Auditions for ‘Wait Until Dark’ Aug. 28-29

The Community Playhouse, Inc. is pleased to announce open auditions for its opening production of the 2005-06 season; the mystery/thriller “Wait Until Dark,” by Frederick Knott, and directed by Stuart Fulkerson. The auditions will be held at the South Jackson Civic Center in Tullahoma on Sunday, Aug. 28, at 2:00 p.m. and Monday, Aug. 29, at 7:00 p.m. Audition participants are requested to bring a wallet size snapshot.

The play, which was also made into a movie starring Audrey Hepburn and Richard Crenna, follows three thugs who have traced the location of a mysterious doll to the apartment of Susy and Sam Hendrix. Sam, a professional photographer whose job requires a great deal of travel, has been persuaded by a strange woman to carry a doll across the Canadian border unknowing that it is filled with heroin. When the woman is murdered, the thugs convince Susy that Sam has been implicated and the doll is evidence. Susy, who is blind, refuses to reveal the doll’s location leading to a deadly game of cat and mouse. Parts are available for six men, one woman, and one girl approximately 8-14 years old.

Production dates are scheduled for October 14, 15, 16, 21, and 22. Ticket prices will be $10 for adults, $9 for senior citizens (65 and older), and $8 for students. Discount rates are available for groups of 10 or more if purchased in advance. For ticket reservations call (931) 455-0620 or e-mail information to tickets@ communityplayhouse.org and get $1 off the regular ticket price.

Advance tickets are available most Thursday nights in the Playhouse office from 5 to 7 p.m. or two hours before each performance. Season tickets are now available at $30 for adults, $27 for senior citizens, and $24 for students. Patron and Friends tickets are $90 and $175, respectively. For updates on upcoming events check out the Community Playhouse web site at www.communityplayhouse.org.