Second Street Players
Milford, Delaware
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This website was last updated November 5, 2024
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Second Street Players / Riverfront Theater / 2 South Walnut St. / Milford, DE 19963
Mail to: PO Box 470 Milford, DE 19963 / Info: (302) 422-0220 / info@secondstreetplayers.com
Second Street Players is supported, in part, by a grant from the Delaware Division of the Arts, a state agency, in partnership with the National Endowment for the Arts. The Division promotes Delaware arts events on www.DelawareScene.com.
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FEB 7-8-9
& FEB 14-15-16
MAR 28-29-30
MAY 9-10-11
& MAY 16-17-18
OCT 10-11-12
& OCT 17-18-19
JUL 11-12-13
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Our 2024 Main Stage Show for the Holiday Season...
The Shows of Our 2025 Season...
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Second Street Players 2024 presents
Rodgers & Hammerstein's Beloved Musical...
The Sound of Music
THREE BIG WEEKENDS
Fridays NOV 29 & DEC 6 & 13 at 7:00p
Saturdays NOV 30 & DEC 7 & 14 at 7:00p
Sundays DEC 1 & DEC 8 & 15 at 2:00p
SSP's Riverfront Theater 2 South Walnut Street / Milford DE 19963
Cast List, Show Info, and Tickets On Sale HERE
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You're Invited!! Please Join Us for SSP's Annual Meeting...
Please Join Your SSP Friends For Our
Annual Member Meeting
Friday, November 8, 2024, at 6:00p
SSP's Riverfront Theater, 2 S. Walnut St., Milford, DE.
All SSP members and friends are invited to join for the following agenda*:
• President's Report & Year in Review / Financial Outlook
• Building Update
• Election of Board Members
• Introduction of 2025 Directors
The evening will also include delicious lite fare and beverages
provided by the current Board of Directors.
Please join us for an evening celebrating all of our successes over the past year and
our plans for continued growth and quality theater performances in 2025.
*Agenda subject to change. Only current members are eligible to vote on official business.
🎭 WANTED! Youth Production Team! 🎭
Co-Directors Rachel Loper and John H. Hulse are seeking teenage production team apprentices for Second Street Players’ 2025 family classic Peter Pan and Wendy, adapted by Doug Rand. This story is being performed by a large cast of young (and not-so-young) people and the Directors want to include teen apprentices in every area of the Production Team, to be paired up with an adult mentor.
Areas for which teen apprentices are needed are:
● Director, Producer, Stage Manager
● Set Design and Construction, Costumes, Props
● Lighting Design and Tech, Sound Design and Tech
● Publicity, Photography
● Flight Coordination/Choreographer
● Hair and Makeup
Young people in middle and high school, ages 13 - 18, who are interested in apprenticing in any of the above areas should email Rachel Loper and John Hulse at SSPPeterPanAndWendy@gmail.com.
👉🏽 Please email your name, age, contact phone number, and area of theatrical interest by November 22, 2024. Those interested in being part of the production team who are looking for more information may contact director Rachel Loper at 302-393-6870 or John H. Hulse at 302-245-4147.
📝 There will be an optional Peter Pan and Wendy Production Team Interest Meeting on Friday, November 15 at 6:00p at SSP's Riverfront Theater at 2 S. Walnut Street; Milford, DE 19963, when there will be an opportunity for additional information and time for questions. Production Team Teen Apprentices will be expected to attend an introductory Production Meeting in December 2024 and weekly Production Meetings, January through March 2025, in addition to fulfilling production responsibilities for the show.
⭐ Peter Pan and Wendy will be performed by a large cast of actors, ages 7 and up. Auditions for cast members will be held in early January 2025. The performances are March 28, 29, and 30, 2025
Teens 13-18... Here's Your Chance to Learn the Craft of Theater!
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AUG 29-30-31
NOV 28-29-30
& DEC 5-6-7
Auditions for One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest at SSP
Second Street Players is announcing auditions for its 2025 season opener, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, by Dale Wasserman based on the novel by Ken Kesey.
Director Marge Ventura will hold open auditions from 6:00p to 8:00p, Monday and Tuesday, December 2 and 3, 2024, at the Riverfront Theater, 2 S. Walnut St., Milford. Callbacks if needed will be held at 6:00p, Thursday, December 5, 2024, also at the Riverfront Theater.
The show is performed by a cast of 12 men and 4 women. Auditions shall consist of a cold reading from the script.
THE STORY: After being convicted of a petty crime, a charming, rebellious rogue named McMurphy contrives to serve his sentence in a mental institution rather than in a prison. This, he soon learns, is a mistake. He immediately clashes with the authoritarian head nurse, Nurse Ratched. Despite Ratched's strict reign, McMurphy attempts to do away with the restrictive routines and lead patients out of their insecurities. He ultimately stages a revolt, bringing a small ray of hope to the other patients. But McMurphy's insubordination has its consequences.
