September 2020
A Shot In The Dark adapted by Harry Kurnitz
On Broadway, Julie Harris played the good-hearted and guileless child of nature who is hauled before the magistrate on a charge of murder, having been found unconscious, nude, and clutching a gun, with her lover dead beside her. What is most shocking to the magistrate is the complete frankness with which she describes her life. She is so ingenious that the magistrate, at the risk of his juridical neck, decides that she could not have committed the murder. The magistrate…
Find out more »Mom’s Gift Sept. 20 & 21
Director: Ric Goodwin Performance Dates: November 6-15, 2020 AUDITION DATES: SEPTEMBER 20 & 21, 2020 All auditions are held on Sunday & Monday evenings at 7:00 pm at Charlotte Players. Additional information and/ or perusal scripts are available at no charge to Charlotte Player' Members Questions? Please Call 941-255-1022 between 10 AM to 4 PM Monday - Friday Email: info@charlotteplayers.org
Find out more »October 2020
Running Mates (or, The Family Party) by Beth Kander
Sam Storm has been the beloved mayor of Anderson, Georgia for the past 20 years. Loved by the community and his doting wife. Sam's name is usually the only one on the ballot come election time, but when an embarrassing video of him is leaked, his seat in office is threatened. Sam has some real competition when the last person he ever expected to run against him puts her name on the ballot: his wife Sophia. Now it's down and…
Find out more »The Best Christmas Pageant Ever Oct 11 & 12
Director: Jessie Reter-Choate Performance Dates: December 2-6, 2020. AUDITION DATES: OCTOBER 11 & 12, 2020 All auditions are held on Sunday & Monday evenings at 7:00 pm at Charlotte Players. Additional information and/ or perusal scripts are available at no charge to Charlotte Player’ Members Questions? Please Call 941-255-1022 between 10 AM to 4 PM Monday – Friday Email: info@charlotteplayers.org
Find out more »November 2020
Mom’s Gift by Phil Olson
In this comedy with a heart, Mom has been dead for 11 months and shows up at her husband's birthday party as a ghost with a mission. Like Clarence in It's A Wonderful Life, she has to accomplish a task to earn her wings. Only what the task actually is, is a mystery. The problem is complicated by the fact that the only person who can hear or see Mom is her daughter who has been ordered by the court to spend …
Find out more »Erma Bombeck – TBD
Director: Paula Pender Performance Dates: January 7 - 17, 2020. AUDITION DATES: NOT AVAILABLE All auditions are held on Sunday & Monday evenings at 7:00 pm at Charlotte Players. Additional information and/ or perusal scripts are available at no charge to Charlotte Player' Members Questions? Please Call 941-255-1022 between 10 AM to 4 PM Monday - Friday Email: info@charlotteplayers.org
Find out more »December 2020
The Best Christmas Pageant Ever by Barbara Robinson
In this hilarious Christmas classic, a couple struggling to put on a church Christmas pageant is faced with casting the Herdman kids- -probably the most inventively awful kids in history. You won't believe the mayhem - and the fun - when the Herdmans collide with the Christmas story head-on. This delightful comedy is adapted from the best-selling Young Adult book, and has become a holiday staple for groups across the United States! Features plenty of great roles for children and adults,…
Find out more »With This Ring Dec 13 & 14
Director: Joe Simonelli Performance Dates: February 5- 21, 2020. AUDITION DATES: DECEMBER 13 & 14, 2020 All auditions are held on Sunday & Monday evenings at 7:00 pm at Charlotte Players. Additional information and/ or perusal scripts are available at no charge to Charlotte Player' Members Questions? Please Call 941-255-1022 between 10 AM to 4 PM Monday - Friday Email: info@charlotteplayers.org
Find out more »New Year’s Eve Cabaret
2 DATES THROUGH DEC 31, 2020 ABOUT Come ring in the New Year with some of Charlotte County's talented singers as they present a 90-minute concert-style program. Accompanied by Music Director/Pianist Ken Crisp and a drummer, this concert has something for everyone---something old, something new, something country, something pop, something Broadway and more!
