Category: Announcements

Both Play Auditions: Tuesday February 24 and Thursday February 26 at 7 pm at Duncan United Church, 246 Ingram St.

Timepiece

If you are planning to audition for the stage production of Timepiece, please email the director: louise.phillips@mercuryplayers.org with the name of the character you wish to read and the date (Feb 24 or 26) you plan to attend.

Cast:

Walter, 70s
Doris, 70s
Patrick, early 40s
Karla, mid 30s

Maternal Combustion

If you are planning to audition for the staged reading of Maternal Combustion, please email the director: jessmattin@gmail.com with the name of the character you wish to read and the date (Feb 24 or 26) you plan to attend.

Cast: 5 actors
Female roles: 4

Casting note:  All four women should be anywhere from their late 30s to early 50s. They can all be the same age or not.

Male roles: 1

The one male actor will play four roles throughout the play, all in flashbacks. He will play men of varying ages, so someone in their 40s is an ideal age for this role.

Join us for a monthly play reading the first Wednesday of every month at Sands Reception 6:30-9:30. This is to explore plays and read for enjoyment and each others’ company.

If you have a script to suggest, or would like to attend the evening please email lorne.seifred@mercuryplayers.org to get a digital copy of the script.

Wednesday Feb 4th we will be reading ‘What I did Last Summer‘ by AR Gurney. Needed are 4W, 2M. This play has been submitted (selfless plug) by myself to be considered for our 2026/27 season. 

THE STORY: The setting is a vacation colony on the shores of Lake Erie, 1945, during the final stages of World War II. Charlie, a rebellious fourteen-year-old, is summering with his mother and sister before going off to a boarding school. Although he intended to spend the summer socializing with his friends, the need for spending money forces him to take a job as a handyman for a bohemian art teacher, Anna Trumbull, who has lost both her fortune and her regard for the ideals of her upbringing. Sensing a kindred spirit in Charlie, she tries to stretch his mind by teaching him painting and sculpture—and exposing him to “radical” ideas about life and love. The result is a family crisis – a showdown between Anna and Charlie’s conservative mother. A clash of philosophies raises as many questions as it answers and, in the end, stimulates the self-awareness, which will shape the man Charlie is destined to become.

Join us at Sands Reception on Trunk Rd in Duncan (above the office) for Saturday Night Improv: Feb 14, March 14, April 11 at 7:00pm. We will play some warmup games and gradually progress into more improv as the evening progresses. Always a good time. Participation is encouraged and the amount is up to you. Contact me in case of queries: rien.vesseur@mercuryplayers.org