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As we did not have enough young people attend the audition for “Frantic Frogs…”, we are postponing the production to the fall. We will post exact performance dates shortly.

AUDITIONS are coming up on Monday, May 1st at 6:00 p.m. at Oak Hill High School, 56 School Road, in Wales. Readers from grade 2 through grade 12 are invited to audition!
Some tales to tantalize your imagination…
“The Boy Who Cried Amphibian”…
“The Famous Movie Actress and the Kissing Lesson Down at the Pond”…
“Some Characters Due the Storytellers Over Their Really Weird Names”…
“The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse Meet the Southern California Mouse”…
among several others!!!

Open Book Players will hold auditions for its final production of the 2022-2023 season…Frantic Frogs and Other Frankly Fractured Folktales…on May 1st at 6:00 p.m. at Oak Hill High School in Wales, ME. Those who audition must be good readers and parts are available for anyone in Grades 2-12. Performance dates are May 20 & 21, 2023. Spread the word!

Start your April with the performance arts! Join the Open Book Players this weekend, April 1st at 7:30 p.m. and April 2nd at 2:00 p.m. to see the second production of the season, “Let’s Talk About Dragons!” at Oak Hill High School, 56 School Road, Wales, ME. This cast is awesome!

Bob Giroux of Belgrade & Curt Jack of Lewiston!

Meet our wonderful cast and musicians for “Let’s Talk About Dragons!”…CAST
Nik Peterson of Lewiston
Cindy Turcotte of Bowdoin
Bill Haley of Hallowell
Robyn Babbidge of Sabattus
Jocelyn Davis of Litchfield
MUSICIANS
Bob Giroux of Belgrade
Curt Jack of Lewiston
Come see this unique and entertaining combination of readers theatre and music on April 1st at 7:30 p.m. or April 2nd at 2:00 p.m. at Oak Hill High School, 56 School Road, Wales, ME. Tickets will be sold at the door only at $5.00 for students and $10.00 for general admission. Cash and checks accepted.

REMINDER…Auditions are Sunday, March 5th, 6:30 p.m. at Oak Hill High School, 56 School Road, Wales, ME!!!

Another featured piece in our upcoming production of “Let’s Talk About Dragons!” is “The Tale of Custard the Dragon” by Ogden Nash. In this humorous poem, Custard the cowardly dragon saves the day when a pirate threatens Belinda and her pet animals.
AUDITIONS: March 5th at 6:30 p.m. at Oak Hill High School, Wales, ME.

Another Dragon story being featured in our upcoming production of “Let’s Talk About Dragons!” is “The Reluctant Dragon” by Kenneth Grahame.
In this beloved classic story, a young boy befriends a poetry-loving dragon living in the Downs above his home. When the town-folk send for St. George to slay the dragon, the boy needs to come up with a clever plan to save his friend and convince the townsfolk to accept him.
AUDITIONS: March 5th, 6:30 p.m., Oak Hill High School, Wales, ME

One of our stories being featured in our upcoming production of “Let’s Talk About Dragons” is “The Fifty-First Dragon” by Heywood Broun.
It is about a young knight who is a failure in everything except the slaying of dragons, an activity in which he succeeds because of a certain “magic” word.
Hope to see you at Auditions on March 5th at 6:30 p.m. at Oak Hill High School in Wales, Maine.