Performance dates are Friday through Sunday, February 7, 8, 9 and 14, 15, 16, 2025. To be considered for casting, those auditioning must be available for all performances and during the two weeks prior to opening night.
Any questions may be emailed to the director, Marge Ventura at marge.ventura@gmail.com.
Winning the 2001 Tony and Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Revival of a Play, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest is produced by special arrangement with Concord Theatricals (concordtheatricals.com).
Second Street Players values diversity and inclusion in casting, and in all other areas of production. The show is supported, in part, by a grant from the Delaware Division of the Arts, a state agency, in partnership with the National Endowments of the Arts. The Division promotes Delaware arts events on DelawareScene.com.
AUDITIONS! AUDITIONS!! Set for Monday, DEC 2 & Tuesday, DEC 3...
AUDITIONS! AUDITIONS! AUDITIONS!
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Second Street Players is announcing auditions for its 2025 season opener, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, by Dale Wasserman based on the novel by Ken Kesey.
Director Marge Ventura will hold open auditions from 6:00p. to 8:00p, Monday and Tuesday, December 2 and 3, 2024, at SSP's Riverfront Theater, 2 S. Walnut St., Milford. Callbacks if needed will be held at 6 p.m., Thursday, December 5, 2024, also at the Riverfront Theater.
FOR FULL CAST REQUIREMENTS AND CHARACTER DESCRIPTIONS
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ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO’S NEST CHARACTER DESCRIPTIONS
12 Males & 4 Females. Ethnically diverse cast desired. Flexible age ranges for all characters.
RANDLE P. MCMURPHY – (M, Patient ‐ 30’s to 40’s) A gambler, a con man, and a backroom brawler. Will have kissing scenes and a choreographed fight scene. Wears just a towel in another scene. Uses foul language.
NURSE RATCHED – (F, Staff ‐ 40’s to 50’s) The head of the hospital ward. She masks her humanity and femininity behind a stiff, patronizing façade. Will have a choreographed fight scene.
CHIEF BROMDEN – (M, Patient ‐ 40’s to 60’s) The huge, bull‐muscled, half‐breed son of an Indian Chief. He has been in the hospital for more than ten years. Plays deaf/mute to have folks believe he cannot hear them. Yet is always paying attention.
AIDE WARREN and AIDE WILLIAMS – (M, Staff ‐ 20’s to 40’s) The Day Time Aides. Cruel and demeaning, they are Nurse Rached’s stooges. (Fight scenes, both use foul language)
NURSE FLINN – (F, Staff ‐ 20’s To 30’s) A vapid woman with apprehensive eyes. She wears a gold cross at her throat, a sign of her strict Catholic upbringing. She is fearful of the patients’ sexuality. She is fearful in general.
DALE HARDING – (M, Patient ‐ 40 plus) College‐educated with a sharp mind and tongue. He is President of the Patients’ Council. Although he is married he is effeminate and questions his own masculinity.
BILLY BIBBIT – (M, Patient ‐ 20’s to 30’s) Shy and has a bad stutter. He seems younger than his age. Dominated by his mother, one of Nurse Ratched’s close friends. Billy is voluntarily in the hospital.
SCANLON – (M, Patient ‐ 20’s to 60) Involuntarily committed to the hospital. He has fantasies of blowing things up. Uses foul language.
CHESWICK – (M, Patient ‐ 30 ‐ 60) Eager and quick to argue or fight. Aggressively defiant yet cringing. All talk, no action.
MARTINI – (M, Patient ‐ 35 to 60's) A little Italian man who lives in a world of delusional hallucinations.
RUCKLY – (M, Patient ‐ 25 to 50) A Chronic patient. Was once curable, but was transformed into a Chronic due to a botched lobotomy. Uses foul language.
DR. SPIVEY – (M, Staff ‐ 40 to 70) The administrator and psychiatrist of the mental institution. He doubts that anything is wrong with McMurphy’s mind, but he defers to the opinion of Nurse Ratched.
AIDE TURKLE – (M, Staff ‐ 50s to 70’s) The nighttime orderly for Nurse Ratched’s ward. He is An elderly Tech / night watchman who smokes marijuana. McMurphy bribes him to help arrange the novel's final party.
CANDY STARR – (F, Other ‐ 21 to 40) A prostitute from Portland with a "heart of gold." She is physically attractive and passive. Will have kissing scenes.
SANDRA - (F, Other ‐ 30 ‐ 45) Candy's older friend; comes with her to the party.
