Auditions for “Daddy’s Dyin’, Who’s Got the Will”

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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.

Neil Simon’s The Odd Couple – the Female Version comes to Brush Creek’s stage April 11-27

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Neil Simon’s 1980s reworking of his own classic play, The Odd Couple—the Female Version, provides will open at Brush Creek Playhouse beginning Friday, April 11 and run until Sunday, April 27, with three performances each weekend.

Norman Gouveia, Jr. directs the play, the third time the veteran director has put the show on during his decades long history with Brush Creek. Gouveia is excited by the cast he has assembled for this production, which he describes as a “wonderful mix” of talented newcomers and Brush Creek veterans. Gouveia notes that several of the cast are parents of young Brush Creek actors who appeared in the recent children & youth production of The True Tale of Sleeping Beauty.

“This play has been one of my favorites over the last 25 years,” Gouveia said, and he hopes to share that enjoyment with those who come to see the show.  “Neil Simon has had a golden touch with comedies. These six ladies and two men mine that gold throughout the play.”

The performances will be at 7 pm Fridays and Saturdays and at 2 pm Sundays. Tickets — $10 for adults and $8 for children, seniors and students with ID – will be available at Brush Creek’s two ticket locations: Books-N-Time on Water Street in downtown Silverton and Runaway Art & Craft Studio on Commercial Street in downtown Salem. They also can be purchased at the door 30 minutes before each performance. More information is also available by calling Michael Wood at 503-508-3682.

The playhouse is located at 11535 Silverton Road, the intersection of Silverton and Brush Creek Roads, between Silverton and Salem. In spite of the Silverton Road address, the parking lot is entered from Brush Creek Road. 

CAST LIST

Thia Evans                               Sylvie

Sharon Jensen-Messman        Vera

Raenna O’Connor                   Renee

Kelly Lazar                               Florence

Kassandra Perkins                   Olive

Shannon Copeland                  Manolo

Tavis Evans                              Jesus

Gwen Bergenstock                  Mickey

“The Odd Couple (Female Version” to replace “Arsenic” on Brush Creek’s Schedule

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What do you do when you have a whole lot of talented female actors show up for auditions when the script calls for 3 women and 11 men? Change the play, of course — Brush Creek has changed its plans, and instead of producing “Arsenic and Old Lace” we will be doing “The Odd Couple (Female Version)” as our April production. All the other details (performance dates, etc.) remain unchanged.

We look forward to seeing this cast take the stage — they provide a mix of Brush Creek veterans and newcomers to our stage, and they promise to provide a memorable and entertaining comedy production!

Brush Creek Players Announce the 2014 Season at Brush Creek Playhouse

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Brush Creek Players are pleased to introduce our 2014 season, a variety of productions including classics of the theater, plays that proved themselves on Broadway and original works

The True Tale of Sleeping Beauty
Family fairy tale written by Michael Wood (2013)
Annual Children & Youth show directed by Linda Zellner
Show Dates: February 14-March 2

 Poetry at the Playhouse
Hosted by Northwest Poet Ariel
Poetry Reading Dates: April 4-5

The Odd Couple (Female Version)
Comedy written by Neil Simon (1985)
Directed by Norman Gouveia, Jr.
Presented by special arrangement with Samuel French
Show Dates: April 11-27

 Daddy’s Dyin’, Who’s Got the Will?
Comedy written by Del Shores (1987)
Directed by Verna Rutledge
Presented by special arrangement with Samuel French
Audition Dates: To Be Announced
Show Dates: June 6-27

Brush Creek’s Pilgrimage to Canterbury
Performing at the 2014 Canterbury Renaissance Faire, Silverton
Directed by Michael Wood
Faire Dates: July 19-27

 Prunella in the Springs
Annual Melodrama directed by Norman Gouveia, Jr.
Audition Dates: June 15-16
Show Dates: August 8-24

 Merchant of Venice
Romantic comedy written by William Shakespeare
Directed by Tavis Evans
Audition Dates: July 26-27
Show Dates: September 26-October 12

The Mystery of the Kitchen Table
Mystery written by Michael Wood and Emily Wood (2014)
Directed by Michael Wood
Audition Dates: August 20 – 22
Show Dates: November 7 – 23

Auditions for “Arsenic & Old Lace”

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Open Auditions for “Arsenic and Old Lace,” directed by Norman Gouveia

Time and Date:
1 pm, Sunday, February 2
6:30 pm, Monday, February 3

Show Dates: April 11 thru 27th (Fridays, Saturdays & Sundays)

In the classic comedy, “Arsenic & Old Lace,” we meet the charming and innocent ladies who populate their cellar with the remains of socially and religiously “acceptable” roomers; the antics of their nephew who thinks he is Teddy Roosevelt; the activities of another nephew, who may look like a famous actor, AND the romantic hopes of yet another nephew, a reluctant drama critic.

Elderberry wine comes into play – be careful NOT to drink it………  Lots of fun at Brush Creek, with the show running weekends April 11th thru the  27th.  We need lots of men AND lots of women.