Hatrix Theatre is getting the Jitters this spring and preparing for the Evil Dead: The Musical to come to Lethbridge in the fall.
The new, southern Alberta Theatre group are holding auditions, Jan, 18-19 at Westminster School for the popular David French play, which runs May 23-25 at the Moose Lodge
“It’s a two act comedy. It’s a twist on any community theatre performance,” summarized Brian Quinn, who will be holding auditions for director Caroline Harker, who is on vacation.
“The people in the show are all part of a play called “For the Care and Treatment of Roses. And not to spoil anything, but the play starts as a rehearsal for ‘Care and Treatment of Roses’ for about 15 minutes when they break character and begin ‘Jitters,” he enthused.
Everything goes wrong in the play as chaos and a lot of laughs result.
They need six men and three women— one woman needs to be a more mature 40 plus actress to play the aging diva who is hoping to make a comeback, her leading man — a local celebrity who resents her haughtiness.
“ And we want the male lead to be 40 or 50 plus. We don’t want to dress up a high school student and dress them up to make her look older for those parts,” he said.