Casting call: 'Sleeping Beauty'

Somerset Valley Players is looking for a few good actors for its upcoming production of "Sleeping Beauty."

Written by Blanche Marvin, this play gives the familiar fairy tale an unexpected treatment. A shy and absent-minded prince is browbeaten into marrying Sleeping Beauty, who is 100 years his senior. The children in the audience lend him a hand, while good and bad fairies deal with the politics of the day and the gossips of the court vie with each other telling scandal.

Open auditions will be held at 8 p.m. May 10 and May 11 at Somerset Valley Playhouse, 689 Amwell Road, Hillsborough. The show will be directed by Holly Kowalenko and produced by Emily Windus.

CAST OF CHARACTERS
King	30-50 years old
Queen	30-50 years old
Princess Beauty	15-19 years old
Prince Charming	16-25 years old
Court Jester	16-40 years old
Queen of the Fairies	20-plus years old
Fairies (2)	18-plus years old
Barbel (Wicked Fairy)	30-plus years old
Ladies-in-Waiting (2)	18-plus years old
Lords (2)	18-plus years old
Cook	18-plus years old
Cook's Assistant	15-plus years old
Soldiers and Pages	15-plus years old

Readings will be from the script. All cast members must be able to move well, as there is some ballroom dancing required. Performances will run from July 15 -July 31.