The Freeport Players are holding auditions for their production of the musical comedy “Once Upon a Mattress” from 2 to 6 p.m. June 14 and 5:30 to 8 p.m. June 16 in the music room at Freeport High School, 30 Holbrook St.
The director of the show is Mitch Thomas, who will accompany on piano for music auditions. Auditioners should bring sheet music for a song they will sing (not necessarily from the show, but good if so). Auditions will also include sides from the script. Parts and ensemble roles are for ages 16 and up.
Rehearsals begin in late June, through July and early August, mostly Sundays, Tuesdays and Thursdays. Performances will be Aug. 7-9 and 14-16.
If you cannot get to auditions, but want to be considered, contact Producer Judy Lloyd at [email protected] or Thomas at [email protected].
Winnifred the Woebegone is just a simple swamp princess looking to win the heart of Prince Dauntless. But can she pass the impossible test Queen Aggravain has in store for her? Carried on a wave of wonderful songs, by turns hilarious and raucous, romantic and melodic, this rollicking spin on the classic tale “The Princess and the Pea” provides some side-splitting shenanigans. For after all, a princess is a delicate thing. “Once Upon a Mattress” music is by Mary Rodgers, lyrics by Marshall Barer and book by Jay Thompson, Dean Fuller and Marshall Barer.
The principal characters are:
• Three women: Princess Winnifred, Queen Aggravain and Lady Larken.
• Six men: Prince Dauntless, King Sextimus the Silent, Sir Harry, Minstrel, Jester and Wizard.
Other characters are: pantomime characters, Princess No. 12, Sir Studley, Sir Luce, 1st Knight, 2nd Knight, 3rd Knight, 1st Lady-in-Waiting – Rowena, 2nd Lady-in-Waiting – Merrill, 3rd Lady-in-Waiting – Lucille, Lady Mabelle, Kitchen Wench, Emily and Nightingale.
Ensemble: Singing and dancing ensemble consisting of Ladies-in-Waiting, Knights, Soldiers, Servants and Musicians.
Freeport Players is a community-based nonprofit organization that runs on volunteer labor and provides a variety of theatrical performances and theater-based opportunities to adults and children with the purpose of building a lively community through creative endeavors build skills, entertain, enrich and inform. To learn more, visit fcponline.org.
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