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34 August 25, 2014Pinewood NewsPinewood Players Announces Auditions for 2015 SeasonBy Bill Kane, Lynn Rouyer and Marsha ProppsAuditions will be held Saturday, August 30 at Noon for the three adult plays to be done next summer at the Pinewood Country ClubLibrary, located in the Pinewood Country Club. The plays will be in June and August of 2015. Plays selected are:1st Play – Hallelujah Girls, directed by Lynn Rouyer2nd Play – Be My Baby, directed by Bill Kane3rd Play – Whose Wives Are They Anyway, directed by Marsha ProppsBelow are synopsis’ and character descriptions for the three plays. Please join us on August 30 if you are interested in auditioning for any of these plays.Hallelujah Girls – by Lynn RouyerDo you have a bucket list? Or are you putting off til tomorrow what you would love to do? Well, time is precious and the girls of Eden Falls, GA realize thisafter their dear friend's funeral. The action in this rollicking Southern comedy takes place in SPA-DEE-DAH!, the abandoned church-turned day spa wherethis group of friends gathers every Friday afternoon. If they are going to change their lives and achieve their dreams they have to get on it NOW! But SugarLee, their high-spirited, determined leader, has her hands full keeping the women motivated. Carlene's given up on romance, having buried three husbands.Nita's a nervous wreck from running interference between her problematic son and his probation officer. Mavis' marriage is so stagnant she's wonderinghow she can fake her own death to get out of it. And sweet, simple Crystal entertains them all, singing Christmas carols with her own, hilarious lyrics.The comic tension mounts when a sexy, ex-boyfriend shows up unexpectedly, a marriage proposal comes from an unlikely suitor and Sugar Lee's arch rival,Bunny, vows she'll stop at nothing to steal the spa away from her. By the time the wo9men rally together to overcome these obstacles and launch their new,improved lives, you've got a side-splitting, joyful comedy that will make you laugh out loud and shout “Hallelujah”.The Cast: The characters should be portrayed as real people, not Southern caricatures.Carlene Travis: (50's) A no-nonsense gal with dry wit. Married three times, Carlene says she's been branded the “Black Widow of Eden, Falls” and that her'romantic life is history'. She's convinced by Sugar Lee to take a chance on Porter. Carlene is Crystal's sister.Nita Mooney: (50's) A very sweet, simple country woman. Nita works for the county, but really lives vicariously through romance novels and their storylines(which she has memorized). She h as a freeloading, lawbreaking son. Nita is a glass MORE than half full kind of person.Crystal Hart: (50's) Daffy and loveable. Very creative, extroverted, and undaunted. Crystal regularly dresses in costume and sings her own lyrics to popularChristmas songs. Crystal is Carlene's sister. Actress should be able to sing confidently, but not necessarily perfectly.Sugar Lee Thompkins: (50's) The ideal of a Southern woman. Dramatically attired in an explosion of color, Sugar Lee is vivacious, strong and smart. It isher idea to turn the old church into a day spa-as she says, “a place where women can come and shed their worries, refocus their lives, and walk out feelinglike they're on top of the world”. She doesn't comprehend that her past may be the on obstacle that she cannot overcome to save her smallbusiness.Bunny Southerland: (50's) Upbeat and seemingly pleasant, Bunny wears an ever ready sunny smile all the while being deliciously judgmental and passiveaggressive. The self-proclaimed social arbiter of Eden Falls, Bunny feels status is all important. She wants to take the church from Sugar to open a museumin her name.Bobby Dwayne Dillahunt: (50's): Unaware of his rugged good looks, Bobby has a self-depreciating sense of humor and a charming manner. He datedSugar in high school and wanted to marry her. Since then, he describes his life as a 'couple of failed marriages, couple of failed businesses, and a couple ofknee operations'. Bobby is now in construction and Sugar reluctantly hires him.Porter Padgett: (50's) A good hearted, gregarious blowhard. Porter doesn't know when to shut up and tends to talk louder than most people. He really enjoyshis own humor and has a big 'horsey laugh'. Porter works for the post office and lives with his mother.There is the potential for another male role that is the chauffeur, whipping boy for Bunny. And of course, there may be a woman or two that visit the SPA-DEE-DAH.Be My Baby – By Bill KaneThis is the newest play by Ken Ludwig, who wrote several of the very funny plays we have done recently: Lend Me A Tenor and Leading Ladies, for example.Hal Holbrook and Dixie Carter as they two leads evoked cheers and a standing ovation every single night of its world premiere in 2005. The press describedit as “a funny, feel-good kind of show that makes you warm all over.”The play tells the story of John, an irascible older “country boy” and an uptight “city” woman, Maude, who take on the journey of a lifetime. They are broughttogether when his ward marries her niece. Then, when the young couple decides to adopt a newborn baby, the older couple has to travel thousands of milesto California to pick up the child and bring her safely home. The problem is, John and Maude despise each other. To make matters worse, they get strandedin San Francisco for several weeks and are expected to jointly care for the helpless newborn. There they form a new partnership and learn some startlinglessons about life and love.Besides the two older leads, there are good supporting roles for the young couple. In addition, there are half a dozen small roles (doctor, nurse, judge, waitress,housekeeper, etc.) that are ideal for some first time actors to give a try.Whose Wives Are They Anyway – By Marsha ProppsThe cosmetics company has been sold and two of its Vice Presidents, David and John have planned a weekend off before the new CEO arriveson Monday. With their wives safely off to New York on a shopping spree they check into the Oakfield Golf and Country Club intending to "golftheir brains out". The unexpected encounter with their new boss (who they were shocked to learn is a woman) turns their plans upside down.She insists on meeting their wives, stating blithely " no one who went golfing for a weekend without their wife would ever work for me". NowJohn and David have to produce wives and the hilarity begins. The cast of 3 men and 5 women will create non-stop laughter!