard Greatham as a weekend guest.
  • Simon Bliss – Judith and David’s son, Simon Bliss is a would-be artist. He invites Myra Arundel as a weekend guest.
  • Myra Arundel – Simon’s invited houseguest, a socialite
  • Jackie Coryton – David’s invited houseguest, “a perfectly sweet flapper”
  • Sandy Tyrell – Judith’s invited houseguest, a young boxer
  • Clara – The housekeeper. She’s a bit rough around the edges.

Synopsis – In HAY FEVER we spend a weekend with the eccentric Bliss family — Judith, a recently retired stage actress, David, a self-absorbed novelist, and their two equally unconventional children — live in a world where reality slides easily into fiction. Upon entering this world, the unfortunate weekend guests—a proper diplomat, a shy flapper, an athletic boxer, and a fashionable sophisticate— are repeatedly thrown into melodramatic scenes wherein their hosts profess emotions and react to situations that do not really exist. The resulting comedic chaos ends only when the tortured visitors tip-toe out the door.

Accents – British accents will be used for this production. We have an excellent dialect coach as part of the production team. You do not need to use an accent for auditions, although you are certainly welcome to try one on.

Those auditioning should bring a resume and conflicts between the period January 11th and March 20th. Headshots not necessary but welcome.

Questions? Please contact jef Brown at jefwi1f@gmail.com.

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