2025 - 2026 Season Audition Information
Celebrating 40 Years of Inspiring Live Theatre
Directed by Jonathan Butler
Audition Dates and Times:
Monday 3/2/2026 and Tuesday 3/3/2026 at 7pm
Audition Location: CTC Rehearsal Space
654 Arnold Mill Road, Woodstock, Ga. 30188
Casting Needs: 3 Men / 4 Women
Audition requirements: Cold readings from the script
Non-Equity/Volunteer
Resume encouraged but not required
No appointment necessary
Rehearsal Days:
Sundays 2-5pm, Tuesdays 7-9pm, Thursdays 7-9pm
Read Thru Day: Monday 3/9/26
Rehearsals begin Thursday 3/12/26
Performance Dates:
May 8, 9, 10 | 15, 16, 17 2026
at the Canton Theatre
Character Descriptions
Eleanor Bander: The protagonist, a middle-aged woman and 15-year divorcee who is struggling financially. She decides her best hope is to reconcile with her wealthy ex-husband, Walter, and concocts an elaborate scheme to get him back.
Walter Bander: Eleanor's ex-husband, a successful businessman. After his second wife's death, Eleanor tries to lure him back. He is smart, can be stubborn, and loves his daughter.
Elizabeth Bander: Eleanor and Walter's daughter, a sensible and sharp young woman who is stressed about her upcoming wedding. She is engaged for the fifth time to the same long-suffering man, Vince.
Vince Setzer: Elizabeth's beleaguered fiancé, a high school biology teacher. He is a genuinely good guy whose patience with Elizabeth's indecisiveness and her family's antics is wearing thin.
Elma Blue Williams: Eleanor's sassy and good-natured best friend and neighbor. She and Eleanor have a "fun chemistry" and playfully bicker throughout the play.
Gretchen Hiller: Walter's new girlfriend, a rival of Eleanor's from their high school days. Her presence further complicates Eleanor's plot.
Dr. Fred Abernathy: A gossipy and slightly sleazy married optometrist who has a wandering eye for other women
2026 - 2027 Season
Directed by Ed Palombo
Audition Dates and Times:
Monday 6/29/2026 and Tuesday 6/30/2026 at 7pm
Audition Location: CTC Rehearsal Space
654 Arnold Mill Road, Woodstock, Ga. 30188
Casting Needs: 5 Males (Ages 18+) / 1 Girl (Age 10 - 13)
Audition requirements: Cold readings from the script
Non-Equity/Volunteer
Resume encouraged but not required
No appointment necessary
Rehearsal Days:
Mondays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays from 7-9pm
Read Thru Date: Monday 7/6/26
Rehearsals begin Wednesday 7/8/26
Performance Dates:
September 18, 19, 20 | 25, 26, 27 2026
at the Canton Theatre
**Please note the roles of Susy Hendrix and Harry Roat have been cast.
Character Descriptions
Gloria
Gender: Female
Age Range: 10–14
Type: Youth supporting role
Description: Neighbor girl who starts out bratty and defensive but becomes brave and compassionate. Plays a crucial emotional and plot role.
Mike Talman
Gender: Male
Age Range: 30s–50s
Type: Supporting antagonist
Description: Smooth con artist posing as an ally. Persuasive, observant, and morally flexible. Often the “reasonable” face of the scheme.
Sergeant Carlino
Gender: Male
Age Range: 30s–60s
Type: Supporting antagonist / character role
Description: Gruff criminal impersonating a police officer. Impatient, blunt, and intimidating. Relies on force rather than finesse.
Sam Hendrix
Gender: Male
Age Range: 30s–50s
Type: Supporting role
Description: Susy’s husband, a photographer unknowingly connected to the criminals’ objective. Caring and sincere but largely absent during the central conflict.
Directed by Logan Satterfield
Audition Dates and Times:
Sunday 10/4 at 3pm
Monday 10/5 at 7pm
Audition Location: CTC Rehearsal Space
654 Arnold Mill Road, Woodstock, Ga. 30188
Casting Needs: 3 Males / 4 Females
Audition requirements: Cold readings from the script
Non-Equity/Volunteer
Resume encouraged but not required
No appointment necessary
Rehearsal Days:
Sundays 2-5pm, Tuesdays and Thursdays 7-9pm
Performance Dates:
December 4, 5, 6 | 11, 12, 13 2026
at the Canton Theatre
Character Descriptions
Sir Selsdon Piddock: A "classical" actor who plays Ebenezer Scrooge.
Mrs. Bettina Salisbury: The company diva who misses the first half of the show, expecting it to be cancelled, then forces her way back in. Plays Mrs. Fezziwig, Emily Cratchit, Ghost of Christmas Past, and Charwoman.
Dame Rowena Middleton-Lewis: An actress of pretension who plays Ghost of Christmas Yet-To-Come, Little Boy, and various partygoers/citizens.
Mrs. Cordelia Ffoliet-Ffolkes Ffortescue Woods: An actress with a very long name and resume. Plays Martha Cratchit, Belle, Fred's Wife, and Fan.
Mr. Elyot Crummels: A former leading man who is very busy playing multiple parts, including Bob Cratchit, Mr. Fezziwig, Ghost of Marley, and Ghost of Christmas Present.
