AUDITIONS
On Golden Pond
by Ernest Thompson
directed by Robin Sutton
Underwritten in loving memory of
Larry Ezell
Auditions
October 9 & 10
Performances
Nov 30 - Dec 16
Sunday Matinee December 10 at 2pm
This is the love story of Ethel and Norman Thayer, who are returning to their summer home on Golden Pond for the forty-eighth year. He is a retired professor, nearing eighty, with heart palpitations and a failing
memory—but still as tart-tongued, observant and eager for life as ever. Ethel, ten years younger, and the perfect foil for Norman, delights in all the small things that have enriched and continue to enrich their long life together. They are visited by their divorced, middle-aged daughter and
her dentist fiancé, who then go off to Europe, leaving his teenage son behind for the summer. The boy quickly becomes the "grandchild" the elderly couple have longed for, and as Norman revels in taking his ward fishing and thrusting good books at him, he also learns some lessons about modern teenage awareness—and slang—in return. In the end, as the summer wanes, so does their brief idyll, and in the final, deeply moving moments of the play, Norman and Ethel are brought even closer
together by the incidence of a mild heart attack. Time, they know, is now against them, but the years have been good and, perhaps, another summer on Golden Pond still awaits.
CHARACTERS
Norman Thayer, Jr.
80 year old Male
He is a retired father with a morbid sense of humor. He is a bit of a curmudgeon but he absolutely loves his wife.
Ethel Thayer
69 year old female
She is the optimistic wife of Norman and mother of Chelsea. Ethel is a loving and cheerful homemaker with a sharp wit.
Chelsea Thayer Wayne
42 year old female
She is the smart and independent daughter of Norman and Ethel who finds herself full of insecurities when she visits her father.
Bill Ray
40+ year old male
A no-nonsense California dentist who is dating Chelsea. Bill is the divorced father of Billy Ray Jr.
Billy Ray Jr
14 year old boy
The flippant son of Bill Ray. Billy does not want to spend his summer with a bunch of old people but as time passes he finds his place in the family.
Charlie Martin
40+ year old male
The Jovial mailman of the Thayer’s. Charlie is still holding a torch for Chelsea.
by Ernest Thompson
directed by Robin Sutton
Underwritten in loving memory of
Larry Ezell
Auditions
October 9 & 10
Performances
Nov 30 - Dec 16
Sunday Matinee December 10 at 2pm
This is the love story of Ethel and Norman Thayer, who are returning to their summer home on Golden Pond for the forty-eighth year. He is a retired professor, nearing eighty, with heart palpitations and a failing
memory—but still as tart-tongued, observant and eager for life as ever. Ethel, ten years younger, and the perfect foil for Norman, delights in all the small things that have enriched and continue to enrich their long life together. They are visited by their divorced, middle-aged daughter and
her dentist fiancé, who then go off to Europe, leaving his teenage son behind for the summer. The boy quickly becomes the "grandchild" the elderly couple have longed for, and as Norman revels in taking his ward fishing and thrusting good books at him, he also learns some lessons about modern teenage awareness—and slang—in return. In the end, as the summer wanes, so does their brief idyll, and in the final, deeply moving moments of the play, Norman and Ethel are brought even closer
together by the incidence of a mild heart attack. Time, they know, is now against them, but the years have been good and, perhaps, another summer on Golden Pond still awaits.
CHARACTERS
Norman Thayer, Jr.
80 year old Male
He is a retired father with a morbid sense of humor. He is a bit of a curmudgeon but he absolutely loves his wife.
Ethel Thayer
69 year old female
She is the optimistic wife of Norman and mother of Chelsea. Ethel is a loving and cheerful homemaker with a sharp wit.
Chelsea Thayer Wayne
42 year old female
She is the smart and independent daughter of Norman and Ethel who finds herself full of insecurities when she visits her father.
Bill Ray
40+ year old male
A no-nonsense California dentist who is dating Chelsea. Bill is the divorced father of Billy Ray Jr.
Billy Ray Jr
14 year old boy
The flippant son of Bill Ray. Billy does not want to spend his summer with a bunch of old people but as time passes he finds his place in the family.
Charlie Martin
40+ year old male
The Jovial mailman of the Thayer’s. Charlie is still holding a torch for Chelsea.