Auditions for WHEN ALL IS SAID AND DEAD

You are invited to join us for auditions for the Affton CenterStage Theatre presentation of their annual murder mystery dinner entitled, "WHEN ALL IS SAID AND DEAD" written by Don McDaniel and Lee Mueller and directed by Nicki Ketterling.

Auditions are scheduled for Thursday, January 8th, 2009 at 7pm and Saturday January 10th, 2009 at noon.  Both audition sessions will be held at the Mid America Grocers Association building at 5134 Chippewa.  Performances will be on Friday and Saturday March 6th and 7th 2009 and Friday and Saturday March 13th and 14th at the Royale Orleans Banquet Center.  For additional information regarding locations and directions please check out our web site at www.afftoncenterstage.org or call Judy Rethwisch at 636-349-6880.

The premise for this year's production occurs at the 17th annual trivia night and silent auction fund raiser for the Good Gracious Lutheran's extra curricular activities fund.  The question and answer session makes a U-turn when Principal Gibson seizes control of the event and turns the tables on everyone and changes the agenda for the night into a thanks for the memories retirement send off for a veteran teacher who isn't quite ready to hang it up.  The impromptu tribute then turns into a crime scene when someone is left for dead without benefits.  You'll have a pension for laughter as you try to provide the final answer to who done it this time.

When All is Said and Dead

CAST OF CHARACTERS (all 18 years of age and older)

Alex Martindale:  Music teacher at GGL and emcee for the trivia night.  He's the Jim Cramer of trivia nights and a scout leader.

Gordon Schmidt:  He's the Geek squad and Technology teacher at GGL.  He's relationship challenged.

Dorothy Gunther:  She's the girls PE teacher and coach.  She has the second longest tenure at the school.  Don't ask don't tell.

William Gibson:  The man in charge.  He's the goal oriented principal with no principles.

Chett Carvele:  Everyone's favorite teacher/coach at GGL and that's why he's been there the longest.  Not sure if he's ready to retire yet.

Brenda Carvele:  Chett's lovely wife of 29 years.

Sara H. Faygen:  Vice Principal at the school.  No one knows what her real duties are at GGL.  She is totally unaware of her surroundings and her responsibilities.

Joe W. Hackett:  Divorced Parental unit (depending on who is cast, he or she) puts the bull in pit bull, very demanding parent of 4 kids in the GGL system.  The local TV stations investigative units are on speed dial on phone. Think Joe the Electrician.

Mavis Elliot:  Local free lance investigative reporter wanna be who is trying to score the big story for CNN but will settle for KPLR.  Always thinks the worst is going on otherwise it wouldn't be a story.

Alice Gaston: School lunch lady and part time chef at Royale Orleans. She's been doing both jobs for 30 years.