AUDITIONS for 2010-2011
Auditions are held at the Island Players theatre, 10009 Gulf Drive (Gulf Drive and Pine Avenue), Anna Maria, Florida. Scripts are usually available for perusal at the Island Branch Public Library. No preparation is necessary, the director will have those auditioning read scenes from the play. Callbacks are scheduled, if needed, at the discretion of the director. If you have never auditioned for us before, or it's been a while, please arrive a little early to fill out an audition form and have a file picture taken.
Newcomers are VERY welcome!
Good luck! Hope to see you there!
THE PLAYS for 2010-2011
Ladies Of The Camellias
by Lillian Groag
Director: Gareth Gibbs
Audition: August 29th, 2010
Play runs October 7 - 17, 2010
CAST
GIRL: early twenties. Small, fierce
BENOIT: 150 years old, caretaker
ALEXANDER DUMAS: Elegant, author, 55-60
SARAH BERNHARDT: ageless, small, delicate, glamorous
ELEONORA DUSE: somewhat younger, Italian accent, grim
FLAVIO ANDÓ: the Italian company's leading man, former lover of
DUSE
GUSTAVE-HIPPOLITE WORMS: forties, the French company's leading man,
witty
IVAN: a young Russian, accent, articulate, passionate.
BENOIT CONSTANT COQUELIN: ageless star, big voice, played Cyrano
PLACE
Paris, the stage of the Théâtre de la Renaissance
TIME
June 1897
Last Train To Nibroc
by Arlene Hutton
Director: Kelly Wynn Woodland
Audition: Sunday October 10th, 2010 at 7:30 PM
Play runs December 2 - 12, 2010
CAST
MAY: early twenties, from a small town in Kentucky, sincere and honest in her beliefs
RALEIGH: early twenties, from nearby town, good guy, slow to anger,
quick to chuckle
PLACE
On a train, a bench in the woods and a porch swing
TIME
December 1940, Summer 1942 and Spring 1943
Moonlight And Magnolias
by Ron Hutchinson
Director: Phyllis Elfenbein
Audition: Sunday December 5th, 2010 at 7:30 PM
Play runs January 20 - February 6, 2011
CAST
BEN HECHT: screen writer
VICTOR FLEMING: director
DAVID O. SELZNICK: producer
MISS POPPENGHUL: assistant to DAVID O. SELZNICK
PLACE
The office of David o. Selznick on a Hollywood studio lot
TIME
1939
Rabbit Hole
by David Lindsay-Abaire
Director: Phyllis Elfenbein
Audition: Sunday January 23rd, 2011 at 7:30 PM
Play runs March 17 - April 3, 2011
CAST
BECCA: late 30's early 40's
IZZY: early 30's, Becca's sister
HOWIE: late 30's early 40's Becca's husband
NAT: mid 60's Becca and Izzy's mother
JASON: 17 year old boy
PLACE
Larchmont, New York
TIME
The present
Lend Me A Tenor
by Ken Ludwig
Director: James Thaggard
Audition: Sunday March 20th, 2011 at 7:30 PM
Play runs May 12-22, 2011
CAST
MAX: assistant to Sanders
MAGGIE: Max's girlfriend
SAUNDERS: Maggie's father, G.M. of the Grand Opera Company
TITO MERELLI: a world famous tenor, known as Il Stupendo
MARIA: Tito's wife
BELLHOP: a bellhop
DIANA: a soprano
JULIA: Chairman of the Opera Guild
PLACE
Cleveland Ohio hotel suite
TIME
1934
Our 62nd Season 2010-2011
The Island Players, Inc.
is a non-profit community theatre housed in the historic Old Community House on Anna Maria Island
at the corner of Gulf Drive and Pine Avenue.
