Another Open Audition for 2020 Children’s Show on December 15

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Continuing AUDITIONS — Director Linda Zellner has announced another day of auditions on Sunday, Dec. 15 for the 2020 children & youth show, The True Tale of the Sleeping Beauty, written by Emily Wood and Michael Wood.
 
Brush Creek understands that the word didn’t get out to everyone who was interested, so we’re happy to to offer another opportunity to audition at 3 pm on Sunday, Dec. 15 at Brush Creek.
 
Young actors (or would-be actors) up through age 18 are welcome to audition — contact director Linda Zellner at ljzel@aol.com for more information or if you are interested but cannot make the audition date. This production has plenty of speaking roles — but it also includes opportunities for non-speaking cast members if you’d rather not remember lines!

This delightful and fresh version of the classic Brothers Grimm tale features a range of wonderful roles — and it will give you a fresh perspective on the relationship between the princess and her true love. The play will be performed by arrangement with Evander Dramatic Press (Evander Publishing).

Those interested in being part of the production’s technical crew are also invited to attend or to contact Linda.

Brush Creek’s production will open its run in mid-February, with rehearsals beginning early in January.

Dracula comes to Brush Creek’s stage just in time for Halloween!

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The cast and crew of Brush Creek’s production of Dracula are well on their way to bringing this tale of terror to the Brush Creek stage!

Brush Creek’s show opens a on Friday, October 18, and will run through Sunday, November 3. In addition to the normal performances scheduled for 7 pm Friday and Saturdays and 2 pm Sundays, Brush Creek has scheduled a special Halloween performance at 7 pm Thursday, October 31. Come to the Halloween performance in a (genuine) costume and get $2 off the price of admission!

Director Norman Gouveia is looking forward to opening night, which will offer a real treat to audiences interested in the classic tale. The script by John L. Balderston and Hamilton Deane is a direct adaptation of Bram Stoker’s classic novel.

In the tale, Lucy Seward, whose father is the doctor in charge of an English sanatorium, has been attacked by some mysterious illness. Dr. Van Helsing, a specialist, believes that the girl is the victim of a vampire, a sort of ghost that goes about at night sucking blood from its victims. The vampire is at last found to be a certain Count Dracula, whose ghost is finally laid to rest in a striking and novel manner. The play is intended for all who love thrills in the theater, and is appropriate for all groups.

Reserved seat tickets go on sale the weekend of October 5 at both our ticket-selling partners, Books-N-Time at 210 N. Water St in downtown Silverton and Runaway Art & Craft Studio at 311 Commercial St. NE in downtown Salem. Tickets are just $10 ($8 for seniors 60 and over, children 12 and under, and students with ID). Tickets are also available at the door beginning 30 minutes before each performance.

Call Michael Wood at (503)508-3682 with questions or to inquire about group sales.

Annual Brush Creek Membership Meeting to Take Place Sunday, Sept. 15

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The Brush Creek Board has scheduled the annual Brush Creek membership meeting to take place at 6 pm on Sunday, September 15. The meeting will include a report on Brush Creek’s activities and financial status, as well as elections for the 2020 President, Vice President, Treasurer, and Secretary.

All members are welcome to attend and to participate in the decisions of the body. The general public is also welcome to attend and to participate in the discussion.

Brush Creek holds open auditions for “Dracula” and “Christmas Belles”

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Brush Creek is holding Open Auditions for not one, but TWO GREAT SHOWS — “DRACULA” and “CHRISTMAS BELLES” — at 6 pm, Monday, August 19, and 6 pm, Tuesday, August 20 — at Brush Creek Playhouse (11535 Silverton Rd, Silverton)

Brush Creek will be looking to cast the final two shows of the 2019 season with these open auditions. Interested actors — and would-be actors — are welcome to audition for either, or both productions.

The script for Brush Creek’s “Dracula” is the classic play, written by John L. Balderston, Hamilton Deane, and Bram Stoker (the author of the classic novel on which it is based). Norman Gouveia will be directing.

In the story, Lucy Seward, whose father is the doctor in charge of an English sanatorium, has been attacked by some mysterious illness. Dr. Van Helsing, a specialist, believes that the girl is the victim of a vampire, a sort of ghost that goes about at night sucking blood from its victims. The vampire is at last found to be a certain Count Dracula, whose ghost is finally laid to rest in a striking and novel manner. The play is intended for all who love thrills in the theater, and is appropriate for all groups.

The show itself will run Friday, Oct 18 thru Sunday, Nov 3, with a special Halloween performance as part of the production.

Norman can be reached at Norman@msnproperties.com.

The same two evenings, Brush Creek will also be holding open auditions for “Christmas Belles,” written by Jessie Jones, Nicholas Hope, and Jamie Wooten. Brush Creek audiences have been delighted by Jones-Hope-Wooten comedies before, and this offering — directed by Franca Hernandez — promises a holiday basket full of laughs.

A church Christmas program spins hilariously out of control in this Southern farce about squabbling sisters, family secrets, a surly Santa, a vengeful sheep and a reluctant Elvis impersonator. There are parts for 7 women and 4 men. Most characters are between ages 40/50 with two in their 20s. If you have questions, please contact the director Franca Hernandez at francahernandez@hotmail.com. Let her know if you’d like a copy of the script and she will arrange to get one to you.

It’s Christmas time in small town Fayro, Texas and the Futrelle sisters – Frankie, Twink and Honey Raye, Fayro’s lively and wacky threesome are trying to make the best of a stressful holiday season. Frankie is way pregnant, Twink is in jail for acting out over an unfaithful lover, and Honey Raye, the town’s party girl, wants to redeem herself by putting on the best, brightest, liveliest, more colorful Christmas pageant ever – Bethlehem-a-Palooza! The scenes are fast, funny and wacky, the sentiments tender and we all learn the spirit of Christmas Texas style.

“Castle of the Rose” opens August 9 for two-weekend run

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Tickets are now available for Brush Creek Playhouse’s Castle of the Rose — the Real Story of the Beauty and her Beast. The opening of this year’s teen/young adult show has been delayed until August 9, but you won’t to miss this new interpretation of the classic French story of the kind and beautiful young lady and the anguished “beast” who has been trapped in his castle by a terrible curse.

Brush Creek’s production, using an original script by Emily Wood and Michael Wood, begins with the family of Belle Beauchene (who is not, in the oldest stories, an only child). But after a terrible storm and an ill-fated search for a rose, both Belle and her father encounter the castle’s beast — the seemingly young lord of the castle who has been ruling his enchanted home that vanished from the hills above the village more than 125 years ago! He is served by a handful of his original retainers, most of whom have developed a quirk or two of their own.

When Belle’s world and the Beast’s castle collide, the two begin to learn about — and appreciate — one another. But sinister forces are at work, leading to an attack by the French army that threatens to tear them apart and to end the castle’s existence forever!

Performances will be at 7 pm on August 9 (Friday), August 10 (Saturday), August 16 (Friday) and August 17 (Saturday). Brush Creek also offers 2 pm matinee performances on August 11 and August 18 (both Sundays). Reserved seat tickets are just $10 each ($8 for seniors 60 and over, children 12 and under and students) and can be purchased in advance at Brush Creek’s two ticket-selling partner locations:

Books-N-Time: 210 N. Water Street in downtown Silverton; (503)874-4311

Runaway Art & Craft Studio: 311 Commercial St NE in downtown Salem: (503)881-6270

Tickets are also available at the door beginning 30 minutes before each performance. For more tickets and for group sales, contact Michael Wood at (503)508-3682.