Center Stage Community Theatre, 604 Powell St., Lebanon, has announced auditions for its March 2023 production of Critic’s Choice. Auditions will be held at 7 p.m. on Nov. 28 and 29 at the theater.
Production dates are March 10 to 26, 2023. Director Jan Jamison is holding early auditions in order to gives scripts to those cast to have before the holidays in preparation to begin rehearsals in mid- to late-January.
The script calls for two men, four women, and one boy:
- Men: one stage age 50 to 60, and one stage age 30 to 50.
- Women: one age 30 to 40, one who admits to being 34, one aged 55 to 75, and a cameo role of housekeeper any age.
- Boy: age 11 with the maturity and sarcastic wit of one much older. He should look 11 to 12.
Show synopsis
A New York theatre critic lives with his second wife (20 or so years younger) and son from his first marriage to a glamorous New York actress. The new wife decides to write a play; therein rises the dilemma. Does he go to the opening and write an honest critic jeopardizing his marriage, or not attend the play, jeopardizing his job?
Throw in the glamorous ex who wants him back, the producer who may or may not be making a play for his wife, and the sarcastic son who he pays to come up with one-line zingers to use in his critiques and you have a comedy which the New York Times called “fresh and funny.”
For more information, contact Jamison at jjansmith3510@aol.com.