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ON GOLDEN PONDDirected by Howard Gorman
SHOW DATES
May 22-24 and 28-31, 2026
AUDITIONS
Location: St Paul’s Episcopal Church, 3601 N. North St., Peoria, IL 61604
Dates: March 20 - 6pm to 9pm, March 21 -- 1pm to 4pm
Rehearsals will also be held at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church.
SYNOPSIS
Retired couple Ethel and Norman Thayer are spending their 48th summer at their vacation home on Golden Pond, in the woods of Maine. Their delightful summer routine -- fishing, picking strawberries, enjoying old mementoes, listening to the loons call --is given a bitterly comedic edge by Norman’s unreliable memory and cantankerously morbid statements. When their daughter Chelsea visits for Norman’s 80th birthday, bringing her boyfriend Bill and Bill’s teenage son, Billy Jr., the whole family must come to grips with Norman and Chelsea’s mutual bitterness, while Norman blossoms with his chance to mentor young Billy. The turbulent relationship between father and daughter, the generation gap between young and old, and the difficulties of a couple in the twilight years of a long marriage, all combine in a play that effortlessly illustrates the hilarious, heartbreaking, human moments of which life is made.
CAST OF CHARACTERS
Norman Thayer Jr. -- 70’s to 80’s; can be a little younger if necessary
Ethel Thayer -- 60’s to 70’s; could be a little younger if necessary
Chelsea Thayer Wayne -- 30’s to late 40’s
Charlie Martin -- 30’s to late 40’s
Billy Ray Sr. -- 30’s to early 50’s
Billy Ray Jr. -- 11 to 15
PRODUCTION STAFF
Director: Howard Gorman
Assistant Director: Kara Hofmann
Sound Design and Execution: Jace McCance
Props: Kristin Whitaker and Theresa Black
Set Design and Construction: Ken Hupp and Andy Crosman
Build Team: Techies Without Boarders
Costumes: Adrianne Yoder
Production Secretary: Steve Hausler
Light Design: Wayne Carey and Tricia Glenn
Make Up and Hairstyles: TBD
MORE INFO
309-688-4473 or [email protected]
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
St. Paul's Episcopal Church Peoria, IL, 3601 N North St, Peoria, IL 61604-1548, United States
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