Peach Days Melodrama Auditions

 CASTING CALL FOR:

LOVE AMONG THE REDWOODS

Or “I Can’t See The Forest For The Trees”

Join us for this New Musical in a Melodramatic Style and explore the unique annual tradition Geri Garfield and Dee Ann Nichols created right here in Brigham City! This year’s show will explore new romance, old family feuds, and Bigfoot hunts with original script and music written by Dee Ann Nichols, under the direction of Geri Garfield’s long-time protégé Abigail Robinson.

Auditions are open to all actors age 10 and up, so join us on July 8 and 9.

Performances will be September 3 through 6. For a full list of roles, see below.

Please bring a prepared song of your choice and be ready to do some cold readings from the script for our show! Actor resumes are appreciated, but not required. Contact Dee Ann Nichols at niktrekker@yahoo.com if you need audition sides ahead of time!

Try your hand at being a dedicated forest ranger, frightened lumberjack, gentle young lover, villainous lumber company heir, a grudge-holding grandmother or a scheming little sister!

• Mims McGillicuddy - female, 50s. Matriarch of a feuding family
• Wally McGillicuddy - any gender, 30s. Mims’s child & Lucy’s parent
• Tristan McGillicuddy - male, 16 to 22. Romantic lead & Wally’s son, in love with Valentine
• Lucy McGillicuddy - female, 10 to 13. Wally’s daughter & Gabby’s best friend
• Flavia Bigalow - female, 50s. Matriarch of the other feuding family
• Papa Patrick Bigalow - male, 30s. Flavia’s son
• Valentine Bigalow - female, 16 to 22. Romantic lead & Patrick’s daughter, in love with Tristan
• Gabby Bigalow - female, 10 to 13. Patrick’s daughter & Lucy’s best friend
• Sorscha Killebrew -  female, 35 to 40. Lumber company owner & mother of Axton
• Nicodemus Killebrew - male, 30 to 45. Lumber company owner & father of Axton
• Axton Killebrew - male, 18 to 22. Villainous son, in love with Valentine
• “Thrash” Sawyer - any gender, 18 and up. Lumberjack, likes to play games, not too bright
• “Bad Luck” Loggerman - any gender, 18 and up. Lumberjack, scared for his life, even less bright
• Lumberin’ Jack/Jaqueline” - any gender, 18 and up. Lumberjack, a little smarter than the others
• Sheriff Snodgrass - any gender, 30 to 45. Easygoing lawman
• Captain Forrester - any gender, 25 to 40. Forest ranger, caretaker in charge
• “Tracker” Abernathy - any gender, 18 to 30. Bigfoot-obsessed forest ranger
• Murgatroyd - any gender, 30 to 50. Helper at the ranger station
• Bigfoot Billy - male, 20-30. A gentle soul with a secret

Listed age ranges are for the characters, actors may be cast from outside these ranges at the director’s discretion.

We are also looking for a piano accompanist. A stipend is available. Contact Dee Ann Nichols at niktrekker@yahoo.com if you are interested.

Consider joining our backstage tech crew and build your skills in set changes, prop-keeping, lighting, sound, and more!