Under the Big Top
by Martin Follose
The bank is going to foreclose on the Marlow Little Big Top Circus unless Mr. Marlow can get the loan repaid in three days. Now the performers must put on the biggest show of their lives so they can catch the crooks before the bank closes the circus. Many wacky roles (big and small) for performers of all talents - it will be buckets of fun!
It's a melodrama! It's a circus parade! It's hilarious! Step right up, hurry, hurry, hurry, run away and join the circus at the theater this summer!
7Directed by Kris Holsen
Summer Jr. Players Play
AUDITIONS:
June 3 & 4,
6-9 p.m.
(come 1 hour on ONE day)
How to Audition:
Fill out the cast/crew audition and scheduling form here!
Sign up for an audition time here!
Practice an audition reading! (coming soon)
Come to auditions June 3rd OR June 4th for one hour in Heritage Hall/Multipurpose room.
Cast list will be posted here by Friday June 7th.
Rehearsals start June 10th, 1-5 pm!
Crew:
We need some awesome technicians to make this show happen! Crew calls will be a couple days a week - come when you can! Please fill out the audition/crew form.
There is a $85 participation fee for actors in this production* (more info below)
Performances:
Public Performances July 12 @ 7pm, 13th @ 2 pm
Summer School performances July 10 & 11 @ 10 am
Rehearsals:
1-5 p.m. weekdays from June 17-July 11th. No rehearsal July 4th.
FULL Calendar is linked below
Resources:
Audition/Crew/Conflict form (all actors and technicians)
Audition Readings (coming soon)
Activity Fee Payment (coming soon)
Snack signup for rehearsals. (coming soon)
Rehearsal Calendar ( who comes when will to be added)
Remind Signup (All communications come through this!) (coming soon)
Bio Form (coming soon)
CHARACTERS
(where it matters*, we will play the character as the gender indicated, but most roles can be played by an actor of any gender)
PEGGY MARLOW* ……………..Mr. Marlow’s daughter, stands her ground
BRYCE HAWKINS* ...............Vice-president of the bank, he hates his job
MR. MARLOW ...... The owner of the Marlow Little Big Top Circus
MS. ROBWELL....................................... The bank’s scheming secretary
BETSY BUCKMAN* ................................ Ran away to join the circus. Excitable!
BUSTER BUSTER* ................ Betsy’s boyfriend. A “real” cowboy & talks/acts that way
ANDY ............................. The pooper scooper, the smart, and a good friend of Peggy
LEO ........................................................ The lion tamer. Afraid of lions
MAX .................................................... Circus crook, working for Ms. Robwell
CORKY ............................................... Max’s accomplice
DIPSEY & SLIPSEY...............................Trapeze artists; a sibling act, afraid of heights
ANNIE FINNELL* .................................... The first female ringmaster
WRINKLES THE CLOWN ................... Crinkles’ partner, will never to talk to anyone
while dressed as a clown
CRINKLES THE CLOWN .................... Never without their partner, Wrinkles
DAVID COPPERFLOOD ...................... Circus magician
ZELDA THE GREAT .............................. Fortune teller
OLD MAN HAWKINS .....................Stuffy, cranky bank president. Bryce’s father
TIPSY TOE ............................................. Circus tight-rope walker
BERTHA ......................................A bearded lady. Wears a long beard and a dress
SLITHER ...............................Snake charmer, wears snakes around their neck
PRIVATE INVESTIGATORS 1&2 ………. What will they find out?
CIRCUS PERFORMERS…………………Performers in the circus, parade etc.