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The Lebanon Theatre Company has announced auditions for its upcoming production of the comedy "Enchanted April."

Auditions will start at 7 p.m. on March 17 and 18 at the Top of the Shoe Theatre, located at 120 E. South Street in Lebanon.

Director Wayne Dunn is looking for five women (ages varying from 25 to 70s) and three men (ranging from 25 to 50).  All auditions will be cold readings from supplied materials. British accents and working Italian are a plus, but not necessary for auditions. 

Enchanted April:

"It's not so long after WWI, and a depressed London is living through a rainy winter. The air in the Ladies' Club where Lotty Wilton and Rose Arnott take their tea fills with longing. Mrs. Wilton, flighty and kind, yearns for freedom from her overbearing husband; Mrs. Arnott, prim and pursed, aches for something her husband can't provide.

Matthew Barber's script telegraphs early on what's missing in Mrs. Arnott's life, just as it paints with a broad brush the strokes that define the characters of the four women (Mrs. Wilton, Mrs. Arnott, Lady Caroline and Mrs. Graves) who take their destinies in their own hands and trot right out of the gloomy English winter to a sun-drenched spring on the Mediterranean. Will Rose Arnott learn to trust and love her husband again? Will Lady Caroline reveal her secrets and cast off her lonely ways? Will Mrs. Graves unbend from her starched Victorian manner to fit the post-war age? And will the ebullient Mrs. Wilton ever, ever shut up?

Lebanon's production, sponsored by Dunn Real Estate Group, will be held May 9 through 11 and 16 through 18. 

For more information about auditions or to make reservations for the show, visit the website at www.ltcplays.com or call (513) 228-0932.