CARLSBORG — Auditions for “The Christmas Bench,” Readers Theatre Plus’ November production, are set for today at Lapis Sky Yoga, the studio at 803 Carlsborg Road across from the Carlsborg Post Office.
In the tryouts from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m., director Janice Parks seeks two men, one in his late 50s to early 60s and another in his mid-30s to early 40s.
The director is also looking for three more actors — and no previous stage experience nor memorization are required, as the performers have scripts from which to read.
In “The Christmas Bench,” the two men sit together during the holiday shopping season, waiting for their wives.
As they get to know each other, Christmas happens around them: the mall’s players present a five-minute version of “A Christmas Carol,” a homeless man tells a bizarre tale and then sings “O Holy Night,” and a Jewish woman, a greeter at the department store, recites a portion of “A Child’s Chanukah in Pittsburgh.”
One of the men, meanwhile, turns out to be not quite who we think he is.
Rehearsal dates are yet to be determined for the play, while performances will take place over two weekends: Nov. 6-8 and 13-15 at Carrie Blake Park’s Guy Cole Convention Center, 202 N. Blake Ave.
As with every Readers Theatre Plus show, proceeds will benefit a local charity; this time it’s the Sequim City Band.
For information, visit ReadersTheatrePlus.com.
