Gratiot County Players
Auditions
2025-2026 Season
Now.Here.This
September 26, 27, 28 & October 3, 4, 5, 2025
Auditions: Saturday July 12, 2025 at 6:30 p.m.at the Strand Theatre.
The Gratiot County Players will be holding auditions Saturday, July 12, at 6:30 p.m. at the Strand Theatre in downtown Alma for Now. Here. This.—a one-act, 4-person, musical comedy from the award-winning team behind [title of show]!
Book by Hunter Bell & Susan Blackell
Music & Lyrics by Jeff Bowen
Based on the collaboration by Hunter Bell, Michael Berresse, Susan Blackwell, Heidi Blickenstaff, Jeff Bowen, and Larry Pressgrove
Directed by Joshua Zeitler
Presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals
SYNOPSIS: The show follows the evolution and adventures of four friends in a natural history museum as they journey through time--from the present day museum, to the past, and back again. Inspired by various exhibits (bees, reptiles, early man, ancient civilizations and outer space), the foursome shares their stories about friendship, hoarding, hiding, laughing, living, dying and middle school in an attempt to step directly into that elusive "present moment": the Now. Here. This.
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Tuesdays with Morrie
November 14, 15, 16 & 21, 22, 23, 2025
Auditions: Saturday, September 27, 2025 at 1:00 p.m. at the Strand Theatre.
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Dearly Beloved
April 24, 25, 26 & May 1, 2, 3, 2026.
Auditions: Saturday, February 14, 2026 at 1:00 p.m. at the Strand Theatre.
AUDITION CALL for Dearly Beloved
When: Saturday, February 14 @ 1p at The Strand Theatre
Synopsis: Hilarity, Texas style! An over-the-top wedding, three feuding sisters and a church full of small-town eccentrics. What could possibly go wrong? In this fast-paced, laugh-a-minute comedy, the Futrelle sisters of Fayro, Texas – Frankie, Twink and their estranged sister, Honey Raye – are thrown together to pull off a family wedding.
Roles:
MISS GENEVA MUSGRAVE – 60s, town florist, wedding coordinator
RAYNERD CHISUM – 40s, friend of the Futrelles, Dairy Dog employee
TINA JO DUBBERLY/GINA JO DUBBERLY – 20s, Frankie and Dub’s twin daughters
HONEY RAYE FUTRELLE – 50-going-on-30, oldest Futrelle sister
FRANKIE FUTRELLE DUBBERLY – 40s, youngest Futrelle sister
DUB DUBBERLY – 40s, Frankie’s husband
TWINK FUTRELLE – 40s, middle Futrelle sister
NELDA LOU LIGHTFOOT – 50s, local psychic
GINA JO (G.J.) DUBBERLY – 20s, Tina Jo’s identical twin sister
JUSTIN WAVERLY – 20s, UPS delivery man, seminarian
JOHN CURTIS BUNTNER – 40s, deputy sheriff, Dub’s best friend
WILEY HICKS – 40s, Twink’s longtime boyfriend
PATSY PRICE – 50s, mother of the groom
Please complete the audition form below prior to February 14.
Feel free to reach out to Claudia McLoughlin and Tiffany Martinez at dearlybelovedgcp@gmail.com with any questions. Lookin’ forward to seeing y’all then!
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