Providing quality live theatre events to Pitt Meadows and Maple Ridge
A super huge shout-out to Kimberley Dyer, who has filled in for Kyla Dowling (due to illness) this week with only 3 days notice. Thank you so much for your hard work Kimberley!!
Below you will find the Cast of Characters for our upcoming auditions. Click on the character name to download the Audition Side.
We can’t wait to meet you – break a leg!
Orlando de Boys, youngest son of Sir Rowland de Boys
Oliver de Boys, Orlando’s eldest brother
Adam, servant to Oliver, friend to Orlando
Rosalind, daughter of Duke Senior
Celia, cousin to Rosalind, daughter of Duke Frederick
Touchstone, a court fool
Duke Frederick, the usurper
Charles, a wrestler at Duke Frederick’s court
Le Beau, a courtier at Duke Frederick’s court
Duke Senior, exiled ruler, Duke Frederick’s older brother
Jaques, Lord attending Duke Senior
Hymen, God(ess) of marriage
Corin, a Shepherd
Silvius, a young shepherd
Phoebe, a shepherdess
Various Lords, attendants and musicians
For the Audition information (dates, location, etc.) click here.
If you require additional information please contact the Director, Simon Challenger, at schallenger@shaw.ca.
Welcome to the Roaring ’20’s. Duke Frederick has usurped his brother, Duke Senior. He and his gang have taken over the Duchy and he’s opened the Speakeasy, a place with few rules, lots of illicit liquor, music and dancing. Wrestling matches and other spectacles are part of the entertainment. Duke Senior, meanwhile, has escaped with a few of his loyal supporters and lives in the Forest of Arden where he can hide from Duke Frederick. Duke Senior has set up his own still operation and makes moonshine for the local inhabitants, an offbeat group of yokels going about their business. Rosalind is Duke Senior’s daughter, best friend to Celia, Duke Frederick’s daughter. She’s still at the Speakeasy but she falls out of favour with Duke Frederick because she is taken with Orlando, the son of Sir Rowland de Boys, who was banished along with Duke Senior. She’s exiled under pain of death. Along with Celia, Rosalind flees to the Forest of Arden. They bring along the court fool, Touchstone. Orlando is also forced to flee for his life after he defeats Duke Frederick’s champion in a wrestling match. In order to protect herself, Rosalind disguises herself as a young man, Ganymede. While in disguise as Ganymede, Rosalind meets up with Orlando but can’t reveal her identity to him. Mayhem, confusion and mistaken identity ensue, but all is well in the end as everything is resolved and order is restored.
When are the Auditions?
Saturday, March 12, 2022 – 12pm to 5pm
Sunday, March 13, 2022 – 12pm to 4pm
*Actors who are concerned about in-person auditions may contact the director for a Zoom appointment.
Callbacks by invitation, Date TBA
Where are the Auditions?
Maple Ridge Leisure Centre
11925 Haney Place, Maple Ridge, BC V2X 6G2
Covid Protocols remain in place at this time.
Production Run Dates:
July 14 through 16, 2022 in Pitt Meadows
July 21 through 23, 2022 in Maple Ridge
Additional Information:
If you require additional information please contact the Director, Simon Challenger, at schallenger@shaw.ca.
Take in 1 or attend all 3. See them in any order you like. The 3 shows will run simultaneously, and each will start again every 40 minutes, so there is no need to rush to the next showing.
The Telltale Heart, by Edgar Allan Poe
See it at St. Andrew’s Heritage Church
22279 – 116th Avenue
In the Red Light, by Maurice Level
See it at Haney House
11612 – 224th Avenue
Slumach’s Gold and the Widow’s Curse, by CL Young
See it at the Maple Ridge Museum
22520 – 116th Avenue
You’ll see Romeo and Juliet, The Taming of the Shrew, Macbeth, The Winter’s Tale, The Tempest, Twelfth Night, A Comedy of Errors, Much Ado About Nothing, Love’s Labours Lost, The Merry Wives of Windsor, As You Like It and A Midsummer Night’s Dream. ️
Friday, September 10 through Sunday, September 12, from 7pm nightly, come see live theatre on the Bandstand at the Memorial Peace Park in Maple Ridge.
The show is free, as always. Just bring yourself, your family, a chair or blanket to sit on, and enjoy!
We can’t wait to see you again!
First and foremost, thank you all for your continued support of the Emerald Pig Theatrical Society. It may be a cliche, but we really are nothing without YOU – our members and our audience. Sincere thanks for sticking with us through thick and thin. ️
We haven’t had a lot to say lately. In a world that has remained uncertain for so long, it has been impossible to plan events, or know in any way what the future has to hold for all of us.
But there is now light at the end of the tunnel. With businesses re-opening, and restrictions easing up, we have begun to feel hopeful again. We would like to ask for your continued patience as we begin to plan what our collective future might look like.
We have a unique opportunity to make a fresh start, and we are taking it We have begun to evaluate what we need to do to move forward as a successful theatre club in this new world, and we have some exciting ideas. We will share them as soon as we can, and once our ball is rolling, we will need your help in many ways. We hope we can count on you to come along for the journey. It wouldn’t be the same with you. ️💜
So please stay tuned…something fun is coming soon!
EPTS will be holding our AGM on Sunday, February 7, at 11am. Our meeting will be held via the Zoom platform.
Invitations were sent out by email to everyone who participated in one of our shows over the past two years as cast or crew. But times have been strange, and we just want to gently remind members to please check your email if you have not already seen the invitation. If you would like to attend, please reply to the email to get the Zoom link for the meeting. If you cannot find the email, please check those catchalls, like your junk folder, and failing that, feel free to drop us a line via our contact email. If you’re not already a member, but you’d like to be…please get in touch, we’d love to have you!
A message from our President:
As I’m sure you know, COVID has hit community theatre pretty hard. We’ve had to cancel or postpone shows this year. One thing we can’t cancel, though, is our AGM. We were supposed to hold it in September but that couldn’t happen. The BC Societies Act has been temporarily amended to allow groups like ours to delay holding meetings until March, 2021.
If you are interested in attending, and we really hope you would like to, please get in touch and we’ll provide you with the Zoom invitation as well as an Agenda for the meeting.
Thanks,
Simon Challenger
EPTS President
Take in 1 or attend all 3. See them in any order you like. The 3 shows will run simultaneously, and each will start again every 40 minutes, so there is no need to rush to the next showing.
The Telltale Heart, by Edgar Allan Poe
See it at the Maple Ridge Museum
22520 – 116th Avenue
In the Red Light, by Maurice Level
See it at Haney House
11612 – 224th Avenue
Slumach’s Gold and the Widow’s Curse, by CL Young
See it at St. Andrew’s Heritage Church
22279 – 116th Avenue
