HCCT-03-07 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

HCCT AUDITIONS AT 7 P.M., MONDAY, APRIL 14,
FOR SAME TIME, NEXT YEAR

Two-person play one of most popular romantic comedies.

COTTONWOOD SHORES, TEXAS (April 8, 2003) -- The Hill Country Community Theatre will hold auditions at 7 p.m., Monday, April 14, for Same Time, Next Year, in which 25 years of manners, morals and attitudes are mirrored in two lovers, George and Doris.

GiGi Fischer, co-founder of HCCT and an audience favorite as both a director and actor, will direct the spring comedy, which will run from May 29 through June 8. Last year, she directed Over the River and Through the Woods with rousing success.

STNY ran for four years on Broadway, was a successful motion picture and remains one of the most widely produced plays in American theatre. It follows a relationship affair between two people who meet at a California inn in 1951 and rendezvous annually despite being happily married parents and loyal to their families – except during their brief encounters.

The play has six scenes, each five years apart, which are preceded by tapes that capture the prevailing mood of America.

George begins as an uptight, neurotic accountant who becomes stuffy and rich, gives it all up when he goes into analysis and then joins encounter groups and becomes a latter-day hippie before returning to establishment ways.

Doris matures from an awkward girl into a restless housewife, a college returnee, an over-age flower child, a career woman and finally a settled matron.

Their transitions never synchronize, making for hilarious contrasts throughout their lives and the play.

The playhouse is located at 4003 FM 2147 West, across from Bob’s Exxon and at the entrance to Cottonwood Shores, between Marble Falls and Horseshoe Bay. The script is available for checkout during office hours at the theatre (10 a.m. to 4 p.m.) weekdays.

HCCT has an open casting policy. No experience is required. All parts require some basic stage movement. Auditions will consist of cold readings. The HCCT Audition Policy does not allow precasting. Everyone, regardless of experience, is encouraged to try-out. Rehearsals, which are held Mondays through Thursdays between 7 p.m. and 10 p.m., begin Monday, April 21 through May 28.

The Miracle Worker begins its run at HCCT on Thursday, April 10, with an opening night Gala featuring drink, food and fashion. The inspirational story of teacher Annie Sullivan and pupil Helen keller runs through Saturday, April 19, with performances at 8 p.m. and one Sunday matinee at 2:15 p.m.

For more information on the current performance, "The Miracle Worker," or tickets, membership, volunteer opportunities (box office, costumes, make-up, props, lighting, set building and painting), auditions or script checkout, please contact the HCCT Box Office at 830-798-8944, or Executive Director Bruce Hennie at 830-693-2474.

FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION OR INTERVIEWS:
Preston F. Kirk, APR
HCCT Governor
Spicewood, TX
830-693-4447;
F 693-9898,
kirk@281.com

Bruce Hennie, Executive Director
Hill Country Community Theatre
Cottonwood Shores, TX,
830-693-2474
bruce@hcct.org