The Walpole Footlighters are thrilled to announce our 2019 - 2020 line-up built around the theme of STRONG WOMEN! 
 
We are actively seeking talented directors for these wonderful shows. Please contact Andrew Bradley, Play Reading Committee Chair, at [email protected] with questions and/or if you are interested in applying to be a director. 
 
All applications are due by January 25th  and director interviews will be scheduled at the beginning of February. Individuals with all levels of experience are encouraged to apply.
 
Applications must include your theater resume, and a statement of which show or shows you are interested in applying for. If selected for an interview you will be expected to bring an artistic and technical vision of the show or shows you are applying for, including specific ideas of how you would address any challenges you envision.
 
Additional details about the shows and performance dates are below.  We are looking forward to a terrific season next year!
 
All shows run for three weekends starting on the listed opening date, including three Fridays, three Saturdays, and two Sunday matinees.
 
9 to 5 the Musical
Music and Lyrics by Dolly Parton
Book by Patricia Resnick
Based on the 20th Century Fox Film
 
Opening October 25, 2019
Pushed to the boiling point, three female coworkers concoct a plan to get even with the sexist, egotistical, lying, hypocritical bigot they call their boss. In a hilarious turn of events, Violet, Judy and Doralee live out their wildest fantasy – giving their boss the boot! While Hart remains "otherwise engaged," the women give their workplace a dream makeover, taking control of the company that had always kept them down. Hey, a girl can scheme, can't she?
 
Other Desert Cities
by Jon Robin Baitz
 
Opening February 7, 2020
Brooke Wyeth returns home to Palm Springs after a six-year absence to celebrate Christmas with her parents, her brother, and her aunt. Brooke announces that she is about to publish a memoir dredging up a pivotal and tragic event in the family's history—a wound they don't want reopened. In effect, she draws a line in the sand and dares them all to cross it.
 
Calendar Girls
by Tim Firth
 
Opening May 1, 2020
When Annie's husband John dies of leukemia, she and best friend Chris resolve to raise money for a new settee in the local hospital waiting room. They manage to persuade four fellow WI members to pose nude with them for an "alternative" calendar, with a little help from hospital porter and amateur photographer Lawrence. The news of the women's charitable venture spreads like wildfire, and hordes of press soon descend on the small village of Knapeley in the Yorkshire Dales. The calendar is a success, but Chris and Annie's friendship is put to the test under the strain of their new-found fame
 
 

The Walpole Footlighters are pleased to announce auditions for our May musical, Adrift in Macao, directed by Jonah LeDoux. One of the key roles is Tempura. The whole play, and this role in particular, are loving satire of the film noir genre. As such, Tempura is a parody of the Asian characters often played by white actors in the Hollywood of the ‘40s and ‘50s - revealing in the end that he is the Mr. McGuffin who everyone has been looking for and is, he claims, actually Irish. Range: Bari-Tenor C2-G4.

Audition Dates:
Sunday December 16 4:30 - 6:00
Monday December 17 7:00 - 8:30

Sign up for an audition slot here: http://bit.ly/WFLMacao

​Auditions will consist of readings from the script as well as a short dance routine. Please prepare 16 bars of a song in the style of the show. 

Production dates:     
May 3, 4, 10, 11, 17, 18 at 8:00 PM
May 5, 19 at 2:00 PM

The Footlighters are committed to putting the right actor in this role. If you are not able to make the scheduled audition times, please contact director Jonah LeDoux ([email protected]). For this role only we will try to schedule auditions outside the listed times. Please use the subject line WFL: TEMPURA