Guilford Center Stage announces open auditions for the play, "Our Town" on February 8th and 9th at Broad Brook Community Center. The Thornton Wilder classic, directed by Ian Hefele, will be performed the first weekend in May, marking the return of theater to Guilford after a three-year COVID hiatus.

The two sessions of auditions will take place on Wednesday, February 8 and Thursday, February 9, both from 6:30 to 8:30 pm. Rehearsals will begin in mid-March for about 6 weeks, and many individual scenes will be rehearsed in small groups, so most actors will not have to be at all rehearsals.

Director Ian Hefele has appeared on stage in three previous Guilford shows, as well as in performances with many companies in the area. He has directed Ten Minute Plays with Actors Theatre Playhouse, and a full-length play, "The Road to Mecca", with Vermont Theatre Company

Wilder's "Our Town", which was written in and based on the nearby town of Peterborough, New Hampshire, is one of the most often performed American plays, and, while thus a departure for Guilford Center Stage But this, its 10th production, continues the group's interest in plays with a regional setting. When it debuted in 1938, the play was a radical departure from the prevailing mode of American theater, with its lack of scenery and elimination of the standard theatrical convention of the "fourth wall" separating the players from the audience.

"Our Town" is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals on behalf of Samuel French, Inc. www.concordtheatricals.com. A full range of ages is represented among the characters, and there are both major roles and small ones, with possibilities for actor doublings.

Auditions will be held at the home of Guilford Center Stage at Broad Brook Community Center, 3940 Guilford Center Rd., Guilford. I-91 Exit 1, south on Rt. 5 to Guilford Store, right turn onto Center Rd, 4 mi on right. The building is now fully-ADA-accessible, and includes an elevator to the second floor theater space.
Arrive anytime during the session; no appointment necessary. Prepare or bring a short dramatic reading of your choosing. The director will also suggest a reading from the play script.

Those unable to make these audition dates should contact director Ian Hefele at (802) 246-7096. If you e-mail him at ian.hefele@gmail.com, you may also copy your message to don.inscape@gmail.com. Info about Guilford Center Stage may be found at https://www.facebook.com/GuilfordCenterStage, and at https://www.broadbrookcommunitycenter.org/.

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