Brush Creek’s annual membership meeting is scheduled for 2 pm on Sunday, September 21, at the playhouse.

The Board will report on the past year and the schedule for 2015 will be announced.

In addition, elections will be held to fill the 2015 positions for President (current president cannot be reelected), Vice President (current vice president cannot be reelected), Secretary and Treasurer. The remaining, at-large, Board members (up to 7) will be appointed by the incoming President at some point following the meeting.

The Board will not be holding a separate Board meeting in September.

For further information contact Brush Creek at BCPTheater@aol.com.

We are well on the way to casting this show, but we are holding additional open auditions at 1 pm, Saturday, September 6.

Looking for additional actors and would-be actors aged 13 thru mid-20s.

The Mystery of the Kitchen Table
Teen/Young Adult Show

Written by Michael Wood and Emily Wood

Directed by Michael Wood

This story is written in the tradition of the great parlor mysteries –
the story spans almost one hundred years,
with murder mysteries to be solved in 1921, 1961 and 2014,
all centered on the classic Winthorpe Mansion.

What mystery does the house
– and its antique mahogany kitchen table — have to share?

The ensemble cast provides a variety of roles for both males and females — all those aged 13 through mid-20s are welcome to audition.

Auditions will consist of cold readings from the script.

The show will run weekends from Friday, November 7 thru Sunday, November 23.

Auditions: Saturday, September 6 at 1 pm
at Brush Creek Playhouse.

We were not able to assemble a cast for “Merchant,” so we are regretfully removing it from our 2014 schedule. Maybe next year.

“Prunella in the Springs” opens this Friday.

And our next show, “The Mystery of the Kitchen Table,” (our teen/young adult show) will still be casting later this month for its November performance schedule.

This year’s offering for Brush Creek’s annual melodrama is “Prunella in the Springs,” written by Shannon Copeland and Janet Carter. Director Norman Gouveia gives us the following “lowdown” on the show:

“Eeeevvvelll Slick Slimeball (boo! hiss!) wants to get his hands on the mineral springs that belongs to Mrs. Purity Goodheart & her lovely, innocent daughter, Prunella (aahhhh!).

“Slimeball has a plan to turn Hubbard into the Mecca of the Mid-Willamette Valley. He has a dupe, Poindexter, and a secret wife in Scarlet Bareall, the proprietress of the Marquam Saloon & Gamboling House. Helping Prunella is our hero, Chester A. Bighunk, who is loyal and kind and good (aahhh!). Will Slick’s plan fail? Will he get the Springs? Only the piano player, Willamette Willy, who has a secret past, knows—–or DOES he????”

Come join the fun!

The show will open Friday, August 8 and run three weekends before closing on Sunday August 24. Performances are 7 pm on Friday and Saturday evenings and 2 pm on Sunday afternoons.

Tickets are $10 ($8 for children under 12, seniors 60 and over, and students with ID). They can be purchased in advance at Runaway Art & Craft Studio (311 NE Commercial, 503-881-6270) in downtown Salem or at Books-N-Time (210 N Water St, Suite B, 503-874-4311) in downtown Silverton. They also will be available at the door 30 minutes before each performance.

Open Auditions for

 Daddy’s Dyin’ Who’s Got the Will

 By Del Shores

Directed by Linda Zellner

Auditions will consist of cold readings from the script.

April 14 and 15 at 7 PM at Brush Creek Playhouse

For more information contact Linda at 503-703-2826

Characters:

SARA LEE TURNOVER, upper 30s. Town beautician. Single and lives at home. Strong-willed and has a wonderful sense of humor.

LURLENE TURNOVER ROGERS, early 40s. A preacher’s wife and elementary school teacher. Attractive, stylish, very Christian — but she has a bite.

EVALITA TURNOVER, mid 30s. Six-times married, loves to shock her family. She was a beauty-and still is from a distance. Has a worn look about her. A wounded soul.

HARMONY RHODES, mid 30s, Evalita’s latest fiance. A musician and vegetarian. Attractive, tan, off-beat, long curly hair. Looks like Jesus with earrings. Has a past.

ORVILLE TURNOVER, upper 30s. Fat, abusive, unhappy and mean. A redneck trash collector.

BUFORD “DADDY” TURNOVER, 67, the father. A stroke victim. Partially paralyzed on his left side, but can walk with a slight limp. Has occasional moments of coherency.

MARLENE TURNOVER, 36, Orville’s wife. Temporarily overweight. A constant victim of Orville’s abuse. However, losing sixty-two pounds can boost a girl’s confidence.

MAMA WHEELIS, 80, the Marlene’s mother. She’s feisty, speaks her mind, and rules the household.

Come join us for an evening of poetry, both original works and classic poems.  There are two showings, the first at 7 pm on Friday, April 4 and the second at 7 pm on Saturday, April 5.

Hosted by local Northwest poet Ariel.

Cost is just $5 at the door.