Audition for the MAC’s Holiday Play

(Marion, MA) – The Marion Art Center announces open auditions for its December production of Miracle on South Division Street, written by Tom Dudzick and directed by Donn Tyler and Maura Van Voris. Auditions will take place on Saturday, September 16, 12:00-2:00pm and Sunday, September 17, 1:00-3:00pm in the MAC’s Anne Braitmayer Webb Theater, located at 80 Pleasant Street in Marion, MA. Performance dates are scheduled December 1, 2, 3, 8, 9, 15, and 16, 2023.

Synopsis: Clara Nowak and her three grown children have always known they were special, ever since the miraculous Christmas Eve when the Blessed Mother appeared to Grandpa. Now it is Christmas Eve once again, and they may need to revise their family history.
The director will be casting the following roles: Clara Nowak (female, 50+), No-nonsense matriarch who defends the traditions and values of her immigrant parents; Beverly (female, 30’s), oldest daughter, an avid bowler, outspoken and opinionated; Ruth (female, 20’s-30’s), middle child, a storyteller and aspiring actress who wants to move to the big city; Jimmy (male, 20’s-30’s), youngest child, a big-hearted garbage man who is happy with his life.

Learn more and view sides/script samples at marionartcenter.org/events. Questions may be sent to co-director Donn Tyler at [email protected].

New Play Coming to the MAC Stage in October

(Marion, MA) – The Marion Art Center is pleased to present These Shining Lives, written by Melanie Marnich and directed by Pippa Asker. Performance dates are October 13, 14, 15, 20, 21, 22, 27, and 28, 2023. Friday and Saturday shows will start at 7:30pm, while Sunday matinees will begin at 2:00pm. The cast includes Kiah Allaire, Oliver Asker, Ron Biever, Jack Boesen, Ann-Marie Foley, Allie Goodman, Bethany Lamoureux, Tristan McCann, and Gary Sousa. Suzie Kokkins is stage manager, with Steven McManus and Owen Osterday as sound/lighting technicians.

These Shining Lives chronicles the strength and determination of four women considered expendable in their day. The beauty of Catherine and her friends’ relationship with one another and with those they love, is a story of survival in its most transcendent sense, as they refuse to allow the company that stole their health to kill their spirits – or endanger the lives of those who come after them.

Tickets, $20 for MAC members and $23 for nonmembers, can be purchased online at marionartcenter.org/events. The MAC is also a participant in Mass Cultural Council’s Card to Culture program, in collaboration with the Department of Transitional Assistance, the Women, Infants & Children (WIC) Nutrition Program, and the Massachusetts Health Connector, by broadening accessibility to cultural programming. Learn more about the MAC’s free or low cost ticket offerings at marionartcenter.org/about.