News Release

BRISTOL — Elkhart Civic Theatre to hold youth production auditions for “The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales.”

Open auditions will be held at 6:30 p.m. Monday, Aug. 21 and Tuesday, Aug. 22, St. Mary of the Annunciation Catholic Church, 411 W. Vistula St., Bristol.

The play will be directed by Annette Kaczanowski, with Dottie Hicks assisting and performances will be October 6-8.

Auditions for youth productions are open to youth from 8-18 years of age. All Elkhart Civic Theatre auditions are open to everyone, and no fees are charged for participation in ECT productions.

Auditioners will be asked to do cold readings from the script, sing a song, and do some simple stage movement /improv. They should also bring a list of all conflicts between August 23 and October 8. Scripts are available for perusal at the Bristol Opera House up to one week before auditions.

Though the characters may be familiar, each of your favorite storybook fables is derailed in this adaptation of Jon Scieszka and Lane Smith’s quintessential children’s book of fractured fairy tales.

Everything from “Chicken Little” to “The Gingerbread Man” gets a complete makeover. Fun, music, and witty narration accompany the likes of ineloquent giants, sassy barnyard animals, colossal cow pies, and enough stinky cheese to go around.

Cast size is flexible.

Roles Available:

• Jack – the narrator
• Cow Patty Boy – an obnoxious prankster
• Surgeon General – a legalistic doom-sayer
• Legal Guy – a rambling monologue reciter
• All your favorite characters from the book, including Little Red Hen, Chicken Licken and friends, the Princess and the pea, the Ugly Duckling, Little Red Running Shorts, the Giant, the Big Bad Wolf, Cinderella and her step family, Rumpelstiltskin, the Tortoise and the Hare, and more.

ECT youth productions are part of the Michael Cripe Studio, underwritten by Jeff Cripe and Label Logic, Inc.