SCC Center Stage Theatre to hold open audition for ‘On Golden Pond’ Oct. 7-8

St. Charles Community College’s Center Stage Theatre is holding open auditions for the upcoming production of “On Golden Pond,” by Ernest Thompson.

Director Lynne Snyder will hold open auditions at 7 p.m. Monday-Tuesday, Oct. 7-8, in the Donald D. Shook Fine Arts Building, Room 110, on the SCC campus in Cottleville. Center Stage Theatre invites SCC students and community residents to audition.

Callbacks will be held at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 9.

There are parts for two women, three men and one boy. The auditions will consist of cold readings from the script, which is on reserve in the SCC library. Monologues are encouraged, but not required. 

This play is a classic American comedy and drama that concerns retired Ethel and Norman Thayer, who spend every summer at their home on Golden Pond, Maine. This year, their adult daughter and her fiancé visit, bringing along his 13-year-old son. The turbulent relationship between father and daughter, the generation gap between young and old and the difficulties, joys and fears facing a couple in the twilight years of a long marriage all combine to give this play a unique insight into the modern family. In the end, they all learn from one another.

The performances will be held in the theater of the Fine Arts Building Wednesday-Sunday, Nov. 20-24. There will be a high school matinee at 10 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 21.

For more information about auditions or the play, contact the Humanities Department at 636-922-8255 or Lynne Snyder at lsnyder@stchas.edu or 636-922-8325.

St. Charles Community College is a public, comprehensive two-year community college with associate degrees and certificate programs in the arts, business, sciences and career-technical fields. SCC provides workforce training and community-based personal and professional development as well as cultural, recreational and entertainment opportunities. For more information, visit www.stchas.edu.