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Market House Theatre to host auditions for 'Duck Hunter Shoots Angel'

Submitted by Amber Ruch, KFVS12 County News Web Producer

Tuesday, October 23rd, 2012, 2:41pm

Topics: Arts & Culture, Community Spirit, Events

Market House Theatre to host auditions for 'Duck Hunter Shoots Angel'

MCCRACKEN COUNTY, KY (KFVS) - Auditions for "Duck Hunter Shoots Angel" will be at 6:30 p.m. Monday, October 29 and Tuesday, October 30 in the studio theatre at the Market House Theatre.

Written by Mitch Albom, the comedy is a funny and heartwarming story of two bumbling down-home Alabama duck hunting brothers who think they have accidentally shot down and angel. Their paths intersect with a tabloid journalist, his reluctant photographer, their crazed box, a shop girl at a local Gas mart, and a half man/alligator and a ghost. Performance dates are January 10-13, and 17-20, 2013.

Characters for the show include:

Phil - Also known as Gator Man
Creature - A half man half alligator
Sandy - Tabloid journalist
Lenny - An African American man who is Sandy’s photographer
Lester - Publisher of the tabloid
Duane and Duwell - Brothers and Southern Duck Hunters
A mysterious woman
Kansas - A female teenager

According to the Market House Theatre, International Director Ross Daniels will direct the production. Scripts are available for checkout prior to auditions with a refundable deposit of $10.

The Kentucky Arts Council, the state arts agency, supports Market House Theatre with state tax dollars and federal funding from the National Endowment for the Arts.