THE PURPLE BOX THEATER
COMMUNITY THEATER
1309 W. PARKWOOD FRIENDSWOOD, TEXAS
UPCOMING ADULT AUDITIONS
CINDERELLA
DIRECTED BY KATIE CROSS CARROLL
MUSIC DIRECTOR- ALEC WIMMER
CHOREOGRAPHER- AMY KEELS
WHAT TO PREPARE
A Song no longer than 2 minutes in the style of the show
ALL ROLES OPEN
ARCHIE IS BACK IN THIS SEQUEL TO THE SIX THE TRUMPET
FIERY SWORD
DIRECTED BY CATHY HOLBROOK
STAGE MANAGER- AMY KEELS
There will be a cold reading from the script
ALL ROLES AVAILABLE
CHARACTERS POSTED SOON
REHEARSALS START JULY 27
SHOW DATES
SEPTEMBER. 15-24
In this darkly comic rock-fable, a melancholy sandwich maker's humdrum life is intersected by two entrancing sisters.
A sweeping ode to young love set against the backdrop of the northeast blackout of 1965, Fly By Night is a tale about making your way and discovering hope in a world beset by darkness.
DIRECTED BY ALEC WIMMER
MUSIC ACCOMPAINIMENT BY ERIN COSCIA
WHAT TO PREPARE
Prepare a song that shows off your vocal ability, no longer than 2 minutes in length
ALL ROLES AVAILABLE
FLY BY NIGHT — CAST LIST
NARRATOR - our guide
HAROLD L. MCCLAM - a sandwich maker
MR. MCCLAM - father of Harold
DAPHNE - an actress
MIRIAM - a waitress
CRABBLE - a deli owner
JOEY STORMS - a playwright
MUSICAL STYLE
Classic Broadway, Pop/Rock
VOCAL DEMANDS
Moderate
CHORUS SIZE
No Chorus
MOONLIGHT AND MAGNOLIAS
Legendary Hollywood producer David O. Selznick has a problem. He has just fired the director of Gone with the Wind and the script is on its umpteenth version. He desperately needs a new director and writer—immediately. However, the writer he wants, Ben Hecht, has never read the novel. Selznick gives him a brief synopsis of the story and offers him $15,000 to write a revised screenplay by the end of the week.
Selznick also calls in director Victor Fleming, pulling him from finishing The Wizard of Oz to be the new director of Gone with the Wind. Hecht is still not sold on the success of the storyline, but Selznick believes in this movie, so much so that he locks the three of them in his office for five days, with bananas and peanuts as their only food, to pull together a new script.
Work begins. Selznick and Fleming attempt to act out all the characters in the novel while Hecht types. Early in the week, Hecht and Fleming constantly clash. By day three, fatigue, hunger and sarcasm prevail. Tempers flare. There’s even an attempt to escape from the office—if only for just a shower and a meal.
By the end of the week, Selznick asks, “Is there anything wrong with getting the job done, no matter what it takes?” Completing this job may take everything these men have to give! Take a fun, farcical look at the behind-the-scene birth of one of the most beloved films of all time.
AUDITIONS
APRIL 17 AT 7:30pm
ALL ROLES AVAILABLE
Ben Hecht:
As a Hollywood screenwriter and playwright, Hecht is offered $15,000 by producer David O. Selznick to, in five days time, rewrite the screenplay for Gone with the Wind, the filming of which has come to a complete halt.
The problem is that Hecht hasn’t read the novel, and after hearing a quick synopsis, he thinks the film is doomed to failure.
He is an ex-journalist from Chicago and is very committed to pro-Jewish causes.
He also butts heads with the newly appointed director Victor Fleming more than once during the five-day re-write, as he isn’t shy to share his cynicism and sarcasm.
Victor Fleming:
A Hollywood director who is pulled from directing The Wizard of Oz, Fleming is to take over Gone with the Wind.
His other films have been mostly action films, but he says “if you can write it, I can shoot it.”
He and Selznick frantically act out all the characters in Gone with the Wind for Hecht, who types as they role-play.
David O. Selznick:
A renowned Hollywood producer, Selznick confines Hecht, Fleming, and himself in his office for five days, subsisting on only bananas and peanuts, until a new screenplay is complete.
He is the son-in-law of legendary film producer Louis B. Mayer of MGM fame, and throughout the play suffers from occasional catatonic stupors.
Miss Poppenghul:
The long-suffering assistant of Mr. Selznick, Miss Poppenghul is constantly on-call and dutifully fulfills each request made of her during the men’s five-day confinement.
DIRECTED BY CHRISTINE JONES
THERE WILL BE A COLD READING FROM THE SCRIPT FOR AUDITIONS
REHEARSALS START
SHOW DATES
DECEMBER 1,2,3
It’s Christmas Eve in a little hotel coffee shop in Palestine, Texas.
A colorful cast of characters have gathered together and on that one special night, they’re joined by Alber Barlet, a widower who has returned to relive a half-century love affair with his late wife, Rhonda.
O Little Town of Bagels, Teacakes and Hamburger Buns is a heartwarming production filled with humor, surprising intrigue and tender romance. This thoughtful comedy — part love story, part re-affirmation of Christmas — explores faith and the many personal responses it inspires.
Get in the spirit with this poignant story penned by Jeannette Clift George, the founder of A.D. Players and The George Theater in Houston.
