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We Are Open to Submissions From New Directors

We are looking ahead to the 2025 / 2026 season and would like your submission.


Please send submissions or inquiries to our play selection committee chair, Hermione Division: ptgplayselection@gmail.com

Volunteer Backstage

THE GUILD PRODUCES eight or nine plays a year in our own facility. Volunteers make this all possible. It can take a team of up to 100 people to make a show happen. Some work for one evening, some design and build before a show opens and some volunteer each night of performance. Others serve year-round on our Board and other committees.

For those new to theatre, we have skilled and talented people who can work with you while you learn. We always welcome people to fill the following roles:


Front of House:

• Box Office

• Ushers

• Bartenders

• House Managers


Production Crew:

• Set Building

• Set Painting

• Props

• Technical Operator

• Stagehand

• Stage Hair and Make-up

• Production Assistant

• Costumes and Wardrobe

• Social Media

• Photographers

• Community Development and Sponsorship Outreach

Those with more experience can assist with:


• Directing

• Producing

• Stage Managing

• Musical Direction

• Choreography

• Set Design

• Set Construction

• Costume Design

• Lighting Design

• Sound Design


To become a Peterborough Theatre Guild Volunteer please fill out our Volunteer Application Form using the button below.

VOLUNTEER APPLICATION FORM

Upcoming Auditions

The Emperor's New Clothes

Story by Hans Christian Andersen Written by Gerry McBride


Director: Gerry McBride

Producer:  Marion Griffin

Stage Manager:  Hayley Griffin Montgomery 

Music and Lyrics:  John Austin

The Emperor’s New Clothes is a comedic, musical retelling of Hans Christian Andersen’s classic tale. A pair of charming rogues, masquerading as tailors, come to town to fill their pockets with gold, and in the process, teach the emperor and the people of his town a lesson in humility and the true meaning of wisdom.

AUDITION DATES
Saturday, Sept 6: 12:30 pm – 5:00 pm

Monday, Sept 8:   5:30 pm – 9:30 pm


Auditions take place at the Peterborough Theatre Guild in Studio A (Gwen Brown Studio). Please arrive 10 minutes early and be prepared to stay the whole time. 


Please sign up online for the first available time slot, and arrive ten minutes before your audition to fill out a form. You will be auditioning in groups of 5. 


Please bring an upbeat showtune to sing a cappella.


CALLBACK

Friday, September 12: 5:30 pm – 8:00 pm


SHOW DATES

School shows:

Thu, Dec 4: 12:30 PM
Tue, Dec 9: 10:30 AM + 12:45 PM

Thu, Dec 11: 10:30 AM + 12:45 PM


Regular shows:

Fri, Dec 5,  Sat, Dec 6 (M),  Sun, Dec 7 (M), Wed, Dec 10, 7:30 PM, Fri, Dec 12,  Sat, Dec 13 (M), Sun, Dec 14 (M)

Evening shows: 7:30 PM

Matinee shows (M): 1:30 PM 


THE CHARACTERS


All members of the cast will sing in at least one ensemble production piece.


  • Hans Christian Andersen Male | Age: 25+
    Along with his niece and nephew, he narrates the story of the play. (Solo song).
  • Jacob (Hans’ nephew) Male | Age: 10 – 15
  • Sophie (Hans’ niece) Female | Age: 10 -15
  • Harriet Female | Age: 20 – 40
    A charming swindler. (Duet song)
  • Herb Male | Age: 20+
    Harriet’s partner/assistant. (Duet song)
  • Minister Male | Age: 40 plus
    The Emperor’s sharp-tempered senior advisor. (Duet song) 
  • Mouse Female | Age: teen or early 20s.
    Clever and timid assistant to the Minister. (Solo song)
  • 3 young townsfolk Male or Female | Age: 8 – 15. 
  • Emperor Male | Age: 30+
    Proud and pompous.
  • Empress Female | Age: 30+
    Equally proud and even more pompous.
  • Advisor 1/Citizen1 Male or Female | Age: 20+
    The advisors are self-important and eager to please the emperor. Citizens are town gossips.
  • Advisor 2/Citizen2 Male or Female | Age: 20+
  • Advisor 3/Citizen3 Male or Female | Age: 20+
  • Citizen 4/Old peddler Male or Female | Age: 20+
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Where You Are

by Kristen Da Silva



Director: Jerry Allen

Producer: Pat Hooper

Stage Manager: Becky Hooper 

On a porch in Little Current, two devoted sisters, Glenda and Suzanne, share laughter, secrets, and a charming vet neighbour. Their peaceful summer is upended by the arrival of Suzanne’s daughter, Beth, whose visit stirs old tensions and hidden truths. As a wild wedding, medicinal mischief, and a budding romance unfold, the women must navigate tangled relationships and long-held regrets. Through sharp wit and tender moments, Where You Are reveals how love and forgiveness can bloom in the most unexpected places. It’s a story as warm as an August evening and as funny as family life gets. 

“A story about family that is at once laugh-out-loud funny and as warm as an August evening. Da Silva is a wonderful dramatist.” –Norm Foster, playwright


“I can’t say there have been many times a funny line has moved the story along quite as well, or served as the setup for the next funny line, or one on the next page of script.” -John Swartz, Orillia Sun

SETTING: 

The time setting is very contemporary.


AUDITION DATES
Monday, September 15:   6:30 pm - 8:30 pm

Tuesday, September 16:   6:30 pm - 8:30 pm


Auditions take place at the Peterborough Theatre Guild in Studio A (Gwen Brown Studio).


Please sign up online for the first available time slot. Please arrive ten minutes before your audition to fill out a form. You will be auditioning in groups of 4. It is not necessary to have read the play.


CALLBACKS

Thursday, September 18, evening (if necessary)


SHOW DATES

January 16, 17, 18m, 22, 23, 24, 25m, 29, 30, 31

CASTING

Peterborough Theatre Guild is an inclusive and accepting organization. All are welcome to audition for the following roles: 

  • Glenda
    Female, age 50+ to 70+
  • Suzanne
    Female, age 50+ to 70+, 
  • Beth
    Female - aged 30+ to 40+
  • Patrick
    Male - aged 30+ to 40+
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Any questions can be addressed to the director, Jerry Allen, at jerrcarol@hotmail.com Or to the producer, Pat Hooper, at 2pat.hooper@gmail.com. Thank you for your interest and we look forward to seeing you!

Midnight Madness

by Dave Carley

Midnight Madness is a touching romantic comedy set in Carley's hometown of Peterborough in 1985, called Ashburnham in the play. Wesley, a lonely salesman, and Anna, a feisty customer and former classmate, meet by chance at Bloom’s Furniture "going-out-of-business" sale near midnight. With honesty and wit, the characters look back at the 1970's and face the difficult high school memories that shaped their lives.

casting:


Wesley Marshall, in his early 30’s: 

  • a salesman at Bloom’s furniture store for the past 10 years
  • the store has become his safe, “belonging” place
  • Presbyterian background, principled 
  • lonely (few dates) 
  •  intelligent, quick-witted and clever with slogans


Anna Bregner, the same age: 

  • struggled to become a lawyer (now about to set up shop) 
  •  left Toronto to return to hometown
  • single mom with teenage son, Jason (Anna’s mother helped to raise him)
  •  1970’s-spirited, lively, determined 


The voice of Mr. Bloom, 75: 

  • a business man, owner of the local, iconic furniture store
  • about to retire and close the store, after 50 years
  • fond of his employee, Wesley
  • Russian-Jewish ancestry
  • witty (speaks via the intercom in his office)
  •  is seen only at curtain call, but it’s a sweet role anyway.
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