Teddy Shub: An over-anxious, toothy young actor who plays Tiny Tim, Nephew Fred, Young Scrooge, and Dick Wilkins.
Cynthia Imbry: The understudy who is thrust into the production, taking over Mrs. Salisbury's roles in the first act.
Directed by Lauren Smith
Audition Dates and Times:
Sunday 11/15 at 3pm
Monday 11/16 at 7pm
Audition Location: CTC Rehearsal Space
654 Arnold Mill Road, Woodstock, Ga. 30188
Casting Needs: 4 Males / 3 Females / 1 Male or Female
Audition requirements: Cold readings from the script
Non-Equity/Volunteer
Resume encouraged but not required
No appointment necessary
Rehearsal Days:
Sundays from 2 - 5pm, Tuesdays, and Thursdays from 7-9pm
Performance Dates:
March 5, 6 , 7 | 12, 13, 14 2027
at the Canton Theatre
Character Descriptions
Brindsley Miller
Gender: Male
Age Range: 20s–30s
Type: Comic lead
Description: A young sculptor. Intelligent, attractive, but nervous and uncertain of himself.
Carol Melkett
Gender: Female
Age Range: 20s–30s
Type: Comic lead
Description: Brindsley’s refined and image-conscious fiancée. A young debutatnt, very pretty, very spoiled, very silly.
Miss Furnival
Gender: Female
Age Range: 40+
Type: Featured comic role
Description: Brinsdley's neighbor. Prissy and refined, she reveals only the repressed gestures of the middle class spinster until alcohol undoes her.
Harold (or Harriet) Gorringe
Gender: Male or Female
Age Range: 40s–60s
Type: Supporting
Description: Brindsley's neighbor. A specialist in emotional blackmail, can become hysterical when slighted.
Clea
Gender: Female
Age Range: 20s–30s
Type: Supporting
Description: Brindsley’s ex-girlfriend. Free-spirited, emotionally direct, and disruptive to his carefully constructed life.
Colonel Melkett
Gender: Male
Age Range: 50s–70s
Type: Supporting
Description: Carol’s intimidating, conservative father. Status-driven and judgmental, he represents the approval Brindsley desperately wants.
Schuppanzigh
Gender: Male
Age Range: 40+
Type: Supporting
Description: A German refugee. Entirely happy man, delighted to be in England even if this means being employed by the London Electricity Board. German accent encouraged.
George Bambearger
Gender: Male
Age Range: 40+
Type: Supporting
Description: Wealthy art collector expected to buy Brindsley’s work. Status-conscious but easily confused. German accent encouraged.
Directed by Emily Mimbs
Audition Dates and Times:
TBD
Audition Location: CTC Rehearsal Space
654 Arnold Mill Road, Woodstock, Ga. 30188
Casting Needs: 4 Males / 4 Females / 2 Girl(s) / 2 Boy(s)
Audition requirements: Cold readings from the script
Non-Equity/Volunteer
Resume encouraged but not required
No appointment necessary
Rehearsal Days:
TBD
Performance Dates:
May 7, 8, 9 | 14, 15, 16 2027
at the Canton Theatre
**Please note the characters of Maggie the Cat, Brick Pollitt, and Big Daddy Pollitt have been cast.
Character Descriptions
Big Mama Pollitt
Gender: Female
Age Range: 50s–70s
Type: Supporting dramatic role
Description: Married to Big Daddy. She is silly, crude, and lives a life of pretense that her husband loves her despite his ill treatment of her. She, too, favors Brick over his brother. She has let herself go physically and has surrendered her dignity to maintain peace in the lie that is her marriage.
Gooper Pollitt
Gender: Male
Age Range: 30s–40s
Type: Supporting
Description: Brick’s older, lawyer brother. He deeply resents Brick’s status as the “favored son.” He has taken satisfaction in Big Daddy’s declining health and deliberately schemes to take over Big Daddy’s estate.
Mae Pollitt
Gender: Female
Age Range: 20s–40s
Type: Supporting
Description: Gooper’s wife. Mother of 5 children with one on the way. From a once rich family that helped make Gooper successful, she holds that over his head. Very jealous of Maggie’s beauty and Big Daddy’s doting on her. She goes to great, embarrassing lengths to appear the loving daughter-in-law while all the while viciously conspiring with Gooper to ensure they inherit the estate.
Reverend Tooker
Gender: Male
Age Range: 20s - 60s
Description: A tactless, opportunistic, hypocritical guest at Big Daddy’s birthday party. A small town preacher who enjoys the high life as long as someone else pays for it.
Doctor Baugh
Gender: Male
Age Range: 40s - 60s
Description: Big Daddy's physician who is tired from too long in his profession and averse to giving bad news.
Lacey
Gender: Male
Age Range: 30s - 50s
Description: A male servant.
Sookey
Gender: Female
Age Range: 30s - 50s
Description: A housekeeper.
Daisy
Gender: Female
Age Range: 20s - 40s
Description: A maid. They are watchful and aware of the tensions in the family.
THE VENUES
All auditions and rehearsals will be held at the
CTC Rehearsal Space:
654 Arnold Mill Road
Woodstock, GA 30188
All performances will be held at the
Downtown Canton Theatre
171 East Main Street
Canton, GA 30114