Auditions: Halloween and Christmas Productions – Heritage
Park
Heritage Park is pleased to announce auditions for its
Ghouls Night Out Production: “The Potion Dungeon” by Trevor Matheson and its
Once Upon a Christmas Production: “Misdeeds at Mistletoe Mine” by Tim Koening.
The Potion Dungeon – Guests will enter the Gunn’s Dairy
barn and create potions: supernatural spells and cure alls. Wizard Wildamore
then leads a ‘Potions 101’ wizardry class. During the vignette many things go
bad with his four patients. Then a few of the guest’s potions are used to calm
the situation. Vignette’s are scripted, but will alter each character’s state
based on the particular type of potion used. Performances are continuous
throughout the evening, as guests filter in and out of the exhibit.
ROLES ~ The Potion Dungeon
Professor Wildamore – A wizard based on Dumbledore from
Harry Potter, could be male or female.
Lurch – A male scholar who is un-inspired.
Wolf Man – A wolf man captured in Dead Man’s Flats.
Medusa – A powerful, mad woman who can turn people to
stone.
Frankenstein’s Patient – Just looking for a place to
belonging.
Misdeed at Mistletoe Mine – A 40 minute melodrama
performed in the Canmore Opera House. Poor little Holly Hock. Orphaned, she has
inherited a gold mine with no gold and a hotel with no guests. Her aunt, Rose
Bush, has taken both her and the failing business under her wing. When handsome
Redmond Wood rides into town, the future suddenly looks promising for Rose and
Holly, but the villainous Mayor William Z. Lucifer has other plans. With the
help of femme fatale Chiquita Rosarita Ricardo, Mayor Lucifer concocts a plan
to drive Red out of town and take custody of Holly, thereby inheriting the
hotel and gold mine. Due to the “sanity clause” of the adoption agreement,
Lucifer just needs to prove Rose Bush unfit for guardianship, which he attempts
to do by drugging Rose’s drink and calling the Matron in to witness her strange
behavior! Tough-as-nails Matron Tucson Tessie and the locals of Hillcrest and
the Hillcrest Inn will entertain audiences with this highly comical melodrama
full of wit and physical humor.
ROLES ~ Misdeeds at Mistletoe Mine
Stubby Nuggets ~ An old prospector; narrator Diogenes ~
Young Stubby; desk clerk at the Yule Fall Inn; non-speaking Redmond “Red” Wood
~ Handsome hero with a scandalous secret Rose Bush ~ Beautiful heroine; pure as
the driven snow Holly Hock ~ Charming, young orphan girl, niece to Rose.
William Z. Lucifer, ESQ ~ Evil mayor of Hill Crest; also
a lawyer Chiquita Rosarita Ricardo ~ Brazen femme fatale with a heavy Cuban
accent Tucson Tessie ~ Tough-as-nails matron of Hill Crest.
Production Schedule:
Rehearsals will take place during the beginning of
October for both productions and the commitment will be two evening rehearsals
per week from 6pm to 9:30pm.
Performances for “The Potion Dungeon” for the Ghouls
Night Out Event are on October 25th to 28th from 6pm to 9pm.
Performances for “Misdeeds at Mistletoe Mine” for the
Once Upon a Christmas Event are on Saturdays and Sundays: November 24-25,
December 1-2, 8-9,15-16, 22-23 at 1pm and 3pm. Roles for this production are
generally double cast and actors must be able to commit to being available for
either a Saturday or Sunday for performances.
Open auditions for all roles will take place at Heritage
Park:
Sunday September 30th (Day and evening) Monday October
1st (6pm to 9pm)
Audition Requirements:
* A cold read from the play
Participation in both productions is voluntary. Please
e-mail tmatheson@heritagepark.ab.ca
for more information or to book your audition time.
Trevor Matheson
Artistic Liaison
Telephone 403.612.8044
