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Thank you for taking the time to visit our website. Here you will find the latest information on our upcoming performances, and how you can audition for our future shows. Plant City Entertainment, Inc. produces theater productions throughout the year. Our actors, directors, producers, and staff are all members of the local community - just like you.

Use the tabs at the top of the page to learn about our history and find out where we stage our performances. If you have any questions, or would like to participate in our organization use the Contact Us tab above.  

 

*IMPORTANT VENUE CHANGE NOTICE*

 The venue for upcoming productions of Plant City Entertainment, Inc. has  changed to THE PLANT CITY CORNERSTONE CENTER, located at 315 N. Collins Street, Plant City, FL  33563

 

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Upcoming Auditions
 

May 12, 13, 14, 2009

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7:00 PM 

Come prepared with a Song and dress comfortably 

 

For More Information contact

Director April Smith

813-731-0615

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Performance Dates

July 17, 18, 19*, 24, 25, 2009

8 PM

*2 PM Matinee

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Directed by April Smith

Synopsis
Billy Crocker, a young love-sick Wall Street broker, stows away on the S.S. American, in hopes of winning the heart of his beloved Hope Harcourt. His boss, Yale graduate Elisha J. Whitney, is also on board. He plans to relax before making an important business deal in England. Hope is on her way to England to be married to Sir Evelyn Oakleigh, a stuffy, hapless British nobleman. Also on the boat are "Moonface" Martin, a second-rate gangster on the lam labeled "Public Enemy 13," and his friend Bonnie; the two have disguised themselves as a minister and a missionary, respectively, after stranding the ship's real chaplain back at the port. They also, mistakenly, left behind their leader, "Snake Eyes" Johnson, Public Enemy 1.

On board, Crocker runs into his friend, Reno Sweeney, an evangelizing nightclub singer, who resolves to help Billy win over Hope, to the dismay of Hope's mother, Mrs. Harcourt (though she doesn't know about the original plan), who insists she marry Evelyn. Billy simultaneously learns the true identities of Moonface and Bonnie, and in exchange for his silence, they join the plot to break up Hope and Evelyn. However, as Billy doesn't have a ticket or passport, Bonnie and Moonface let him have Snake Eyes Johnson's, without telling him to whom it belongs. But the ships crew figure out that Public Enemy number 1 is on board, and Billy has to take on a number of hilarious disguises to hide from them--which at first makes Hope angry with him. As the show progresses, Hope, Evelyn, Billy, Reno, Elisha, Mrs. Harcourt, Bonnie, and Moonface all end up in a variety of compromising positions with members of the opposite sex, with Reno seducing Evelyn Oakleigh, originally just to get seen by Hope or Mrs. Harcourt so they would reject him, but eventually she wins him over for real and they even get married. Hope and Billy also get married, Mrs. Harcourt (divorced) and Mr. Whitney get married, and Moonface Martin receives a notice on board that the government considers him "harmless."

 

Role
Voice Type (Range)
Dance
Age Range
Reno Sweeney - Evangelist turned nightclub singer
Alto - g-e♭2

Yes

30-40
Billie Crocker - assistant to Elisha, love-struck would-be suitor to Hope
Tenor - b-g2
Yes
30-40
Hope Harcourt - American debutante and the object of Billy's affection, engaged to Sir Evelyn
Alto - a-e♭2
Some
25-55
Moonface Martin - a second-rate gangster, "Public Enemy Number 13"
Tenor - b♭-g♭2
Some
40-60
Bonnie Letour - Moll, traveling with Moonface
Soprano - c1-g♭2
Some
40-55
Elisha J. Whitney - Ivy league Wall Street banker, Billy's boss and a lush
Baritone - c1-d2
Some
40-55

Sir Evelyn Oakleigh - Hope's wealthy English fiancee

Tenor - c-g2
Some
50+
Ching - Chinese convert and reformed gambler, with Reverend Dobson
Any
Some
21+
Ling - Chinese convert and reformed gambler, with Reverend Dobson
Any
Some
21+
Mrs. (Evangeline) Wadsworth T. Harcourt - Hope's mother and society matron
Any
Some
40+
Bishop Henry T. Dobson -- A Missionary
Any
Some
40+
Steward - Employee of the Ocean Liner "America"
Any
Some
21+
Reporter (Charlie) - For the Globe American
Any
Some
21+
Cameraman - For the Globe American
Any
Some
21+
Chastity - Backup singer in Reno's act
Any
Some
21+
Purity - Backup singer in Reno's act
Any
Some
21+
Charity - Backup singer in Reno's act
Any
Some
21+
Virtue - Backup singer in Reno's act
Any
Some
21+
Girls - Passengers
Any
Some
18+
Sailors -Ship's crew
Any
Some
18+

Purser - Employee of the Ocean Liner "America"

Any
Some
18+
Captain - Skipper of the Ocean Liner "America"
Any
Some
40+
Male Quartet
TTBB
Some
18+
Male Chorus
TTBB
Some
18+
Mixed Chorus
SATB
Some
16+