Auditions are held at the Little Theatre, 726 Third Avenue, New Smyrna Beach. Copies of all scripts (except the musical) may be read at the Reference Desk at the New Smyrna Beach Library. Auditions are open and no experience is necessary. All auditions are at 7 p.m. Performances are at 8 p.m. except Sunday performances are at 2 p.m.

MAY 2012
'Crimes of the Heart'

Comedy/Drama by Beth Henley
Auditions: Sunday, April 15 & Monday, April 16 at 7 p.m.
Performances: May 18, 19, 20, 24, 25, 26 & 27 (7 performances)
Director: Karen Poulsen

Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Drama, this warm-hearted play teems with humanity and humor as it examines the plight of three sisters in Hazlehurst, Mississippi. They have gathered to await news of the family patriarch, their grandfather, who is living out his last hours in the local hospital. Lenny, the oldest, is unmarried and facing diminishing marital prospects; Meg, the middle sister, who quickly outgrew Hazlehurst, is back after a failed singing career on the West Coast; while Babe, the youngest, is out on bail after having shot her husband in the stomach. Their troubles, grave and yet somehow hilarious, are highlighted by their priggish cousin, Chick, and by an awkward young lawyer who tries to keep Babe out of jail while helpless not to fall in love with her. In the end, the play is the story of how its young characters escape the past to seize the future-but the telling is so true and touching and consistently hilarious that it will linger in the mind long after the curtain has descended.

Characters: 2M, 4W, ages 20-50

Lenny McGrath: Oldest sister, unmarried, thinks she's getting old
Chick Boyle: The sisters' bossy first cousin, worried about what people think
Doc Porter: Meg's old boyfriend
Meg Magrath: The middle sister, returns home
Babe Botrelle: The youngest sister, shot her husband and then made lemonade
Barnette Lloyd: Babe's inexperienced lawyer, fond of Babe, wants to expose her husband's shady dealings

Auditions are open to the public, and stage experience is not necessary. Readings will be from the script and a copy is available at the reference desk at the New Smyrna Beach library. For add'l information contact the LT office at 386-423-1246 or e-mail info@NsbPlayers.org.