Truman Capote’s HOLIDAY MEMORIES
Performance Dates:
7:55pm: Dec 2, 3, 7, 8, 9, 15, 16, 17
1:55pm: Dec 10, 18
Open Dress Rehearsal: Thursday Dec 1st .
Auditions scheduled for MONDAY & TUESDAY, October 17-18, 2011.
Callbacks, if needed, TBA.
Tech Week: November 28-December 1
Move-in Date: November 21
Contact Info: 360-481-7111 (cell) ; email: kdb@mixx96.com
Truman Capote’s Holiday Memories, adapted by Russell Vanderbroucke (Dramatic Comedy) all ages
Based on two short stories from Truman Capote, “The Thanksgiving Visitor” and “A Christmas Memory,”
this is a charming heartwarming remembrance of a young man and his family. A nostalgic holiday tale
laced with lyricism, wit and gentle charm. Set in Depression-era rural Alabama, this play of evocative
memories follows Buddy (young Truman Capote) and his elderly cousin (Miss Sook) as they deal with the
school bully, make fruitcake for Eleanor Roosevelt, cut down the perfect Christmas tree, and share a
very special relationship.
Cast: 2 women, 3 men (Ages negotiable)
Miss Sook Falk (F, 40-70, playing age mid-60s): Buddy's special friend and cousin. Sook has never been
outside the county she lives in. She is wonderfully eccentric, and she adores her nephew Buddy. "so
childlike that she was thought to be retarded by many people; in fact she was merely so shy and
unworldly as sometimes to appear simpleminded. . . She had never read anything but the Bible and
Grimm's fairy tales . . . and she had never been to a movie."
Truman (M, 40-60): The narrator and writer. Truman is Buddy as an older, more sophisticated man. He
often presents wry comments on the story.
Buddy (M, 14-24, playing age 7): Truman at seven, played by a young actor. Sent to live with his adult
cousins in rural Alabama, Buddy is an outsider who prefers the company of his elderly cousin to his
schoolmates.
Man (M, any age): Actor playing Odd Henderson, Uncle B, Mr. Haha Jones, and other roles. Must be
able to use voice and physical movement to portray difference characters.
Woman (F, any age): Actress playing Jumbo Finchbur, Miss Armstrong, Mary Taylor, and other roles.
Must be able to use voice and physical movement to portray difference characters.