UPCOMING AUDITION
AUDITION DETAILS
A Twisted Christmas Carol by Phil Olson
Directed by Nickie Berlage Carlson
Stage Managed by Lisa Malloy
Deathtrap by Ira Levin
Directed by Lisa Malloy
Stage Managed by Nickie Berlage Carlson
Audition Details:
Sunday, September 27, 2026 • 7:00 PM
Monday, September 28, 2026 • 7:00 PM
Audition & Performance Location:
Tarpon Springs Cultural Center, 101 S. Pinellas Ave., Tarpon Springs, FL 34689
Audition Info:
We will be holding auditions for both A Twisted Christmas Carol and Deathtrap on the same evening. No callbacks will be conducted. Please indicate on the audition form you fill out upon arrival which production(s) you are interested in. You are welcome to audition for both productions, or just one.
Auditions are open, please arrive a few minutes prior to 7pm to allow time to fill out an audition
form. No appointment required.
Auditions will consist of cold readings from both scripts. No need to prepare anything beforehand.
A headshot/resume is not necessary, but if you’d like to forward yours, electronic copies are preferred and can be sent to either Nickie.Berlage@gmail.com or LisaDaniMalloy@gmail.com
PERFORMANCE DATES & TIMES for A Twisted Christmas Carol
Friday, December 11, 2026 • 7:00 pm
Saturday, December 12, 2026 • 2:00 pm & 7:00 pm
Sunday, December 13, 2026 • 2:00 pm & 7:00 pm
THE STORY:
A Twisted Christmas Carol is a hilarious Texas spoof of Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol. It’s Christmas Eve in a small West Texas town, and cantankerous barbecue joint owner Buford Johnson gets in an argument with his wife, Darla, tells her he’s skipping Christmas, storms out, goes four-wheeling in his pickup, gets hit by a twister, rolls his truck, and goes into a coma. He comes back in his dream, where he’s visited by ex-business partner and barbecue king Hank Walker, who plays the Ghost of
Christmas Past, Present, and Future. Hank takes Buford (Scrooge) on a journey similar to that in a Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol, only Texas-style.
THE ROLES:
BUFORD JOHNSON (30-50s, male-presenting): Darla’s husband. Strong-willed co-owner of Buford’s BBQ. A Texan Archie Bunker.
DARLA JOHNSON (30s-40s, female-presenting): Strong-willed co-owner of a barbecue joint called “Buford’s Open Pit Barbecue” who’s been married to Buford for a long time.
BUBBA PICKFORD (20-40s, male-presenting): Oblivious, dense business owner.
DAISY NEWSOM (20-30s, female-presenting): Pretty, young, dreamy ex-short order cook at Buford’s BBQ.
HANK WALKER (30-50s, male-presenting): Famous barbecue legend, owner of Hank’s Own Barbecue Sauce. A ladies’ man.
PERFORMANCE DATES & TIMES for Deathtrap
Friday, January 15, 2027 • 7:00 pm
Saturday, January 16, 2027 • 2:00 pm
Sunday, January 17, 2027 • 2:00 pm
Friday, January 22, 2027 • 7:00 pm
Saturday, January 23, 2027 • 2:00 pm
Sunday, January 24, 2027 • 2:00 pm
THE STORY:
Comfortably ensconced in his charming Connecticut home, Sidney Bruhl, a successful writer of Broadway thrillers, is struggling to overcome a dry spell which has resulted in a string of failures and a shortage of funds. A possible break in his fortunes occurs when he receives a script from a student in the seminar he has been conducting at a nearby college—a thriller that Sidney recognizes immediately as a potential Broadway smash. Sidney’s plan, devised with his wife’s help, is to offer collaboration to the student for co-credit. Or is it? Deathtrap provides twists and turns of devilish cleverness, and offers hilariously sudden shocks in such abundance that audiences will be spellbound until the very last moment.
THE ROLES:
SIDNEY BRUHL (40-50s, male-presenting): A middle-aged, previously-successful Broadway thriller writer experiencing an 18-year dry spell. Desperate, charming, and deeply cynical, he plots to murder a young writer to steal his brilliant new script.
MYRA BRUHL (30-40s, female-presenting): Sidney’s supportive yet anxious wife. She possesses a softer exterior that hardens when she tries to check Sidney’s darker impulses, though she is initially pulled into his scheming.
CLIFFORD ANDERSON (20s, male-presenting): An attractive, bright, and talented young writing student. He seems naive and innocent at first, but hides his own sharp intellect and dark ambitions.
HELGA TEN DORP (20-60s, female-presenting): An eccentric and famous Dutch psychic staying nearby. She loves the spotlight, takes her visionary powers very seriously, and senses the violent currents in the Bruhl household before anyone else.
PORTER MILGRIM (30-60s, male-presenting): Sidney’s pragmatic and discreet attorney. He enters later in the story to handle legal realities, but is ultimately pulled into the deadly game of cat-and-mouse over play authorship.
Tickets available now at tarponarts.org or call 727-942-5605.