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Friday July 11 2008 The Georgetown Little Theatre, now approaching its 50th season in 2010-2011, is ramping up for the 2008-2009 season with three proven hits:  Rumors, a door-slamming farce by Neil Simon; A Party to Murder, a twisty mystery set in a remote Muskoka cottage by Marcia Kash & Douglas Hughes; and, capping off the season, Hayfever, Noel Coward’s deliriously funny comedy of bad manners.  
This season’s running theme—the lives of the rich and strange.
GLT is thrilled to open the upcoming season with a comedy by America’s master of the farce, Neil Simon, directed by award-winning director Kathryn DeLory. She has directed past shows for GLT, including The Importance of Being Earnest and Drinking Alone.  Recently, DeLory won an Association of Community Theatres—Central Ontario (ACTCO) award for Best Direction of a Play for Markham Little Theatre’s 2007 production of Outlaw by Canada’s own comic playwright, Norm Foster.
Auditions for Rumors will take place at the GLT studio, 33 Stewarttown Road on Monday, July 14 and Thursday, July 17.  Doors open at 7 p.m. so actors can review the script before auditions begin at 7:30 p.m. Auditions consist of a round-robin reading from the script, no prepared monologues required. Appointments are also not required— if you’re interested, just show up on either July 14 or July 17 by 7:30 p.m.  
GLT welcomes all actors from the first-timer curious to tread the boards to the seasoned stage veteran— the main requirement is a desire to have fun and work with a community of like-minded theatre lovers.  
Rumors, running November 6-8  and Nov. 12-15, at the John Elliott Theatre, is set during the 10th anniversary of the deputy mayor and his wife. The first couple arrives to find the host has shot himself in the head (it’s only a flesh wound) and that his wife is missing. The couple try to cover up the attempted shooting but as each new couple arrives with their own set of hilarious complications, the lies and cover-ups become too much to sustain and nobody can remember who has been told what about whom. First performed in 1988, Simon’s popular farce has been a mainstay for community and professional theatres alike.
Also, if you’re interested in helping out backstage on this show or in becoming a member of the Georgetown Little Theatre, or if you have any questions about auditions, please leave a message at the studio, 905-877-3422 or visit GLT on the web at: www.georgetownlittletheatre.ca.

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