Audition Notice
Saturday, August 21 1:00pm-6:00pm
Monday, August 23 6:00pm-9:00pm

The Last One Out: A Tale of Halloween
Written & Directed by John Davis
Performances will be Thursday, October 7 through Sunday, October 17, with shows on Thursday through Saturday nights at 7:30pm and Sundays at 2:30pm

Jack Daves, age 10, lives a charmed existence. He has a good family, three great friends, and lives in a neighborhood with a huge forest behind it--big enough for campouts, playing army, and lot of other adventures. Best of all, Halloween is just around the corner! Autumn is Jack's favorite time of year--the whole forest turns brilliant colors, everyone in the neighborhood decorates for Halloween, and his best friend Barry tells the best spooky stories on earth.

But Halloween this year brings change. The neighborhood is stunned by a sudden loss and in its wake follow doubt, suspicion, and accusation. The once idyllic neighborhood is being torn apart quite literally as construction on a bypass begins. Is there a vestige of the old magic left? As Halloween approaches a year later, Jack desperately sets out to recapture the spirit of what has been lost.

The Last One Out: A Tale of Halloween is an original play written and directed by John Davis, veteran of Encore Theater Company. It is a family-friendly and audience-interactive play that celebrates the Halloweens of yesteryear and today. It addresses the issue of how Halloween is perceived by community and church and ways that it has changed as a result.

CAST LIST

ADULT JACK                              A contemplative man, 40-55 years old; serves as narrator for the play
BARRY CONOVER                    12-14 years old, one of JACK’s friends, leader of the pack and great storyteller
DANA CAMPBELL                     10-12 years old, one of JACK’s friends, holds her own in the "boy's club"
JACK DAVES                              10-12 years old, the main protagonist, appreciates how good life is for him and wants everything to stay just like it is
RANDY GUINN                            10-12 years old, one of JACK’s friends, wants to be an archaeologist, or paleontologist...or whoever it is that digs up dinosaur bones!
ANN DAVES                                 JACK’s mother, in her 30’s, loving but strict
DON DAVES                                 JACK’s father, 30-40 years old, a Baptist minister
BECKY DAVES                            JACK’s sister, 15-18 years old, willful and wanting independence
TROY REED                                  BECKY’S boyfriend, 17-20 years old, a bad influence
MRS. HOMEYER                          JACK’s school teacher, 30-50 years old, traditional teacher that knows how to talk to kids
FRANK BARNETT                       One of the Daves’ neighbors, 50-70 years old, everyone thinks he's just a crotchety old man, but there is more there than meets the eye
JENNY CLARK                            10-12 years old, one of JACK’s friends, new kid on the block, scared of many things because of her parents' paranoia
ALAN & MELODY GUINN          RANDY’s parents, 30-40 years old, integral parts of the neighborhood
DAVE & JANET CAMPBELL    DANA’s parents, 30-40 years old, integral parts of the neighborhood
RYAN CONOVER                        BARRY’s father, 30-40 years old, single parent and doing the best he can
FRED & LISA CLARK                JENNY’S parents, 30-40 years old, new to the neighborhood. Fred is a police officer and instills in his family how much there is to fear "out there"
DOCTOR                                       30-60 years old, male or female
3-4 UNEARTHLY TRICK-OR-TREATERS    12-16 years old, preferably with some training in ballet/dance
4-8 child extras                            for the trick-or-treating scenes

www.encore-theatre-company.org

A non-profit community theatre serving Wilson County and surrounding areas

615-598-8950 

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