September 5 – 6, 2024 6:00 PM 123 N 2nd Street
Hello!
Please join us September 5 & 6** at 6pm in the Isabel Castillo Performing Arts Center for an open casting call for our fall/Halloween show: _Witch’s Brew_ by Kimberly Barger, produced by special arrangement
with Eldridge Publishing Company_. _This is a youth guild production for ages 21 and under, directed by Miss Beki, with performance dates set for November 1-3 (Fri, Sat, & Sun).
We are looking for a minimum of 13 performers and have plans for extras if we have more volunteers than speaking roles. Backstage and tech crew assignments may also be available for this production depending on the number of volunteers.
Rehearsals will be approximately 60-90 minutes for most of Sept & Oct with the exact days of the week to be determined once casting is complete, but we will always have Wednesdays off, as usual (excluding Dress Rehearsal on Oct. 30). No rehearsal Halloween night, of course!
We’re excited about this show and hope you are too!! Can’t wait to see you at auditions!!
**Feel free to contact Miss Beki at ratonplayers@gmail.com if you are interested in participating but are not available Sept 5 & 6.
STORY OF THE PLAY
Hazel is a teenage witch who’s somewhat different from every other witch in Frogshire Forest. She can brew a mean cup of coffee but can’t brew a potion to save her life! And she’s an accident waiting to
happen when she tries to fly on her broom. While Hazel dreams of becoming a barista, her mother, the head witch of the forest, wants only for Hazel to focus on her witch studies and preparations for the
upcoming annual festival, the most important event in the forest. She would forbid Hazel from trying to fly into a coffee shop in the city—if she knew about it. When Hazel accidentally meets Kate, a
not-so-talented barista, Hazel jumps at the opportunity to teach Kate how to make an award-winning latte for an upcoming competition. With only a few days until the judge comes, Kate must learn quickly while
keeping Hazel’s true identity a secret from Kate’s greedy, witch-hating Aunt Astrid. Full of fun characters with a good message about family and friendship, and an opportunity to incorporate our own festival and/or coffee vs. cocoa contest into the show!
Approximately 60 minutes.
CHARACTERS:
(2 m, 6 f, 5 flexible, extras, doubling possible.)
HAZEL: A witch in Frogshire Forest, great at making lattes but terrible
at witchcraft. Around 16.
KATE: A college student and barista at her family’s coffee shop but
isn’t good at making coffee. Around 18.
MOM: Hazel’s mom, 40s, the Head Witch of Frogshire Forest, regal at
some times and motherly at other times.
GRANDPA HENRY: Kate’s grandfather, 60s, owner of the family coffee
shop, caring, kind.
ASTRID: Kate’s great-aunt and Henry’s sister, 60s, manages the
family coffee shop, bitter, greedy, mean.
GUINEVERE: A witch, about 18. Hazel’s older sister.
TABITHA: A witch, about 14. Hazel’s younger sister.
ZIGGY: Male or female witch, any age. Immature, goofball.
FIGGY: Male or female witch, any age. Immature, goofball, Ziggy’s
partner in crime.
PETE MAXWELL: The judge of the latte competition, coffee is life, very
animated.
HILDE, LUNA, and FALCO: Additional witches
EXTRA WITCHES & HUMANS (as needed/if available)–