Performances
- 2026 Sep 21 Monday 7:00 PM
- 2026 Sep 19 Saturday 3:00 PM
- 2026 Sep 20 Sunday 3:00 PM
Auditions
- 2026 Jul 11 Saturday
- 2026 Jul 12 Sunday
What To Know About This Production
🎭✨ FOOTHILLS ART COUNCIL, Inc PRESENTS ✨🎭
ONE-ACT PLAY FESTIVAL AUDITIONS
SEASON SIX
🔥 7 PLAYS. 1 STAGE. ENDLESS STORIES. 🔥
Step into the spotlight and bring original theatre to life.
We’re casting actors for seven dynamic one-act plays spanning drama, comedy, and experimental performance.
🎬 AUDITION DATES
JULY 11 | 2:00 – 5:00 PM
JULY 12 | 2:00 – 5:00 PM
📍 FMCC RAO THEATER
2805 Route 67
Johnstown, NY
🌟 WHO SHOULD AUDITION?
EVERYONE.
All ages. All identities. All experience levels.
If you’ve got passion—we want to see it.
🎤 AUDITION FORMAT
⚡ Cold readings from festival scripts
⚡ No prep required
⚡ Sides provided on-site
⏰ Arrive 15 minutes early
🎭 THE FESTIVAL
• 7 original one-act plays
Bedtime Story for the Precocious Child By Sharon Goldner
Rainbow bridge By Robert Prince
Drag Queens to the Rescue By Mark Mulkerin
Don't play with your food By Arianna Rose
New Level of Intimacy (or The Play About Head Lice) By John P. Bray
Death be not proud By Brian C. Petti
The little things By Paula Hoffay
• 10–15 minutes each
• Fresh voices. Bold ideas. Live theatre.
📆 REHEARSALS
Flexible scheduling based on directors after casting
⭐ TAKE THE STAGE. OWN THE MOMENT. ⭐
YOUR STORY STARTS HERE.
- Head Director Persephone Lestrange
- Stage Manager Danielle O'Brien
- Director Team Sonny Duross
- Director Team Christine Vermilyea
- Director Team Wendy Camilli
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Characters
- Marlene, Lindsey, Julie mother married to Bob 30s (Bedtime for the precocious child), A woman walks onstage looking around, as if surveying her surroundings in a new place for the first time (The Rainbow bridge), 30s, a single mother She wears a robe, and her hair is wet and in a towel at the start (New level of intimacy)
- Bob, Jacob father married to Marlene 30s (Bedtime for the precocious child), Off stage voice The man who lived with us (The Rainbow bridge)
- Lulu, Elderly Woman daughter of Marlene and Bob 7 or 8 played by an adult (Bedtime for the precocious child), F, 65 (Death be not proud)
- Jingles, Casey Dog (In a dog Mascot costume providing the voice) (The Rainbow bridge), teens, Rhondas granddaughter, sweet, helpful (The Little things)
- RHONDA, ICE CREAM 70s, crabby, opinionated (The Little things), any genderany age, smooth, seductive (Dont Play with your food)
- BRIAN 70s, Rhondas loving husband (The Little things)
- Joe any age, town cop (The Little things)
- Chip, Death any genderany age, salty, blunt, dismissive (Dont Play with your food), M, 40 (Death be not proud)
- Alvin, COOKIE late 20s-30s, a father of a young daughter, any ethnicity, uncertain (Drag queen to the rescue),Male, any age, sweet, maternal (Dont Play with your food)
- Matt, Kale 30s, single He is dressed for a date (New level of intimacy), male or non-binary, tough, self-righteous (Dont Play with your food)
- Kasey female, 20s-50s, has struggled with food addictions her whole life (Dont Play with your food)
- Mother May Eye 40s-60s, drag performer, any ethnicity, maternal (Drag queen to the rescue),
Cast
- Melissa Ingram Marlene, Lindsey, Julie
- jason cromie Bob, Jacob
- Jamie Halvarson Lulu, Elderly Woman
- Amelia Hughes Jingles, Casey
- marilyn detmer RHONDA, ICE CREAM
- Robert Stern BRIAN
- Nate Brunell Joe
- Thom Ingram Matt, Kale
- Wendy Camilli Kasey
- Syd Sadowski Chip, Death
- Aries Raphael Alvin, COOKIE
- Persephone Lestrange Mother May Eye
Crew
- Danielle O'Brien Stage Manager
- Sonny Duross Director Drag queens to the rescue
- TBD Director of the Little Things
- Persephone Lestrange Director Of the Rainbow Bridge/ Costumes
- TBD Director of Death be not proud
- TBD Director of Bedtime Story For The Precocious Child
- jason cromie Director Of Don't Play With Your Food
- Christine Vermilyea Director of New level of intamacy