Find out more »January 2021
Erma Bombeck: At Wit’s End by Allison Engel and Margaret Engel
From the writers of the smash hit Red Hot Patriot: The Kick-Ass Wit of Molly Ivins comes a comic look at one of our country's most beloved voices, who captured the frustrations of her generation by asking, "If life is a bowl of cherries, what am I doing in the pits?" Discover the story behind America's beloved humorist who championed women's lives with wit that sprang from the most unexpected place of all - the truth.
Find out more »February 2021
With This Ring by Joseph Simonelli
By Charlotte Players (OTHER EVENTS) 14 DATES THROUGH FEB 21, 2021 A play was written specifically with Valentine's Day in mind. " With This Ring " is the story of a wedding band that travels over five generations and the visceral effect it has on those couples who come to possess it. The ring is first presented to an Irish immigrant by her husband at the turn of the nineteenth century. It then skips a generation in the next scene…
Find out more »Hotbed Hotel Feb. 21 & 22
Director: Jerry Jones Performance Dates: April 15-25 11 – 20, 2020. AUDITION DATES: FEBRUARY 21 & 22, 2020 All auditions are held on Sunday & Monday evenings at 7:00 pm at Charlotte Players. Additional information and/ or perusal scripts are available at no charge to Charlotte Player’ Members Questions? Please Call 941-255-1022 between 10 AM to 4 PM Monday – Friday Email: info@charlotteplayers.org
Find out more »Cahal Dunne – 2021
By Charlotte Players (OTHER EVENTS) SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 28 20212:00 PM — 4:00 PM Cahal Dunne, " Ireland's Piano Man - The Man of Many Jackets", possesses that certain magical quality known in show business as "it". "It" transcends talent. "It" comes from deep within a great entertainer and washes over an audience, captivating them. This native of County Cork has a following of loyal admirers and friends that is unique in the rich history of Pittsburgh entertainment. and continues to make new friends with…
Find out more »March 2021
Neil Simon’s Proposals – 2021
By Charlotte Players (OTHER EVENTS) 15 DATES THROUGH MAR 28, 2021 This Neil Simon classic delightfully recalls the last time the Hines family gathered in the summer of 1953 in the Poconos. Burt Hines is convalescing from a second heart attack and eagerly awaits the arrival of the ex-wife he still loves. Daughter Josie has just broken her engagement. Clemma, the black housekeeper at the center of the action casts an astute eye on the complications while faced with her…
Find out more »You Should Be So Lucky Mar. 28 & 29
Director: Diane Messina Performance Dates: May 14-23, 2020. AUDITION DATES: MARCH 28 & 29, 2020 All auditions are held on Sunday & Monday evenings at 7:00 pm at Charlotte Players. Additional information and/ or perusal scripts are available at no charge to Charlotte Player’ Members Questions? Please Call 941-255-1022 between 10 AM to 4 PM Monday – Friday Email: info@charlotteplayers.org
Find out more »April 2021
Hotbed Hotel by Michael Parker
By Charlotte Players (OTHER EVENTS) 9 DATES THROUGH APR 25, 2021 Terri and Brian Cody are hoping to sell their "One Star Hotel" in the Florida Keys, to the only man who has expressed an interest in buying it, Mr. Sam Lewis from New Year. They are not expecting him for a couple of weeks, and are rather caught off-guard when they receive a phone call informing them that he flew into Miami today, is driving down and will be…
Find out more »May 2021
You Should Be So Lucky by Charles Busch
By Charlotte Players (OTHER EVENTS) 7 DATES THROUGH MAY 23, 2021 A contemporary Cinderella story set in Greenwich Village, reminiscent of the classic screwball comedies of the 1930s. Christopher, a shy and eccentric young electrologist, helps an elderly millionaire, Mr. Rosenberg when the old man faints in the street. Rosenberg, touched by the young man's generous spirit, becomes his benefactor and sends Christopher off to a fabulous charity ball where he meets his Prince Charming, in the form of a…
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