Auditions - Layers, or The Casserole Play
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Layers or, The Casserole Play
A docupageant by Scott C. Sickles
Director – Paige Tufford
Performance Dates: Oct. 9-11, 16-17, 2026
Black Box Theatre
Casting: 1 male-identifying, 2 female-identifying
Auditions: Cold readings from the script. Vocal/physical games.
Synopsis: In 1866, Elmire Jolicoeur, a French-Canadian immigrant, invented the precursor of the modern casserole in Berlin, New Hampshire. OR DID SHE? A present-day journalist's curiosity leads her to discover the truth between Jolicoeur's legend and her life. This docupageant dramatizes that life, that search, and that legend with high theatricality, examining how women are portrayed by history and the media, and how in a "post-fact" society, the truth still matters even if that truth seems trivial. Actors will play a variety of roles in this hilarious comedy full of slapstick comedy and quick-witted dialogue.
•Please note that there are varying degrees of intimacy in this production. Details will be given at auditions. If you need more information, please send comments/questions below.
A docupageant by Scott C. Sickles
Director – Paige Tufford
Performance Dates: Oct. 9-11, 16-17, 2026
Black Box Theatre
Casting: 1 male-identifying, 2 female-identifying
Auditions: Cold readings from the script. Vocal/physical games.
Synopsis: In 1866, Elmire Jolicoeur, a French-Canadian immigrant, invented the precursor of the modern casserole in Berlin, New Hampshire. OR DID SHE? A present-day journalist's curiosity leads her to discover the truth between Jolicoeur's legend and her life. This docupageant dramatizes that life, that search, and that legend with high theatricality, examining how women are portrayed by history and the media, and how in a "post-fact" society, the truth still matters even if that truth seems trivial. Actors will play a variety of roles in this hilarious comedy full of slapstick comedy and quick-witted dialogue.
•Please note that there are varying degrees of intimacy in this production. Details will be given at auditions. If you need more information, please send comments/questions below.
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Where is it happening?
Lansing Community College (Gannon Building) Rm. 1422, East Lansing, United States
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