Peak Theatre Players is Calling for Auditions!
Thursday, March 10 at 7pm at the Sundre Arts Centre
for the play Mother's Gift by Phil Olson
Looking to fill 3 roles:
“In this comedy with a heart, Mom has been dead for 11 months and shows up at her husband’s birthday party as a ghost with a mission. Like Clarence in “It’s A Wonderful Life,” she has to accomplish a task to earn her wings. Only what the task actually is, is a mystery. There are so many things to fix. The problem is complicated by the fact that the only person who can hear or see Mom is her daughter who has been ordered by the court to spend Dad’s birthday with him as part of her Anger Management Program. One by one the family’s secrets are peeled away revealing a shocking truth that surprises even our ghost.”
Winner of:
- McLaren Memorial Comedy Playwriting Competition
- Best Stage Play, World Series Screenwriting Competition
- TRU New Voices Play Festival
- Northern Writes Playwriting Festival
“Time rarely moves so fast on stage as in ‘Mom’s Gift.’ The rapid-fire succession of uproarious one-liners and poignant family revelations brings the audience to the completely unexpected surprise ending in what seems like a flash!”
- Norwegian American Weekly
“An audience pleaser!… There is a surprise ending that will not be divulged here, but suffice it to say, the result is an always engaging, funny evening of love and laughter.”
- Stage Happenings
Tentative performance dates May 6-8 and 12-14. Rehearsals 2-3 days per week in April. For more information or if you have questions, then please contact Peak Theatre at peak.theatre.players@gmail.com
- Mom - 60, good sense of humour, deeply caring, Vikings fan (football)
- Brittany - 20s, the younger sister, peppy, ditzy, sincere, genuine, not sarcastic
- Kevin - 30s, neighbour growing up, successful business person, jock in high school
“In this comedy with a heart, Mom has been dead for 11 months and shows up at her husband’s birthday party as a ghost with a mission. Like Clarence in “It’s A Wonderful Life,” she has to accomplish a task to earn her wings. Only what the task actually is, is a mystery. There are so many things to fix. The problem is complicated by the fact that the only person who can hear or see Mom is her daughter who has been ordered by the court to spend Dad’s birthday with him as part of her Anger Management Program. One by one the family’s secrets are peeled away revealing a shocking truth that surprises even our ghost.”
Winner of:
- McLaren Memorial Comedy Playwriting Competition
- Best Stage Play, World Series Screenwriting Competition
- TRU New Voices Play Festival
- Northern Writes Playwriting Festival
“Time rarely moves so fast on stage as in ‘Mom’s Gift.’ The rapid-fire succession of uproarious one-liners and poignant family revelations brings the audience to the completely unexpected surprise ending in what seems like a flash!”
- Norwegian American Weekly
“An audience pleaser!… There is a surprise ending that will not be divulged here, but suffice it to say, the result is an always engaging, funny evening of love and laughter.”
- Stage Happenings
Tentative performance dates May 6-8 and 12-14. Rehearsals 2-3 days per week in April. For more information or if you have questions, then please contact Peak Theatre at peak.theatre.players@gmail.com
