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Dorset Players' January Auditions

Auditions for Clue, On Stage will be held on Saturday, January 3 at 10am-12pm and Tuesday, January 6 at 6.30-9pm at the Dorset Playhouse, located at 104 Cheney Road in Dorset. In order to audition, you must be at least 18 years of age and available ALL weekends between January 17 and opening night. Additional character information and reading sides can be obtained by calling the Dorset Players business office between 10am and 2pm weekdays at 802-867-5570.
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The 21st Annual One-Act Festival will be holding auditions on Saturday, January 3 from 10:00am-12:00pm and Tuesday, January 6 from 6:30pm-8:30pm at the Dorset Playhouse, 104 Cheney Rd. Dorset. For more information, call the Dorset Players business office at 802-867-5570.

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Auditions for the spring musical, Something Rotten, will be held on Wednesday, January 7, 2026 and Thursday, January 8, 2026 from 6-9 pm at the Dorset Playhouse.  Call backs will be Sunday January 11 from 1-5 pm.

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Other Happenings:

Coffee with Paul 
Join Paul Michael Brinker on Wednesday, January 7 at 9am for coffee, homemade muffins and what's happening at the Dorset Playhouse.

Script Analysis

Dorset Players member Luke Krueger will be offering a script analysis class beginning in January of 2026. The course will focus on using the techniques espoused by David Ball in his book Backwards and Forwards.

The goal of this course is to demystify the process of script analysis.

By the end of the course, participants will have a place to start and a process for when they begin that focuses on how the action crafts the story so what comes is entertaining for the souls and engaging to the minds of the audience.  

While there will not be any written assignments, there will be reading assignments between classes to form the basis of the class discussions. 

Classes willl begin on Tuesday, February 3 at 6 pm at the Playhouse and will meet every other Tuesday for 6 weeks.

Please contact Luke at kruegerlw@hotmail.com  or 802-345-4159 with any questions.

Audition Information

Clue: On Stage Auditions

It’s a dark and stormy night, and you’ve been invited to a very unusual dinner party. Each of the guests has an alias, the butler offers a variety of weapons, and the host is, well, dead. So whodunit? Join the iconic oddballs known as Miss Scarlet, Professor Plum, Mrs. White, Mr. Green, Mrs. Peacock, and Colonel Mustard as they race to find the murderer in Boddy Manor before the body count stacks up.

Based on the cult classic film and the popular board game, and directed by Patricia Greene-Pawelczyk, Clue, On Stage is a madcap comedy that will keep you guessing until the final twist. Playwright Sandy Rustin adapted Jonathan Lynn's 1985 screenplay for the stage, with Hunter Foster and Eric Price providing "additional material". 

The Director is looking to cast the following roles: 6 females, 5 males, and 7 gender neutral roles.

Wadsworth: traditional butler, uptight and by the book. Driving force of the play.

Yvette: loyal and sexy French Maid.

Miss Scarlet: a dry, sardonic madam. She loves secrets.

Mrs. Peacock: wealthy wife of a senator. A little batty, neurotic and often

experiences hysteria.

Mrs. White: morbid and tragic. She may have murdered some or all of her five

ex-husbands.

Colonel Mustard: pompous, dense, and a blowhard military man.

Professor Plum: arrogant, academic, easily impressed by himself.

Mr. Green: appears timid, but is officious and a rule follower. He is often anxious.

Ensemble Female Roles:

Cook: gruff with a threatening presence.

Singing Telegram Girl: tap dancer with a heart of gold

Mr. Boddy: slick and a little gangest type.

Ensemble Gender Neutral Roles:

The Motorist

Chief of Police

Unexpected Cop

Three cops at conclusion

Mysterious murder

Auditions will be held Saturday January 3 from 10am-12pm and Tuesday January 6 from 6.30-9pm at the Dorset Playhouse. In order to audition,

you must be at least 18 years of age and available ALL weekends between January 17 and opening night. Additional character information and reading sides can be obtained by calling the Dorset Players business office between 10am and 2pm weekdays at 802-867-5570.

The show is being produced by Josh Bond and Brian Miksis performances

on April 10-11 and 17-18 @ 7:30pm, and on April 12 and 19 @ 2pm.

The Twenty First Annual One-Act Festival Auditions

The Dorset Players and the directors of the 21st Annual One-Act Festival will be holding auditions on Saturday, January 3 from 10:00am-12:00pm and Tuesday, January 6 from 6:30pm-8:30pm at the Dorset Playhouse, 104 Cheney Rd.

This year’s festival has a theme of Community, and we will be auditioning for the following shows:

The Lottery (8 men; 5 women plus extras) - These auditions will only be held on January 6.

The Bargain (1 man; 2 women age range 20-40 ish)

How to Win (1 man age range 20-50 ish)

Between Lions (1 man; 1 woman age range 20-40ish)

The Laundromat (2 women age range 20-30 ish and 50 to 60ish)

Meet Me in the Endive (2 men age range 30-60ish; 1 woman age range 60ish) - These auditions will only be held on January 3.

If you need more information, please call the Dorset Players business office at 802-867-5570. No sides will be given prior to auditions.  

Auditions For Something Rotten

Auditions for the Players spring musical, Something Rotten, will be held on Wednesday, January 7, 2026 and Thursday, January 8, 2026 from 6-9 PM at the Dorset Playhouse.  Call backs will be Sunday January 11, 2026 from 1-5 PM.

To sign up for an audition slot, get further information about the show, list of characters and what to bring to your audition,  please contact the director, John Lugar, at 310-801-6805 or jlprod@msn.com.  Choreography by Renee Wymer.

Something Rotten was written by Karey Kirkpatrick and John O’Farrell with music and lyrics by Wayne Kirkpatrick and Karey Kirkpatrick.

Set in the 1590’s, brothers Nick and Nigel Bottom are desperate to write a hit play but are stuck in the shadow of that Renaissance rock star known as “The Bard”.  When a local soothsayer foretells that the future of theater involves singing, dancing and acting at the same time, Nick and Nigel set out to write the world’s very first musical.  But amidst the scandalous excitement of opening night, they realize that reaching the top means being true to thine own self, and all “that jazz.”

Performance dates are May15-17 and May 22-24, 2026

The Gin Game

Auditions for The Gin Game, will be held on January 13, 2026, at 6:30PM at the Dorset Playhouse, 104 Cheney Rd. Fans of Jessica Tandy and Hume Cronyn are invited to audition for the March production of The Gin Game, by D.L. Coburn. This Staged Reading will be performed on Friday, March 13 at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday, March 15 at 2 p.m.

Director Josh Bond is looking for one male and one female to portray a duo who meet in a senior living community where they feel entirely out of place. The story explores their tentative steps toward friendship and acceptance of their new surroundings. As they reveal their pasts to each other, they make discoveries about themselves…and don’t always like what they find. 

The Gin Game debuted on Broadway in 1977, starring Tandy and Cronyn and directed by Mike Nichols. It won the Pulitzer Prize for Best Play in 1978. The Dorset Players’ staged reading will allow actors to read from a script following a light rehearsal schedule in the two months from casting to performance. We invite you to participate in your local community theater to share the joy of theater and storytelling!