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Auditions for Hartburn Hotel by Whitney Ryan Garrity will be held sometime in May.  Exact dates and more details to follow. 
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AUDITIONS: HARTBURN HOTEL
MAY 2026

🤠 Hartburn Hotel Written by Whitney Ryan Garrity, directed by Tom Abbott
📅 Show Dates AUGUST 14–16, 2026
🎭 Tentative Audition: May 2026 (exact dates/times pending)
👥 Seeking 4 men, 6 women (ages 18–60s)

SHOW SYNOPSIS

A comedic melodrama. Faced with losing the Last Chance Inn once again, Ma and Pa Culpepper turn to glamorous Sahara Hartburn. Sahara pays off their loan with money from a “well-heeled admirer” and promptly takes over the inn. Transformed into the Hartburn Hotel, the place becomes a residence for young ladies with a “no men allowed upstairs” policy. Sahara schemes to find a scandal that will give her new venture some publicity, and finds it when the new schoolteacher, Polly Sincere, is paid a visit by her dapper and devoted boyfriend, Jasper Jones - in her room! To escape, Jasper dresses as a girl and poses as “Jasmine Sincere,” Polly’s sister. Complications arise when a visiting sheriff falls for “Jasmine” and “her” sudden disappearance leads Sahara to accuse Polly of murder! An attempt to clear Polly’s name, an outrageous chase, and the search for a bank robber all conspire to bring the play to a surprising - and side-splitting - conclusion.

👥CHARACTER BREAKDOWN

*All roles are available and unpaid.
​👥 4 men, 6 women (ages 18–60s)

• Ivory Keyes (F): Resident piano player; an attractive lady.
• Ma Culpepper (F): Proprietress of the Last Chance Inn; vexed and perplexed.
• Sahara Hartburn (F): A glamorous and scheming woman.
• Mrs. Spottingford-Smythe (F): The very proper head of the Calamity Gulch School Board.
• Polly Sincere (F): The pretty, new schoolteacher.
• Princess Prettyfoot (F): Calamity Gulch’s trusty deputy.

• Pa Culpepper (M): The thorn in Ma’s side.
• Rod (M): Sahara’s assistant; muscular and dumb.
• Jasper Jones / Jasmine Sincere (M): Polly’s dapper and devoted boyfriend.
• Sheriff Ulysses S. Graft (M): From the neighboring town of Falling Rock.

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2026 Season Auditions

Please check back and/or keep an eye on our social media for updates on auditions for the 2026 season.

Tentative 2026 schedule:
WINTER SHOW (March 2026) - Murder Under the Big Top, An original interactive Spinnenweber murder mystery
(This show has been cast.)
SPRING SHOW (May 2026) - Gruesome Playground Injuires by Rajiv Joseph, directed by Hannah Dearborn
(This show has been cast)
SUMMER SHOW (August 2026) - Hartburn Hotel by Whitney Ryan Garrity, directed by Tom Abbott
(Tentative Audition Dates: Early-mid May.)
FALL SHOW (October 2026) - The Pillowman by Martin McDonagh, directed by Barbara Burgess-Lefebvre
(Tentative Audition Dates: Mid-Late June.)
​HOLIDAY RADIO SHOW (December 2026) - directed by Heather Due-Kratsas
(Tentative Audition Dates: Mid-Late September.)

Auditions for Murder Under the Big Top were held January 4 & 5.  This show has been cast. Thanks to all who auditioned! 
Auditions for Gruesome Playground Injuries by Rajiva Jospeh were held February 5 & 7.  This show has been cast.  Thanks to all who auditioned!

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Please check back for audition information for the rest of our 2026 season.
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OFFSTAGE VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES

2026 Asst Director / Stage Manager Application:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeKrw13qnsF2wZhladq2VMA6fbJJbKYF_4nt3sZaij9j8rKfw/viewform

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