HCPAC press release
The Henderson County Performing Arts Center is holding open auditions Monday and Tuesday, May 2 and 3, from 6:30 to 8 p.m. for the upcoming comedy, “The Last Dance.” The play will be directed by J Niswonger and sponsored by Alma Lee Cattle Company and King Sand and Gravel. Show dates are June 16-25.
SYNOPSIS: Claiming she is tired of love, an aging but still beautiful poet from the American South, who now lives on the coast of France, has decided to give away her young lover. But how can this be? Her goddaughter thinks she has actually fallen in love with a local fisherman while her dashing friend believes she is finally ready to accept his proposal. The young lover is equally certain she really wants to marry him. This bittersweet comedy of manners is a tribute to the grandeur of Southern style and a musing on what a smart woman might really want toward the end of her life.
Roles for the show are: Charlotte – a beautiful woman in her late forties; Cab – Charlotte’s lover, also beautiful. He is in his late twenties and a poet; Georgeanne – Charlotte’s goddaughter, in her late twenties. She is a poet, pale and shy but not without resources; Randall Dellamar – Charlotte’s friend, a professor of herpetology in Savannah. He is grand and sly and very entertaining.
No experience or preparation is necessary. Auditions will be cold readings from the play. Please call 903-675-3908 for further information. HCPAC is located at 400 Gibson Rd., Athens.