ARTIFICE & AFFECTIONS OF MAY

 

ARTIFICE, by Anne Flanagan, is directed by Susan McCandless, and AFFECTIONS OF MAY, by Norm Foster, is directed by Julie Anchor. The shows are performed at the beautiful Kennedy Mine Amphitheatre in Jackson. All rehearsals until tech week are in Sacramento, at R25 Complex in midtown Sacramento. Actors will receive a $175 gas stipend.

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AUDITIONS for both shows will be held at the Three Penny Stage in the R25 Complex at 1723 25th St, Sacramento, on Sunday, 1/19 from 6:30p – 9:00p, and Monday, 1/20, from 6:30p - 9:00p. Auditions will be cold reads from selected sides of the scripts. Please bring a headshot and resume.

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ARTIFICE, runs Fri & Sat, 6/20 - 7/19/25

Rehearsals start the week of 5/18, and are in Sacramento (R25) until tech week (6/15).

For a copy of the sides/script, contact Susan McCandless at susanmccandless96@gmail.com.

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Synopsis: Struggling artist Payne Showers finally gets his big break. He dies. Fortunately, Payne's death greatly inflates the value of his work. Unfortunately, his estranged wife, Maggie, must sell it all to avoid bankruptcy. Just days before the auction, Maggie and her high-strung gallery manager, Richard, host high profile guests for a private showing. The guests include influential newspaper maven Judith Fontaine; real estate mogul Mick Fitzgerald; Trent, a gorgeous but dim-witted soap opera actor; Graciela, a streetwise cocktail waitress; and Emma, a humorless art critic. Even though there’s a near-blinding snowstorm raging outside, things seem to be going relatively well, that is until the arrival of unexpected guest, whose timing couldn’t be worse and guests who aren’t who they seem to be. There’s plenty of intrigue, and plenty of laughs.

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All parts available:

• Maggie LaRue: 40s – 50s

• Richard: 40s – 50s

• Graciela: 20s – early 30s (very sexy, killer body)

• Trent Matlock: 20s – early 30s (handsome, incredibly dim)

• Judith Fontaine: late 50s – 60s (elegant, unflappable)

• Mick Fitzgerald: late 50s – 60s (burly man, booming voice)

• Emma: 30s – early 40s• Payne Showers 40s - 50s

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AFFECTIONS OF MAY  runs Fri & Sat, 8/8 - 9/6/25

Rehearsals start the week of 7/6, and are in Sacramento (R25) until tech week, 8/3.

For a copy of the sides/script, contact Julie Anchor at julieanchor@yahoo.com

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Synopsis:

May and her husband, Brian, have decided to move to the country for a quieter, less stressful life, by purchasing a Bed and Breakfast in a small resort town. The trouble is, Brian doesn’t like the country life and is eager to return to another woman back in the city. May is left alone in a small town, where everyone knows everyone’s affairs, to continue running the business. The word is quickly out about a new “single” woman in town and suitors soon appear at her door. There’s Quinn, a down on his luck handyman, looking to work for room and board after his trailer burnt down, and Hank, a lonely loan officer, and a bit of a loser when it comes to love. His only passions are collecting coffee mugs and playing Scrabble, but that all changes when he meets May. And as the two men get to know May, long buried secrets about the two of them are revealed and lives are changed, including May’s. There are plenty of laughs and mystery in this heart-warming story.

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All parts available:

• May Henning: mid 30s - 50

• Brian Henning: mid 30s - 50

• Hank Beavis: 40s – early 50s

• Quinn: 40s – early 50s

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