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Auditions for VANYA AND SONIA AND MASHA AND SPIKE will be held at the Tree County Players office (327 S. Monfort St., Greensburg, IN) on Friday , January 15 from 6:30 PM – 9:00 PM and Saturday, January 16 from 9:30 AM – noon. The show will be performed April 14, 15 and 16, 2016. Rehearsals begin in early March.

Winner of the 2013 Tony Award for Best Play, Christopher Durang, the master of comedy, takes characters and themes from Chekhov, pours them into a blender and mixes them up. The utterly hilarious and occasionally touching result is his latest play set in present day Bucks County, Pennsylvania. Vanya and his stepsister Sonia have lived their entire lives in their family’s farmhouse. While they stayed home to take care of their ailing parents, their sister Masha has been gallivanting around the world as a successful actress and movie star, leaving Vanya and Sonia to feel trapped and regretful, Their soothsayer/cleaning woman Cassandra keeps warning them about terrible things in the future, which include a sudden visit from Masha and her twenty-something boy toy Spike. Broad comic acting is raised to the level of high art…deliriously funny…a heedless good time. ADULT THEMES and LANGUAGE.

Six roles to be cast by actors who can convincingly portray the following:

• Vanya: 50’s – intelligent, cynical, nostalgic, playwright, resigned to his life more or less (at least compared to Sonia).
• Sonia: His adopted sister, early 50’s, mousey, discontented, resentful, melancholy, imitates Maggie Smith (needs a British accent).
• Masha: Vanya’s and Sonia’s sister. 50’s, diva, cougar, self-centered, glamorous and successful actress who goes gallivanting around the world.
• Spike: An aspiring actor, 29 or younger, Masha’s new companion, sexy, self-absorbed, very fit, muscular, not the brightest crayon in the box, comfortable being on stage in boxer shorts .
• Nina: Lovely, sincere, would-be actress, early 20’s, visiting her aunt and uncle next door, star struck and energetic.
• Cassandra: Cleaning lady and soothsayer, any age, dramatic, comic ability.

Auditioners will be asked to read dialogue from the script, interact with other potential cast members, complete an information form and provide rehearsal conflicts.

Audition appointments may be made by calling director, Therese Zins (812-528-5289). Audition appointments are recommended, but walk in’s are welcome.

To review the script prior to auditions or arrange an alternate audition, contact the director at above phone number or at theresezins@yahoo.com.

Tree County Players, Greensburg In., announces auditions for its next performance, John Patrick Shanley’s DOUBT – A PARABLE,

Friday, October 2, 2015 from 6:30 pm -9:00 pm at the Tree County Players building (327 S. Monfort St., Greensburg, IN 47240).

Four roles will be cast: 3 women (Sister Aloysius (50s -60s), Sister James (20s -30s), Mrs. Mueller (30s), and one man – Father Flynn (30s -50s).

Audition appointments are recommended and may be made by calling director, Therese Zins (812-528-5289).

Auditioners will be asked to complete an information form, provide rehearsal conflict dates and read selections from the script. Performance dates are November 20 and 21, 2015. Contact the director for more information or with questions.

John Patrick Shanley’s DOUBT, A Parable won the Pulitzer Prize in 2004 for Drama. In a Catholic church and school in the Bronx in 1964, the school’s Principal, Sister Aloysius suspects that Father Flynn is paying too much personal attention to a young student. Sister Aloysius sets off on a personal crusade to unearth the truth. With the help of a younger teacher, Sister James, she sets out to get the Priest removed from the church. However, questions arise regarding her accusations. Is her obsession warranted or is Father Flynn innocent of her charges? What do you do when you are not sure? Adapted into the Academy Award nominated film (with Meryl Streep and Viola Davis), Shanley’s stage play is written with an uncanny blend of compassion and detachment. “It is an inspired study in moral uncertainty with the compelling structure of an old-fashioned detective drama” says Ben Brantley, N.Y. Times.

This timely play is a thought-provoking evening of high drama that is unpreachy and full of startling twists and turns. ADULT THEMES