RED BAY – The Bay Tree Council for the Performing Arts in Red Bay has announced auditions for its first production of the 2014-2015 season: “Fruitcakes”.

Auditions will consist of cold readings from the script and will be held on Sunday, Sept. 21 at 2 p.m. and Monday, Sept. 22, at 7 p.m. at Community Spirit Bank’s Weatherford Centre.

The cast consists of four adult men, four adult women, six boys and seven girls. The performance will be presented November 13-16, 2014 at the Weatherford Centre and practice will begin on Monday, Sept. 29. Tickets will go on sale Monday, Nov. 3.

For group information, contact Beth Hammock at 256-356-9286.  For more information about auditions, contact Scotty Kennedy at 256-356-8758

“Fruitcakes” by Julian Wiles is a great holiday story. Mix together a batch of fruitcakes, three dozen Christmas trees, 10,000 outdoor Christmas lights, a chicken pox epidemic, two Southern spinsters, an estranged old man, a lost cat named Tutti Frutti and a Christmas hog named Buster, and you’ve got the recipe for a fun-filled and touching evening of holiday cheer.

Into this world comes Jamie, a kid who has run away from home and come as far as his money will take him. At first he thinks this town’s inhabitants are “nuttier than fruitcakes,” but soon he comes to admire, appreciate and adore this nutty little town. A moving story of alienation, understanding and reconciliation, “Fruitcakes” provides audiences with a heaping helping of holiday warmth and Christmas cheer.