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2024 Season

2024 Season announced!

10/1/2023

 
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January 25– 28, 2024

THE HALF-LIFE OF MARIE CURIE

By Lauren Gunderson | Readers’ Theater
In 1911, Marie Curie won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry. By 1912, she was demoralized by press gossip about an alleged affair. Marie’s friend, an electromechanical engineer and suffragette, brings Marie to England to recover. The production explores the power of female friendship.

March 14 – 24, 2024

JAMES & THE GIANT PEACH

From the book by Roald Dahl. Dramatized by Richard R. George. 
A magical peach! An imprisoned boy! Insect friends! An incredible journey! This amazing adventure will fulfill the fantasy of anyone who has ever dreamed of escape. Roald Dahl’s story comes to life in this delightful dramatization.

Mid-May 2024

LIBERTY BELL HIGH SCHOOL PARTNERSHIP

To be announced.

Summer 2024

SUMMER CAMPS & CLASSES

To be announced.

October 3–13, 2024

THE HOUSE

By Cindy WIlliams Gutierrez, local playwright 
This memory play written by a local playwright and poet revisits the turbulent, formative years of childhood through the eyes of an adult. As these memories play out in front of the older daughter Vicky, she can no longer hide from the truth. Her denial is refuted by the forthright observer who saw it all — the house itself.

October 24–27, 2024

RAVENSCROFT

By Don Nigro | Readers’ Theater​
This psychological drama is a thinking person’s Gothic thriller, a dark comedy that is both funny and frightening. On a snowy night, Inspector Ruffing is called to a remote house to investigate the headlong plunge of Patrick Roarke down the main staircase. He becomes involved in the lives of five alluring and dangerous women. 

December 5–15, 2024

SHERLOCK HOLMES & THE FIRST BAKER STREET IRREGULAR

By Brian Guehring​
On a dare, 14-year-old Wiggins tries to pickpocket Sherlock Holmes. Instead, Holmes takes a ring from Wiggins’ pocket and leaves a note about how to get it back. After Wiggins sees Holmes solve a case using the ring, she asks to be his assistant. Holmes agrees, as long as she helps with the chores. Wiggins and Holmes must learn to trust each other as Wiggins and her group of street urchins help him solve two dangerous mysteries. 

James & The Giant Peach Audition Sign Ups

9/30/2023

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Auditions will be held Dec. 11 & 12 from 4 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. at The Merc Playhouse. Actors aged 8 to 18 are encouraged to audition. There is no need to prepare ahead of time. Sections to read will be provided & actors should dress comfortably and be prepared to get creative & move. 

Directed by: Jane Orme
Performance dates: March 14 – 24

Rehearsal schedule: Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sundays from 4–6:30 p.m.
​Rehearsals begin Tuesday, January 2.

Audition Sign Up Form

Note about casting: Stanislavski, the father of modern acting, required actors who performed in his theater productions to engage their roles with equal commitment, whether they were lead actors with large roles or supporting actors with few lines or no lines at all. We are also committed to that requirement & welcome everyone who wants to experience live theater.

    Submit this form for every actor auditioning

    PARENTS: Please plan to pick up your children at 5:30 sharp after the audition.


    Enter "none" if there is no previous acting experience.

    Select whichever roles you are most interested in. If you're not sure, it's okay to select "any role."

    Scheduling conflicts

    Important Dates: Our first rehearsal is Tuesday, January 2. Rehearsals are scheduled for Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Sundays from 4-6:30. There will be a few Sundays when rehearsal is scheduled for longer than 2 ½ hours.  There are no rehearsals on February 20 or 22. The show runs March 14–24. 
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