OSWEGO PLAYERS TO HOLD AUDTIONS FOR YES VIRGINIA, THERE IS A STANTA CLAUS

by Contributor | September 20, 2024 7:44 am

OSWEGO –  The Oswego Players are pleased to announce auditions for their December holiday production Andrew J. Fenady’s “Yes Virginia, There Is a Santa Claus.” This classic holiday story for the whole family will be directed by Jennifer Hitchcock.

The auditions will be a cold reading from the script held at the Francis Marion Brown theatre in Oswego on Wednesday, October 9^th from 5:00 p.m. to 6: 30 p.m. and Sunday, October 13^th from 12:00 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. There are parts for eight women and 17 men, with numerous roles that could be either gender, ages ranging from 20 to 60. There are also several roles for children ages 5 to 12 years of age.

Inspired by a simple, poignant letter written over 100 years ago by 8-year-old Virginia O’Hanlon to the editor of the New York Sun—and by the timeless editorial response printed on the front page of the Sun. Virginia wondered and wrote: “Dear Editor, I am 8 years old. Some of my little friends say there is no Santa Claus. Papa says if you see it in the Sun, it’s so. Please tell me the truth. Is there a Santa Claus?” Ed Mitchell, the Sun‘s editor, gives the assignment of answering Virginia’s letter to Frank Church who, until his wife and baby died last Christmas Eve, was the Sun‘s best and most dependable reporter. Yes Virginia, There Is a Santa Claus is a play for young and old, magically reaffirming life’s highest beauty and joy—”the eternal light with which childhood fills the world.”

Show dates for “Yes Virginia, There Is a Santa Claus” are December 6^th, 7^th, 8^th and December 13^th, 14^th and 15^th. “Yes Virginia, There Is a Santa Claus” is presented by special arrangement with The Dramatic Publishing Company of Woodstock, Illinois.

For more information and ticket sales go to https://oswegoplayers.org/[1] or for phone reservations please call the Box Office at 315-343-5138.

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