To audition for any of the plays below, show up at the designated time to the
Americana Room at the Mulberry Grove Rec Center and fill out a form.
The auditions consist of cold readings from the script.
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Please Apply prior to Auditions by clicking the button below!
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A Comedic Drama by Bernard Slade
Tribute
A Comedic Drama by Bernard Slade
Directed by Steve Rubin
Performances: July 25, 2025 at 2:30 pm and July 26, 27and 28, 2025 at 7 pm
Audition dates: Tuesday 3/4 and 11, 2025 at 11:00 am
Rehearsals: Start Monday, May 12 at 2 pm and then Mondays from 2 to 4:50 pm and Fridays from 12:30 to
4:50 pm
Tech Rehearsal: Friday, 7/11 from 12:30 to 4:50 pm (bring costumes)
Dress Tech: Friday, 7/18 from 12:30 to 4:50 pm
Dress Tech: Saturday, 7/19 from 1:30 to 4:50 pm
Cast Party: Friday, 8/1 at 1:30 pm at Mulberry
Full play - Set pieces, body microphones: Cast consists of 4 Women and 3 men
You must be a member of the VTC before auditions. Please click on the "New Member Application" button
above if you wish to join.
Play Summary:
Scottie Templeton's a charming, irresponsible fellow. A sometime Broadway press agent and former
scriptwriter. He's everyone's friend, nobody's hero, and a great womanizer who's managed to live over fifty
years without taking anything seriously including love, marriage and fatherhood. Life's been one continuous
gag. But at fifty one, he finds his life script has been rewritten. This is a very touching comedic drama.
Character Descriptions:
Lou Daniels: (60's) an affable, caring talent agent and long time friend and mentor of Scottie.
Dr. Gladys Petrelli: (50's) shrewd, maternal and approachable. Long time doctor and friend to Scottie.
Scottie Templeton: (60's) Looks and acts younger than his age. A charming and devilish man with a Peter Pan
complex. (THIS ROLE HAS BEEN PRECAST)
Sally Haines: (mid 30's) a kind, lovely, ingenuous, fun loving "working girl" with ambitions of bettering herself
Maggie Stratton: (60's) Scottie's first wife. Feminine, intelligent and sympathetic. Still cares for Scottie.
Jud Templeton: (mid 30's) Scotties son. Refined-looking but still awkward in the social graces. Shy, intelligent
and intense. (THIS ROLE HAS BEEN PRECAST)
Hillary: An animated, well-groomed, attractive woman
For Questions or To Borrow a script to Read:
Contact: Steve Rubin: djleid6@gmail.com
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ARTIFICE
(Clever or artful skill, an ingenious device, an artful strategy or trick, cunning device.)
A Comedy by Anne Flanagan
Directed by Martha Manning
Performances: October 17-20, 2025
Audition dates: Saturday May 3 starting promptly at 1:30 pm and Monday May 5 starting at 2:00 pm.
Rehearsals start: Saturday, 8/2 from 1:30 to 4:50 pm and then Mondays - 2 to 4:50 pm ( no rehearsal
9/29), Tuesdays, 8/12, 8/19, 8//26, 9/30, 10/7, 10/14 from 11:00 am to 12:50 pm, Wednesday 10/1 from
4:30 to 7:50 pm, Fridays from 12:30 to 4:50 pm and Saturdays 8/16, 8/30 and 9/20 from 1:30 to 4:50 pm
Set building: 10/4 from 1:30 to 8:50 pm
Set Finish:10/5 from 4:30 to 7:50 pm
Light + Sound tech rehearsal: Wednesday 10/8 from 4:30 to 9:50 pm
Dress : Sunday 10/12 from 4:30 to 9:20 pm
Dress : Wednesday 10/15 from 4:30 to 9:50 pm
Set Strike: Tuesday 10/21 starting at 10:00 am
Cast Party: Friday, 10/24 from 1:00 to 4:30 pm or in the evening at Barb Peterson's
Full play - Full set and body microphones: Cast consists of 4 Women and 4 men
You must be a member of the VTC before auditions. Please click on the "New Member Application" button
above if you wish to join.
Play Summary:
The death of artist Payne Showers greatly inflates the value of his work. His estranged wife, Maggie,
and his manager must auction his work to avoid bankruptcy so they hold a private showing before the
auction. In attendance are a very influential newspaper woman, a fabulously rich real estate mogul, a
handsome but dim witted soap opera star, and a sassy street wise cocktail waitress who is supposed to
help with the party. Everything is going well when Payne Showers walks through the door!!!!
Artifice is a farcical take on celebrity and success and an affectionate tribute to loyalty and love.
Character Descriptions:
Maggie La Rue: Ex-wife of artist Payne Showers
Richard: Payne's manager, always well dressed, nice looking but high strung.
Garciela: A sassy spitfire, outspoken cocktail waitress/maid
Trent Matlock: TV soap opera star. Handsome but incredibly dim.
Judith Fontaine: Elegant, powerful unflappable newspaper woman
Mick Fitzgerald: Very wealthy, intimidating mafia type with a booming voice
Emma: Humorless art critic, plain
Payne Showers: The "dead" artist, charismatic and self-absorbed
For Questions or To Borrow a script to Read:
Contact: Martha Manning: mamanning638@gmail.com