The Oswego Players are pleased to announce auditions for their September production Jack Sharkey’s “While the Lights Were Out”. This hilarious farce will be directed by Sherri Metz.
The auditions will be a cold read from the script held at the Francis Marion Brown theatre in Oswego on Friday, June 28th 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm and Saturday, June 29th 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm. There are parts for eight women and five men ages ranging from twenty to Sixty. Rehearsals will begin Tuesday, July 23rd and every Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday evenings from 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm.
A thunderstorm! The lights go out! An agonized voice! A pistol shot! The lights come up! A blonde in black lace stands over the dead man holding a bloody dagger! The detective examines the body and announces, “He’s been strangled!” This is but the opening of one of the most astounding and hilarious murder mysteries ever staged. Every clue is a lulu and the plot twists furiously. The final solution involves the most bizarre motive ever conceived.
Show dates for “While the Lights Were Out” are September 6,7,8 and 13,14,15. “While the Lights Were Out” is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals on behalf of Samuel French, Inc. www.concordtheatricals.com