
Important Dates & Information
- Audition Dates: January 7th and 8th from 3:30-6:30pm at the Center Stage Theatre, RCA 131.
- Auditions will consist of cold readings from the script available at the auditions.
- Production Dates:
- February 27, 28, March 5 and 7 at 7:30PM
- March 1 at 2PM
- March 6 at 11AM.
- Rehearsals will be Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays (and some Wednesdays), 3:15-7:00PM. Friday Rehearsals begin during tech week.
- No Friday Rehearsals until Tech Week (starting 2/20/26), when rehearsals will end at 9:30PM as we add in costumes, lights, etc.
- There will be technical rehearsals on Saturday and; Sunday, 2/21 and; 2/22 (10AM-6PM)
- Bios for the program are due on January 27th
- Actors are off book with prompting on February 2nd
- Actors are off book with NO prompting on February 10th
(Whenever possible, flexibility with casting will be considered; everyone is encouraged to audition.)
We welcome everyone to the auditions! Transparency and open communication are values that are extremely important to us; if you have any questions or need more information, please email the director: Betsy Richard, Drama Faculty: brichard@lowercolumbia.edu
Casting notes:
There will be an ensemble of 6-8 Actors playing the following roles:
A young girl
Fern's Father
Fern's Mother
Fern's Brother
Fern's Uncle
Fern's Aunt
A hired hand
A small, loveable young pig
A gluttonous rat
A spider
Farm animal
Farm animal
Farm animal
The Narrator/s of the story
Reporter, Photographer, etc.