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Save the dates for Carmel Community Players' auditions for BLOOD BROTHERS! WHEN:
Sunday, November 29, at 7:00pm
Monday, November 30, at 7:00pm
WHAT TO PREPARE:
To be announced
A haunting rags-to-riches tragedy of our times. A woman with numerous children to support surrenders one of her newborn twins to her childless employer. The boys grow up streets apart, never learning the truth, but become firm friends and fall in love with the same girl. One prospers while the other falls on hard times. A narrator warns that the separation of twins commands a heavy price: the lives of the blood brothers, who die on the day they discover they are related.
Set in Liverpool from the 1960s through the early 1980s, BLOOD BROTHERS tells the story of twin boys, Mickey and Edward. Their mother, Mrs. Johnstone, is already struggling to raise seven children when she discovers she is expecting twins. Unable to afford to keep them both, she makes a desperate pact with her wealthy employer, Mrs. Lyons, agreeing to give one baby away. Edward is raised in comfort and privilege, while Mickey grows up in poverty, shaped by the struggles of working-class life. Separated at birth and unaware of their true connection, the boys lead very different childhoods in the same city.
At the age of seven, Mickey and Edward meet by chance, discovering that they share a birthday. They immediately become close friends, swearing to be “blood brothers,” yet neither knows they are, in fact, real brothers. Their bond stays strong into adolescence, even as both develop feelings for Mickey’s neighbor and childhood friend, Linda. As the years pass, however, the class divide between them becomes harder to ignore...
CHARACTER DETAILS:
MRS. JOHNSTONE (MOTHER): Female, 30’s (Range: Mezzo Soprano, F3-C5)
Original Mother of Mickey and Edward. After her husband walks out on her, she is left to take care of her children. Constantly trying to do what is best. Gets a job as a maid to support her children. While she tries her best, she cannot escape the society she has been born into.
NARRATOR: Male, Age Flexible (Range: Rock Tenor, G3-G4)
“Did y’ hear the story of the Johnstone twins?” Takes the audience through the important sections of the story. Truthful, yet ominous at times. Also appears as Milkman 1, Doctor, Bus Conductor, Milkman 2, Teacher, Rifle Range Man.
MRS. LYONS: Female, 30’s (Range: Mezzo Soprano, B3-D5)
Mrs. Johnstone’s employer. Kind with good intensions but puts herself first—no matter the cost. Adopts Edward out of desperation towards her own insecurities. A compulsive liar who gets in over her head.
MR. LYONS: Male, 30-40 (Range: Ensemble/Non Singing)
Proper Gentleman from the upper class. Is tricked into thinking his wife has had a child while he was on an extended business trip. Constantly busy, and leaves the homely responsibilities up to his wife.
MICKEY: Male, Plays 7-20’s (Range: Bari Tenor, D3-E4)
Blood Brother raised in the poor part of town by Mrs. Johnston. A trouble maker pressured by the rules of society.
EDWARD: Male, Plays 7-20’s (Range: Tenor, D3-A4)
Blood Brother raised in the upper class by Mrs. Lyons. Grows up with a privileged life due to his foster parents—From his opportunities with education to women.
SAMMY: Male, Plays 7-20’s (Range: Ensemble/Part Flexible)
Mickey’s Brother. A bully and bad influence on Mickey. Constantly a trouble maker.
LINDA: Female, Plays 7-20’s (Range: Ensemble/Part Flexible)
A lovely girl from the neighborhood. Finds the attention of both Mickey and Edward.
CHORUS
Catalogue Man, Finance Man, Children, Policemen, Neighbors, Wedding Guests, Doleites, Councilors, Nurses, Judge
Performances will take place at The Switch Theatre (10029 East 126th Street Ste. D, Fishers, IN 46038)
Saturday, March 13, 2027 - 7:30pm
Sunday, March 14, 2027 - 2:30pm
Thursday, March 18, 2027 - 7:30pm
Friday, March 19, 2027 - 7:30pm
Saturday, March 20, 2027 - 2:30pm
Sunday, March 21, 2027 - 2:30pm
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