The Canal Fulton Players are proud to announce that they will be presenting Craig May's original murder mystery, Closing Night, on August 21-22, 28-29, 2015 at ...the SALT Box Ministries, 408 West Market Street, Canal Fulton, Ohio. Auditions are scheduled for June 30, July 1 at Community Connections, 2381 Locust Street, Canal Fulton, Ohio (Next to Heritage Photography) at 7:00 pm Persons wishing to audition should be ready to read from the script. There are forty parts which are to be played by ten actors and actresses. Thus, there are four parts per participant. The reason is that there is a play within a play. The parts are: RON AARONS : twenties-thirties, down-to-earth player; portrays “Joe Tremaine”, crusading detective JOHN WEBB : forties, friendly and relaxed; plays “Sid Merryweather”, best friend to Raymond NADINE DELACROIX : fifties, faded movie star and diva; plays “Lady Gabrielle Grimm”, sinister town authority WAYNE MCCLOUD : thirties-fifties, amiable; plays “Constable Slease”, corrupt law official CLARENCE RINEHARDT : forties-fifties, perfectionist who won’t take direction; plays “Judge Pitts”, corrupt law official LLOYD PICKENS : forties-fifties, practical joker, character actor; plays “Dr. Voglyn”, a corrupt (and mad) scientist PAUL KLEMENS : thirties-fifties, acerbic character actor; plays “Hobbs”, Dr. Voglyn’s butler DREW DAVID HOFFMAN : thirties, stage and television star and diva; plays “Raymond Beckwith”, sympathetic male lead who is in love with Muriel Culberson, as well as Raymond’s Mr. Hyde-type alter ego MARGO TREADWELL : forties, fading stage star and diva; plays the nominal female lead, “Anne Culberson”, venal wife of Wilfrid Culberson and mother of Muriel JOY VALENTINE : twenties, sweet-talking (and loose) ingénue; plays “Muriel Culberson”, the innocent heroine who is in love with Raymond BEN GARBER : twenties, self-absorbed acting upstart; plays “Douglas Hightower”, bullying and arrogant suitor to Muriel EDWARD PRESCOTT : forties-fifties, fatherly character actor; plays “Wilfrid Culberson”, weak patrician husband to Anne and father of Muriel SALLY FOX : thirties-fifties, brassy good-time player; plays “Bernadette”, the Culberson maid OTHER CHARACTERS INVOLVED IN DEADLY NIGHTFALL ANTON CORSANNO : forties-fifties, director; egotistical, volcanic, yet charming EMORY LOVELACE : forties-fifties, playwright/producer; mild-mannered, kindly PETER : twenties-fifties, stage manager; meek and spineless BOB : thirties-fifties, tech director/spotlight operator/sound designer; drunk, unreliable MISS INGERSOLL : twenties-forties, assistant to Anton Corsanno, Drew David Hoffman, Margo Treadwell, and Nadine Delacroix; frantic, nervous MRS. THORNBURY : forties, wardrobe coordinator; very no-nonsense STILL OTHER CHARACTERS NOT INVOLVED IN DEADLY NIGHTFALL INSPECTOR CHARLES WINGATE : forties-fifties, detective in charge of murder investigation; shrewd, calculating OFFICER TED BANKS : thirties-fifties, officer accompanying Inspector Wingate; stage-struck GEORGE : forties-fifties, personal cook to Nadine Delacroix; very flamboyant gay man DAKOTA : twenties, memoirist to Nadine Delacroix; very butch gay man GRANT DAVIS : forties, soon-to-be-ex-husband of Margo Treadwell; violent, angry ROY NEWHOUSE : twenties-forties, ambitious reporter; hopes for a juicy story on the murder Other parts will be revealed at the auditions. If you need directions or information, please call David Van Gaasbeek at 330-494-1022330-494-1022 or 330-854-4387330-854-4387.