[Capdist-auditions] THE GHENT PLAYHOUSE ANNOUNCES AUDITIONS for Our Town

[Linda Murawski]

*Press Release*                                        Contact:
Linda Murawski  (Lindam4GPH at gmail.com) for

Date:  March 9, 2018
The Ghent Playhouse   518 392-6264


6 Town Hall Place, Ghent, NY  12075
*FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE*



*THE GHENT PLAYHOUSE*

* ANNOUNCES AUDITIONS*



The Ghent Playhouse announces auditions for OUR TOWN, written by Thornton
Wilder and directed by John Trainor.



*Auditions*:            Tuesday, March 20, and Wednesday, March 21, 2018

                          Sign-in at 7:00 p.m. – Auditions will begin at
7:15 p.m.



                            THE GHENT PLAYHOUSE

                             6 Town Hall Place (Adjacent to the Ghent
Firehouse off Route 66)

                          Ghent, New York



*Rehearsals*:          The rehearsal schedule will be based on the
availability of those

                          chosen for the production.  Those interested in
auditioning are asked

     to be as specific as possible in listing any and all conflicts.



*Performances:*   May 18-27 and June 1-3, 2018

                              Friday and Saturday evenings at 8:00 p.m.

                             Sunday Matinees at 2:00 p.m.



*Casting Info*:      Looking for men and women, as well as young male and
female adults,

                for major and minor roles in this production.



                          Everyone is encouraged to audition.  This is a
good opportunity for                                      those who have
considered acting, but have little or no experience, as

                             well as seasoned actors.



    Those auditioning will be asked to read specific scenes from the

                             script.  Please see the story and character
descriptions below

     for more information about the play.



*The Story*:  Set in the fictional town of Grover’s Corners, New Hampshire,
and spanning the first decade of the 20th Century from 1901 to 1913,
Thornton Wilder’s classic masterpiece tells the story of the Webb and Gibbs
families through three acts – “Daily Life,” “Love and Marriage,” and “Death
and Eternity,” - as their children fall in love, marry and eventually die.  The
play is narrated by a stage manager and performed with minimal props and
sets.  It was intended to bring universal appeal to audiences by portraying
life in an ordinary small town, filled with ordinary places, such as a
church, post office, school and train station, and presenting ordinary
human beings that most audiences can identify with.



Considered by many to be “the greatest American play ever written,” OUR
TOWN was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1938.



*MAJOR CHARACTERS**:  *



*THE STAGE MANAGER – *An unnamed man, who serves as the omnipresent
narrator of the play and constant link between the characters and the
audience, providing vital information.  He also acts out multiple parts
throughout the play.



*MR. CHARLES WEBB – *The editor and publisher of the town newspaper.  He is
a kind man; well-liked by the people of Grover’s Corners.



*MRS. MYRTLE WEBB – *Married to Charles, she is a devoted wife and mother,
though at times, nagging and overprotective.



*WALLY WEBB – *The son of Charles and Myrtle and Emily Webb’s younger
brother.  He meets an untimely death, when his appendix ruptures on a Boy
Scout trip.



*EMILY WEBB - *The bright-eyed, intelligent daughter of Charles and Myrtle
and Wally Gibbs’ older sister.  Through the course of the play, Emily grows
from a sweet child, to a teen, then to a young bride, married to George
Gibbs.



*FRANK “DOC” GIBBS – *The town doctor.  He is a caring father, but is not
overindulgent with his children.  He is concerned about the welfare of the
citizens of Grover’s Corners.



*MRS. JULIA GIBBS – *Frank’s wife.  She is a typical small-town housewife,
whose life revolves around her husband and children.   A thin, serious,
crisp woman, who dreams of traveling outside Grover’s Corners.



*REBECCA GIBBS – *The daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Gibbs and George’s younger
sister, who finds him to be a bothersome pest.



*GEORGE GIBBS – *The teenage son of Dr. and Mrs. Gibbs.  He is a popular,
star  baseball player, who is looked upon as a high school hero.  His goals
to attend Agricultural School and become a farmer are put on hold when he
falls for and marries his childhood sweetheart, Emily Webb.



*MINOR CHARACTERS**:*



*HOWIE NEWSOME – *The town milkman, who rides a horse named Bessie.  He
appears at the beginning of the play, and again in the final act, during
Emily’s return to the past



*JOE CROWELL, JR. – *The town newspaper boy.  He secures a college
scholarship, but his bright future is cut short when he is killed during
WWI.  He appears only in the first and last acts.



*SI CROWELL – *Joe’s younger brother, who replaces him as the town paperboy



*SAMUEL “SAM” CRAIG – *Emily’s cousin on her mother’s side.



*STODDARD – *The town undertaker.



*BILL WARREN – *The town constable, who conscientiously patrols the town
and checks the drainage system.



*SIMON STIMSON – *The organist of the Congregational Church, whose
waywardness ultimately leads him to commit suicide.



*PROFESSOR WILLARD – *A faculty member of the state university who gives a
boring account of Grover’s Corners geographical and anthropological history.
*Also plays A MAN AMONG THE DEAD.*



*WOMAN IN BALCONY – *Sings in the Church choir.  *Also plays A WOMAN AMONG
THE DEAD.*



*MAN IN AUDITORIUM – Also plays  A BASEBALL PLAYER.*



*LADY IN THE BOX – *Sings in the Church choir.



*FARMER McCARTY*





FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, YOU MAY CONTACT THE DIRECTOR AT jbmt1943 at gmail.com.


-- 
*Linda Murawski*, Office Manager & Publicity person for The Ghent
Playhouse, an all-volunteer community theater located in beautiful Columbia
County

6 Town Hall Place, Ghent, NY  12075  (518) 392-6264
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