Upcoming Audition Information

We are pleased to announce open auditions for an upcoming production at Pec Playhouse Theatre Artistic Direction by Odette Little AUDITION DATES Sunday, Febuary 23rd starting at 7pm Monday, Febuary 24th Starting at 7pm AUDITION LOCATION Pec Playhouse Theatre 314 N. Main Street, Pecatonica IL Those auditioning will be asked to read from the script both individually and with others auditioning. NEED FOR: Adults: 0 males & 6 females Rehearsal schedule will be determined by the director once the production is cast. PERFORMANCE DATES: April 17 through May 3, 2020 Fridays & Saturdays @ 8pm Sundays @ 2pm (9 Scheduled Performances) Scripts will be available to read at The Pecatonica Pharmacy 9-6pm M-F If you have questions please contact: PPT Box Office @ (815) 239-1210

THE STORY: The action is set in Truvy's beauty salon in Chinquapin, Louisiana, where all the ladies who are "anybody" come to have their hair done. Helped by her eager new assistant, Annelle (who is not sure whether or not she is still married), the outspoken, wise-cracking Truvy dispenses shampoos and free advice to the town's rich curmudgeon, Ouiser, ("I'm not crazy, I've just been in a bad mood for forty years"); an eccentric millionaire, Miss Clairee, who has a raging sweet tooth; and the local social leader, M'Lynn, whose daughter, Shelby (the prettiest girl in town), is about to marry a "good ole boy." Filled with hilarious repartee and not a few acerbic but humorously revealing verbal collisions, the play moves toward tragedy when, in the second act, the spunky Shelby (who is a diabetic) risks pregnancy and forfeits her life. The sudden realization of their mortality affects the others, but also draws on the underlying strength—and love—which give the play, and its characters, the special quality to make them truly touching, funny and marvelously amiable company in good times and bad.