NICK GOSNELL
Hutch Post
HUTCHINSON, Kan. — Director Piper Harding is looking for actors to help her with the next production at Stage 9, called Too Much Light Makes The Baby Go Blind, it's a series of skits to be selected by Harding after the audition process.
"This is for beginners up to experienced actors and anything in between," Harding said. "It's a perfect opportunity for people to try theater, if they've ever wanted to try it."
Because the final list of skits isn't out yet, there are no specific audition requirements.
"The author gives you about 90 in the script and then I pick out 30 of those to do," Harding said. "We have a timer, actually, to keep us honest, and so the actors have to do 30 of these skits, one acts, as the author calls them, in 60 minutes and the show's over, unless the audience says they want more."
Each night of the performances will be guaranteed to be different.
"The audience will choose which skit they want to see," Harding said. "They just yell out a bunch of numbers. We have numbers on a clothesline above the actors' heads. If the actor hears number five, then, the actor pulls down number five and reads the name of the skit on the back, crumples the paper up, throws it into the audience and then says, go, and that skit is performed."
Auditions are Oct. 12 from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. and Oct. 14 from 10 a.m. to noon. Callbacks (if needed) will be Oct. 15 from 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. Rehearsals begin Oct. 16 with performances Nov. 2-5.
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