RT+ auditions are held today for holiday play

Published 8:51 pm Tuesday, September 29, 2015

Readers Theatre Plus (RT+) will be conducting auditions for its November production from 6-8 p.m. today, Sept. 30. “The Christmas Bench,” written by Larry Larson and Eddie Levi Lee, will benefit the Sequim City Band.

All proceeds from the show will be donated to that organization.

Auditions will be at Lapis Sky Yoga, 803 Carlsborg Road, Suite D, across the street from the Carlsborg Post Office.

Actors will be given audition material at the site and will be expected to be available for all performance dates. Rehearsal dates are to be determined.

The show will be directed by Janice Parks and will be performed Nov. 6-8 and Nov. 13-15 at the Guy Cole Mini-Convention Center, Carrie Blake Park, 202 N. Blake Ave., Sequim.

Descriptions:

Two men, one older, one younger, sit on a bench during the Christmas shopping season, waiting for their wives. As they get to know each other, Christmas “happens” around them: the mall players present a five-minute version of “A Christmas Carol”; a homeless man tells a bizarre tale, then sings “O Holy Night”; a Jewish woman, a greeter at the department store, recites a portion of “A Child’s Chanukah in Pittsburgh”; and one of the men turns out to be not quite who we think he is.

Roles are as follows:

Sam Jenkins — A man, late 50s to mid-60s.

Jeff Carlson — A man, mid-30s to mid-40s.

Actor One — Finch Singer, Sop choppy Guy, folk singer, William, janitor, Dad (Mr. Carlson), Finch Player.

Actor Two — Finch Singer, Rachel, Little Jeff, Finch Player.

Actor Three — Finch Singer, Mrs. Trimble, security guard, Mom (Mrs. Carlson), Finch Player.