AUDITIONS: 2021/22 SEASON
FALL PRODUCTION:
Laughter on the 23rd Floor
by Neil Simon
Produced by special arrangements from Samuel French
directed by John Wesseling
Performance Dates: October 2021
All shows are at 8PM, except Thursday at 7:30 PM and Sunday at 3 PM
Inspired by the playwright’s youthful experience as a staff writer on Sid Caesar’s Your Show of Shows with all the attendant comic drama, Neil Simon’s Laughter on the 23rd Floor focuses on the harried writing staff as they frantically scramble to top each other with gags while competing for the attention of star madman “Max Prince”.
Warning - Adult language.
Sunset Players will hold open auditions
at The Arts Center at Dunham.
Audition Dates TBA
The cast consists of seven men (young to middle age) and two women (early 20s to 30s) roles.
Auditions will involve cold readings from the script.
If you cannot make the audition dates and are interested in a role, contact John Wesseling at
to schedule an alternate audition.
CHILDRENS PRODUCTION:
Alice in Wonderland
Dramatized by William Glennon
Based on the classic by Lewis Caroll
Produced by special arrangement with
The Dramatic Publishing Company of Woodstock, IL.
directed by Bob Kelley
Performance Dates: December 2021
Friday night performances are at 7:00 pm; Saturday and Sunday matinees at 2:00 pm.
The classic tale of Alice in Wonderland comes to life as a group of performers seeks out Alice to provide "her turn" in Wonderland. As her adventure unfolds, the performers play the many characters Alice encounters along her journey and grows to love.
Cast & Auditions TBA
WINTER PRODUCTION:
Drinking Habits
a Farce by Tom Smith
Produced by special arrangement with Playscripts, Inc.
directed by Don Frimming
Performance Dates: February/March 2022
All shows are at 8PM, except Thursday at 7:30 PM and Sunday at 3 PM
Two nuns at the sisters of Perpetual Sewing are secretly making wine to keep the convent's doors open. When two reporters and former fiancees go undercover to investigate, accusations, mistaken identities, and romances ensue in this laugh-out-loud farce.
Cast & Auditions TBA
SPRING PRODUCTION:
TWO by TWO
Music by Richard Rodgers, Lyrocs by Martin Charnin
Book by Peter Stone
Based on the play The Flowering Peach by Clifford Odets
Produced by special arrangement with A Concord Theatricals Title
directed by Dennis Murphy
Performance Dates: May 2022
All shows are at 8PM, except Thursday at 7:30 PM and Sunday at 3 PM
Richard Rodgers, one half of the writing team of Rodgers and Hammerstein, wrote the music for this inspirational and hilarious retelling of the Biblical story or Noah. It seems that the building of the ark was only the first of Noah's many challenges and being chosen by God isn't always smooth sailing.
Cast & Auditions TBA
CAST & COMPLETED PRODUCTIONS:
2021/22 SEASON
