Auditions for MCP's
"The 39 Steps"
in November!
AUDITIONS for The 39 Steps
Sat/Sun, Nov. 20 & 21, 2021
3:00 to 5:30 PM at the Ilsley Library Conference Room
Middlebury, Vermont
(Enter lower level from back garden,
please come to only one audition day.)
The Middlebury Community Players are pleased to announce auditions for a February production of Patrick Barlows’s adaptation of The 39 Steps. The play will be directed by Dr. Gary Gillen, who directed MCP's HILARIOUS production of The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged) in fall 2019. In The 39 Steps, four actors play all roles to create the themes and characters of Alfred Hitchcock’s ground-breaking spy masterpiece movie of 1935. It is both a spoof and homage to all the elements of spy movies that would become cliches used by others for decades. Fast-paced and fun!
Casting Four Actors
● Male lead playing Richard Hannay (British) - Ordinary man who becomes a spy
● Female lead playing Annabella Schmidt (German), Pamela (British), Margaret (Scottish)
● Clown 1 & Clown 2 either gender playing the other 30+ parts
Rehearsals begin on December 12 with dates to be determined, but we anticipate three days a week held on weekday evenings (except for Mondays and Tuesdays) and weekends.
Performances will be February 11-13, 2022.
COVID Protocols
All those attending auditions will be required to provide a negative Covid test within a few days of auditions plus proof of vaccination. Participants will remain masked and maintain safe distancing. These protocols will be in effect throughout rehearsals.
For more information email: info@middleburycommunityplayers.org
Tuck Everlasting The Musical
Book by Claudia Shear and Tim Federle
Music by Chris Miller
Lyrics by Nathan Tysen
Based on the novel Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt
Tuck Everlasting is a musical based on the 1975 American children’s novel Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt. Adapted for the stage by Claudia Shear and Tim Federle, it features a soaring score from Chris Miller and Nathan Tysen.
Eleven-year-old Winnie Foster yearns for a life of adventure beyond her white picket fence, but not until she becomes unexpectedly entwined with the Tuck Family does she get more than she could have imagined. When Winnie learns of the magic behind the Tucks’ unending youth, she must fight to protect their secret from those who would do anything for a chance at eternal life. As her adventure unfolds, Winnie faces an extraordinary choice: Return to her life or continue on with the Tucks on their infinite journey.
Director: Kristen Ginsburg
Music Director: Jennifer Allred
Choreographer: Kendra Gratton
Stage Manager: Dora Greven
Co-Producers: Kate Tilton & Mary Longey
Tuck Everlasting is presented by special arrangement with Samuel French, Inc., a Concord Theatricals Company.
Thank you for attending
our 2019-20 shows!
The Ladies of the Camellias
Director: Kevin Commins
Stage Manager: Tom Noble
Producer: Maria Lourdes Stockman
CAST:
Sarah Bernhardt: Carol Reed
Eleonora Duse: Bettina Matthias
Girl: Tanya Kurtz Lehman
Benoit: Gary Gillen
Alexandre Dumas, Fils: Richard Reed
M. Worms: Lonny Edwards
M. Ando: James Peacock
Ivan: Christopher Ross
Coquelin: James Cass
Performances were at Town Hall Theater, Middlebury
For show info and a list of the cast and production team, click HERE.
A full synopsis, character breakdown and historical background information from the playwright can be found HERE.
HONK! JR.
MCP Foundations presented the classic story of the Ugly Duckling in the new musical HONK! JR., a heartwarming tale of being different and the lessons we can all learn.
Performances were at Town Hall Theater, Middlebury
For show info and a list of the cast and production team, click HERE.
MCP Foundations is the “educational wing” of the Players, created to introduce young people and their families to theater as part of the Players’ ongoing mission of supporting and promoting theater in Addison County.
HONK! JR. was presented through special arrangement with Music Theatre International (MTI). All authorized performance materials are also supplied by MTI. www.MTIShows.com
THE COMPLETE WORKS OF WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE (abridged) [REVISED]
The Cast:
Tucker Atwood
Emma Page
Fergus Ryan
Director: Dr. Gary Gillen
Stage Manager: Chris Frappier
Producer: Kevin Commins
Performances were at the Vermont Coffee Company Playhouse
1197 Exchange St., Middlebury
The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged) is one of the world’s most frequently produced plays and has been translated into several dozen languages. Featured are all 37 of Shakespeare’s plays, meant to be performed in 97 minutes, by three actors. Fast paced, witty, and physical, it’s full of laughter for Shakespeare lovers and haters alike.
To celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Reduced Shakespeare Company’s classic farce, two of its original writer/performers thoroughly revised the show to create The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged) [REVISED] and bring it up to date for 21st-century audiences, incorporating some of the funniest material from the numerous amateur and professional productions that have been performed throughout the world.
