Auditions will be held for the season opener, A. R. Gurneys 'The Snow Ball', on November 9th and 10th at 7:30 PM at the Dutch Country Players theater, 795 Ridge Road, Telford, PA.
Cold readings from the script will be provided.
Auditioners should be prepared to participate in a dance/movement audition.
Needed are two Principal Male Roles (Cooper and Jack) “ age 30+; one Principal Male Role (Young Jack) “ age 18+ (primary dancing role); three Principal Female Roles (Liz, Lucy, Kitty) “ age 30+; one Principal Female Role (Young Kitty) “ age 18+ (primary dancing role); five Supporting ensemble males “ multiple roles “ age 30+; four Supporting ensemble females “ multiple roles “ age 30+.
Performances of The Snow Ball are January 30 through Feb 15, 2015.
For additional information, please contact Director Ray Thompson (
Below is a synopsis of the play, excerpted by DCP from an Amazon review:
"In THE SNOW BALL, A. R. Gurney presents a middle-aged man's attempts to preserve his own romantic notions about WASP society. 'The Snow Ball' is both humorous and sentimental, a triumph for any play about the blandest segment of modern civilization.
"The story concerns Cooper Jones and Lucy Dunbar, two old friends in late middle age. Cooper is a real estate agent; Lucy is a book store clerk. Both, however, fondly recall the days of their youth, when they took dance lessons and participated in the grand social occasion of the season, "The Snow Ball," where fellow dance students Jack Daley and Kitty Price amazed everyone with their skills. But time has not been entirely kind to the old gang. Cooper hasn't made a sale in a long time and his marriage to wife Liz is troubled. Lucy's bosses micromanage her. And as for Jack and Kitty--they didn't marry, as everyone expected, and Jack is now a politician and Kitty a beautiful but empty Florida socialite on her third marriage. When the hotel ballroom once used for The Snow Ball is restored, Cooper and Lucy plan to re-open it by resurrecting the ball and by coaxing Jack and Kitty to return for a final dance. Their work together on the project has consequences, both for them and for Jack and Kitty.
"'The Snow Ball' continually weaves back and forth between the past and the present. What is most fun about these transitions is to see the adult characters suddenly become awkward kids, bowing to the will of their dance master."