BTCA auditions for final production of season
The Bay Tree Council for the Performing Arts in Red Bay has announced their auditions for the third and final production of the season. The play, “Father of the Bride,” written by Caroline Francke and directed by Mark Richardson, will be the last for the Council’s current production season.
Auditions will be held at Community Spirit Bank’s Weatherford Centre in Red Bay, Ala. on Sunday, March 8 at 2 p.m. and Monday, March 9 at 7 p.m. Auditions will consist of cold readings from the play book and there are approximately 15 parts for adult men, women and teenage boys and girls.
Extras may be added if needed. The dates of the performance are April 23-26. If you would like information about bringing groups please contact Beth Hammock at 256-356-9286. Tickets will go on sale at the Weatherford Centre on April 13. The previous production, “The Wisteria Hysteria,” sold out in advance.
A brief summary of the production has been provided by the BTCA:
In Caroline Francke’s, “Father of the Bride,” Mr. Banks learns that one of the young men he has seen occasionally about the house is about to become his son-in-law. His daughter Kay announces the engagement out of nowhere. Mrs. Banks and her sons are happy, but Mr. Banks is in a dither. The groom-to-be, Buckley Dunstan, appears on the scene and Mr. Banks realizes that the engagement is serious. Buckley and Kay don’t want a big wedding—just a simple affair with a few friends! We soon learn, however, that the few friends idea is out. Then trouble really begins. The guest list grows larger each day, a caterer is called in, florists, furniture movers and dressmakers take over, and the Banks household is soon caught in turmoil—not to mention growing debt. When Kay, in a fit of temper, calls off the wedding, everyone’s patience snaps. But all is set right, and the wedding, despite more last-minute crises, comes off beautifully. In the end, the father of the bride is a happy, proud man, glad that the wedding is over, but knowing, too, that it was worth all the money and aggravation to start his daughter off so handsomely on the road to married life.
