The Ladies of the Camellias
MCP will be holding auditions for its February 2020 show, Lillian Groag’s The Ladies of the Camellias.
Dates: Monday, December 2 and Wednesday, December 4, 2019
Time: Registration at 6:30pm. Auditions begin promptly at 7:00pm
Location: Town Hall Theater, 68 South Pleasant Street, Middlebury
Production Run: February 6-9, 2020, at Town Hall Theater in Middlebury
Director: Kevin Commins
Stage Manager: Tom Noble
Producer: Maria Lourdes Stockman
Auditioners only need to come for one of the evenings and will be asked to read sample scenes from the script. Characters speak in French, Italian, or Russian accents, depending on the role; auditioners are encouraged to read with the appropriate accent.
Rehearsals will be on Monday and Wednesday evenings and Sunday afternoons. A perusal script will be available at the Town Hall Theater Box Office, 802-382-9222.
The Ladies of the Camellias is a farce based on the imagined meeting of the world’s two greatest actresses – Sarah Bernhardt and Eleonora Duse – in 1897 Paris at Bernhardt’s theater. The clash between these two powerful divas is complicated when a Russian anarchist arrives to hold the two theater companies hostage until the French police release his compatriots. What results is a witty examination of theater, politics, society, ego, and art.
A synopsis, character breakdown, and historical background information from the playwright can be found HERE.
Thank you for attending
our fall 2019 shows!
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.
