The RiverBelle Dinner Theatre

What our Company is all about:

P.O.P.S. (Performers of Puget Sound) is an professional theater company which produces plays at The RiverBelle Dinner Theatre, located at the Old Towne Grainery, 100 E. Montgomery, Mount Vernon, Washington.

Anyone is welcome to audition for all roles in all shows.

- Auditions for P.O.P.S. Company -

P.O.P.S. Company can perform in a 15 to 20-minute pre-show before a show, and in mainstage productions at The RiverBelle Dinner Theater. Sometimes a pre-show features the company singing and dancing, both as a group and as soloists, in the fashion of a mini-musical revue.

P.O.P.S. Company ideally numbers 8-10 people. P.O.P.S. Players looks for a balanced mix of ages, and sizes, as well as performers whose strength is singing, or dancing, or both. Formal voice and dance training is not a pre-requisite for acceptance into P.O.P.S. Company.

Talent is only one of the attributes sought in company members: potential, a high degree of motivation, maturity, and commitment are other qualities that successful company members need to demonstrate.

P.O.P.S. Company members are expected to take the performance commitment as seriously as we do, so only extraordinary rehearsal or performance conflicts are accepted. If necessary, it will be better for all concerned for company members who develop a pattern of conflicts to resign from the company.

P.O.P.S. Company rehearses on various days of the week. The performance commitment is very time-consuming: during productions, shows are scheduled two times a week, Friday and Saturday nights with a possible matinee on Sunday.

Performers of Puget Sound is committed to providing training and experience for motivated performers. In future shows the alumni of this group will play key roles in P.O.P.S. shows; many will receive professional training and go on to careers for which the company will be an acknowledged foundation. Auditions for P.O.P.S. Company will be held all year long; any and all interested individuals are welcome to try out. Current members of the company will be required to try out each time to retain their place.

When:

Call (360) 336-3012

To set up an "audition" appointment time for any of our 2011 productions call the phone number above. We audition all year long for performers to join our company. We do not have casting calls and company members may be asked to participate in numerous productions.

Now Casting:

Auditions are Saturday, May 7 and Sunday, May 8 from 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Call backs are Saturday, May 14 and Sunday May 15 from 3 - 5 PM

Performance dates are August 12 - September 17 (every Friday and Saturday night)

OPEN AUDITIONS ARE SCHEDULED FOR MAY BUT WE ARE TAKING HEADSHOTS AND RESUMES NOW! IF INTERESTED SEND US AN EMAIL AND ATTACH YOUR HEADSHOT AND RESUME TO final_curtain52@yahoo.com

The Cast is paid for ALL performances

5 Women - 35 to 55 years of age

Five Southern women, whose friendships began many years ago on their college swim team, set aside a long weekend every August to recharge those relationships. Free from husbands, kids and jobs, they meet at the same beach cottage on North Carolina’s Outer Banks to catch up, laugh and meddle in each other’s lives. “The Dixie Swim Club” focuses on four of those weekends and spans a period of thirty-three years.

Sheree, the spunky team captain, desperately tries to maintain her organized and ‘perfect’ life, and continues to be the group’s leader.

Dinah, the wise-cracking overachiever, is a career dynamo. But her victories in the courtroom are in stark contrast to the frustrations of her personal life.

Lexie, pampered and outspoken, is determined to hold on to her looks and youth as long as possible. She enjoys being married – over and over and over again.

Vernadette,The self-deprecating and acerbic Vernadette, acutely aware of the dark cloud that hovers over her life, has decided to just give in and embrace the chaos.

Jeri Neal, And sweet, eager-to-please Jeri Neal experiences a late entry into motherhood that takes them all by surprise.

As their lives unfold and the years pass, these women increasingly rely on one another, through advice and raucous repartee, to get through the challenges (men, sex, marriage, parenting, divorce, aging) that life flings at them. And when fate throws a wrench into one of their lives in the second act, these friends, proving the enduring power of ‘teamwork’, rally ‘round their own with the strength and love that takes this comedy in a poignant and surprising direction. “The Dixie Swim Club” is the story of these five unforgettable women - a hilarious and touching comedy about friendships that last forever…

Call the RiverBelle Dinner Theatre at 360 336-3012 or email the Producer at final_curtain52@yahoo.com if you are interested.