Sanders' Family Christmas RiverStage Community Theater Book by Connie Ray

Director: Richard Zenk Producer: Linda Shuck and Pat Mattingly Norman RiverStage
Community Theater in New Richmond seeks 2 males and 1 female actors for the Christmas
show.

Also seeking volunteer musicians (non-actors) who can play the bass, guitar, keyboard, banjo or
fiddle.

New Richmond is a 15 minute drive from Coney Island. Audition by appointment. Email the
director, Richard Zenk - richardjoseph@gmail.com. Performances run December 2, 3, 4, 9, 10,
and 11. Rehearsals start in October. Synopsis: This play with bluegrass/gospel music is set in the
small country sanctuary of the Mount Pleasant Baptist Church in Mount Pleasant, North Carolina
near the Blue Ridge Mountains. It is Wednesday night, December 24, 1941, eighteen days after
Pearl Harbor and FDRs declaration of war. The fictional Sanders Family first performed at
Mount Pleasant on June 15, 1938 after a five-year hiatus from the Gospel Circuit (the setting of
the musical Smoke on the Mountain - the prequel show). This will be their last performance
before the war forces the group to disband since Dennis will be shipping out to Boot Camp the
day after Christmas. Characters: Singers: 1) Burl Sanders: Father (55-65) - Baritone - Strong
patriarch, and proud leader of his family. - Good singing voice 2) Dennis Sanders: Twin brother
(30s) - Tenor - Has become a real preacher since his first visit to Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church.
He is proud to have enlisted in the Marines instead of being drafted. He is the younger of the
twins and seems willing to follow the lead of others. - Good singing voice.

Non-singers: 3) June Sanders: Sister (30s) - No singing - June contributes to the familys
performances by playing hand-held percussion instruments and demonstrating her own
interpretive sign language. 4) Reverend Mervin Oglethorpe: - Pastor of Mount Pleasant Baptist
Church (40s) - Limited singing (can talk/sing) - An enthusiastic minister who recently lost his
beloved mother. Good comic timing.

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