UPCOMING AUDITIONS

     BY VERN HARDEN

Directed by John Herrick

Melodrama | Audience Rating: All ages

AUDITIONS: 

June 9 and 10 from 7 - 9 pm

SYNOPSIS:

Filled with puns, punches, and munchable moose muffins, this classic melodrama is wonderfully entertaining. Ma Belle fights to save the Dead Moose Lodge from repossession and somehow manages to hold off the selfish advances of the lecherous Judge Jury McBribe. This delightful melodrama has a myriad of amusing characters (a must), plot twists (a necessity), and exaggerated scenes (defines melodrama).

PERFORMANCES:

Performances run from August 8 - 31, 2025

Fridays, Saturdays at 7:30 pm, Sunday Matinees at 2:30 pm

CASTING REQUIREMENTS:

Marginally Modest (f) – Young, innocent, sweet, and simple. (128 lines)

Monopoly Belle (Ma Belle) – (f) – Ma Belle is middle-aged, determined, and hard-pressed for cash. She wears a long apron over her dress. (188 lines)

Brad Apple (m) – Mean and slimy. (122 lines)

Gladiola (f) – She, quiet, and shrill. (2 lines)

Haƫe Hogge (f) – Loud, crude, and odiferous. (25 lines)

Granny Fanny (f) – Eighty-seven year old spiƞire. (25 lines)

Prunehilda Pincher (f) – Prim, proper, and prune-faced. (31 lines)

Judge Jury McBribe (m) – Determined to get the most out of life, preferably in cash. (110 lines)

Seymore Stouƞellow (m) – Colorado Mounty, loyal, honest, and simple. (101 lines)

Willimena Worm (f) – Dumb, beautiful, lonesome. (52 lines)

Turkey O’Trot (m) – Oversized, under-brained, woodchopper. (72 lines)

Ruben Z. Patsy (f) – Judge in disguise. (47 lines)

Poster girl/boy – Posts signs that show scene location (non-speaking role)