The Court House Players

Community Theater

Auditions for Little Shop of Horrors coming January 11

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Auditions for Little Shop of Horrors will be held at 2 p.m. on Sunday, January 11, at Newington Baptist Church, 6169 Main Street, Gloucester. 

Little Shop of Horrors is a deviously delicious Broadway and Hollywood sci-fi smash musical that has devoured the hearts of theatre goers for over 30 years.

Meek floral assistant Seymour stumbles across a new breed of plant he names "Audrey II" after the coworker he has a crush on. Soon, however, this foul-mouthed, R&B-singing carnivorous plant begins promising Seymour unending fame and fortune as long as he keeps feeding it ... his BLOOD. By turns humorously gruesome and innocently sweet, Little Shop of Horrors promises an evening of pure entertainment. 

The show will be performed April 17-19 in the Harry M. Ward Auditorium at Mathews High School. 
 

Auditions for Crickets on a Hill to be held January 18

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Auditions for Crickets on a Hill will be at 3 p.m. on Sunday, January 18, at Cobbs Creek Art Center, 61 Cobbs Creek Lane, Cobbs Creek.

NOTE: Regular rehearsals for Crickets won't begin until after Little Shop of Horrors has concluded, so actors and crew can participate in both shows.

People aged 12 and older who would like to audition for a singing role must be ready to sing about 1 minute of a prepared song that shows their voice and range. Bring Karaoke-type background music on a CD, iPod, or cell phone. There are also non-singing roles. See link below to complete audition form, or get one at the door on the 18th.

 Crickets is a peek into local colonial life, populated by fictional and factual  characters. It is being performed as part of Mathews County's VA250 celebration.

The show tells of driving out the last Royal Governor of Virginia in the first skirmish after the Declaration of Independence was signed--a land/sea battle that took place on what is today Mathews  County soil.

Judy Ward’s original story centers on Ethan, a young man torn between his love of Virginia and a future at Oxford Law School in England. Also weighing on his mind is his budding romance with Amy. The young couple is surrounded by community members, British soldiers, and Virginia Militia men.

In this new expanded version, additional characters have been added, creating more opportunities for women and children to participate. Youth from 12 and up will have active roles throughout the production, with limited opportunities for children in the 6-11 range. And, as in the original, MEN of all ages are needed.

Colonial Kingston Parish had a significant number of African Americans, as it does today. There were also black men among the British Troops, fighting for promised freedom. Although one of the central characters in this story is a free black man, most people of color during that period were enslaved. This story has no depictions of slavery, no glimpse of work on the plantations of the day. However, people of color would certainly have been present in the general community scenes. We would like for our fictional players to represent that aspect of the very real history.

Click here for more information about the show.

Best of Virginia four years in a row!

For four years in a row, CHP has been voted among the top three in the category of Best Professional/Regional Performing Arts Company in the Eastern Region of Virginia in "Virginia Living" magazine's Best of Virginia annual ratings.
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