presents

OPEN AUDITIONS

Directed by Don Taylor

Auditions and Performances to be held at Beatniks On Conkey, 418 Conkey Street, Hammond, IN

Audition Dates:

Monday October 24  7PM to 9PM
Tuesday October 25  7PM to 9PM

Performance Dates:

Friday, December 9, 2016, at 8:00 p.m.
Saturday, December 10 at 8:00 p.m.
Sunday, December 11 at 2:00 p.m.

Friday, December 16 at 8:00 p.m.
Saturday, December 17 at 8:00 p.m.
Sunday, December 18 at 2:00 p.m.

Story Synopsis:

The Christmas Spirit is a clever retelling of " Death Takes A Holiday". It's early Christmas morning and Death has come to take Julia Dowling to the promised land but she's not ready to go yet and she talks him into giving her a stay and invites him to Christmas dinner, something she hasn't done in years. Now she has to round up the family, cook a traditional dinner and hopefully sway Death from taking her. Enter a broad array of characters from the grumpy older sister and henpecked husband, her musician son who is gay and doesn't know it, his girlfriend a rising singer hopeful, the priest and a suicide victim that Death brings with him.
Cast of Characters
Julia Dowling: age 60 plus
Death: age 50 plus
Beth Dowling: Julia's daughter age 40 plus
Aunt Rosemary: Julia's older sister age 60 plus
Uncle Bernie: Rosemary's husband age 60 plus
Paul Dowling: Julia's son age 30 plus
Melissa Rosen: Pauls girlfriend age 20 plus
Father John Brennan: age 50 plus
Matthew Harris: the suicide age 20 plus

Nothing needs to be prepared. Auditions will include readings from the script.
Contact the director Don Taylor 219-545-7595