WTC announces auditions for ‘The Cemetery Club’

The Whitefish Theatre Co. is holding auditions for “The Cemetery Club,” its first Black Curtain theatre production of the 2021-2022 season. Auditions will be held at 7:30 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 12, at the O’Shaughnessy Center in Whitefish. Arrive early to fill out an application, waiver form, and review the script. Enter at the north side of the building.

Due to the recent spike in Covid-19 cases, masks are highly recommended when you enter the building, although you will be able to remove them during your audition. Do not attend if you are feeling sick.

Ida, Lucille and Doris are part of a club — the Cemetery Club. Every month they meet at Ida’s New York house for tea and then trundle off to the cemetery to remember the good times and gossip at

the graves of their late husbands. Lucille fancies herself as a flamboyant swinger, Doris is a traditional matronly widow, and Ida is somewhere in between. The camaraderie between them gets turned upside down, however, when widower Sam the butcher enters the scene and the

ladies vie for Sam’s attention. Called “Steel Magnolias” meets “The Golden Girls”, “The Cemetery Club” is a funny and touching play about enduring friendships, cherishing the past, and embracing the future.

The cast is composed of four women and one man, ages 50s and older. No experience or preparation is necessary to audition. Pages from the script will be provided. If you would like to familiarize yourself with the script, it is available at valley public libraries.

Katie Nixon is the director of this production. As a Black Curtain show, the actors will remain on book during performances and there will be minimal costumes and set. There will be approximately nine rehearsals, and one technical rehearsal Sept. 24. There are two performances over the

weekend of Sept. 25 and 26.

For more information, call the Whitefish Theatre Company at 862-5371.