The Heritage Park Players will be presenting three 15-20min shows and a 40min Musical for its 2025 Ghouls’ Night Out (Halloween) & Once Upon A Christmas events. Ghouls’ Night Out & Once Upon A Christmas casts are volunteer performance contracts.
HALLOWEEN:
Hook’s Revenge by Trevor Matheson – A light-sabre/sword fight outside the Front of the Drugstore
CHARACTERS:
Hook – The famous Pirate with a hook for a hand
Calypso – Voodoo priestess, somewhat raspy or snake-like when talking
[Sith Lord has been cast]
Halloween Royal Rumble by Trevor Matheson – An undead wrestling competition outside in the Green Space between Town Hall and Bakery
CHARACTERS:
Beetlejuice – Host of the Halloween Royal Rumble
Jerry – A Zombie Technician running lights and sounds for the show
Dracula – Wrestler, first in the ring
G. I. Fairy Joe – Wrestler, the CHAMP
Raggedy Anne Zombie – Wrestlers
Rex – from Toy Story – Wrestler
[Bo Peep has been cast]
Frankenstein and Monster by Wendy Brownlee – A musical inside the Canmore Opera House
Directed by Trevor Matheson
Stage Manager – Charline Belliveau
CHARACTERS:
Secretary – Roz from Monsters Inc
TV Host – Business wear with Halloween flare
Judge 1-3 – Scientists & members of the Uberheim Monstrocological Society
Venomia Rottenburger- Helga’s Arch Nemesis. Venomia is the opposite of Helga. She is nasty and scheming and is a doctor of monster making.
Venomia’s Monster – A much wilder version of Frankenstein’s Monster
Venomia’s Monster’s Minion – Assistant to Venomia
News Reporter
[Helga Frankenstein & Frank have already been cast. ]
HALLOWEEN REHEARSALS:
Rehearsals will begin in early September with 1 rehearsal a week in September and October.
Rehearsals will be an evening or weekend day.
Rehearsals will be held at Heritage Park.
HALLOWEEN PERFORMANCE INFO:
Preview on Wednesday Oct 22 @ 6pm to 9pm.
There will be 3 performances per evening on these performance dates:
Thu, Oct 23-Sat, Oct 25 @ 5pm to 9pm.
Sun, Oct 26 @ 3pm to 7pm.
CHRISTMAS:
THE TWELVE DAYS OF DISCOUNTS
Run time: 40min
(Not all roles are singing roles, and non singing applicants are encouraged to audition.)
Directed by Trevor Matheson
Musical Direction by Melissa Dorsey
Set Design by Paul and Yvonne Ustick
“Recently engaged, Ron and Julie couldn’t be more in love… but finally telling their rival families––each of which manage neighbouring department stores––about their relationship during the chaotic, competitive “Twelve Days of Discounts” Christmas event. After a priceless fur coat disappears and ignites a “shopping war” between the two stores, Ron and Julie’s only hope of saving Christmas––and their parents’ approval––lies in returning the coat and solving the mystery together.”
CHARACTERS:
Julianna “Julie” Capp: A numbers wiz, dreamer, and a bit of over-thinker, Julie dreams of opening her own store with her lover, Ron.
Ronald “Ron” Montag: Faint-of-heart, with a heart of gold an eye for fashion. Ron dreams of opening his own store with his lover, Julie.
Jenny Capp: Julie’s younger sister. A ditzy fashionista with a bit of a temper.
Randal Montag: Ron’s older brother. Loud, insecure, his “eye for fashion” needs glasses.
Madame Capp: The stern matriarch of the Capps and Assistant Store Manager of Pryce Jones, determined to protect her family’s reputation
Mr. Montag: The jovial patriarch of the Montags and Store Manager of HBC, determined to prove his family’s worth as salesmen.
Customer 1: The leader of our thieves, a few more brain cells than the others. Skilled at pickpocketing and disguise.
Customer 2+3: The other culprits in the shoplifting scheme. Skilled at disguise.
CHRISTMAS REHEARSALS:
Rehearsals will be 1 evening rehearsal a week in late September & October and 2-3 evening rehearsals a week in November.
Rehearsals will be evenings and weekends at Heritage Park.
CHRISTMAS PERFORMANCE INFO:
There will be 3 performances a day in the Canmore Opera House at 11:30am, 1:30pm, 3pm.
Call time will be 11am.
Performers will be released after the last performance of the day (around 3:45pm).
CHRISTMAS PERFORMANCE DATES:
December 5-6
December 12-13
December 19-20
We will have two casts. Persons submitting must be available for either all Saturday or Sunday performance dates.
HALLOWEEN & CHRISTMAS AUDITION INFO:
AUDITION DATES:
Mon, Sept 1 @ 6:00pm-10pm
Tues, Sept 2 @ 6:00pm-10pm
Auditions will be held at Heritage Park.
AUDITION REQUIREMENTS:
Applicants need not have any formal training. We encourage all who’d like to participate to apply.
Applicants must be 15 years or older
Prepare given sides (to be sent upon audition confirmation.)
For the Christmas Show to be considered for the singing roles please prepare a one minute song with a backing track. Any genre.
(Note: We will be looking to cast people for either the Halloween or Christmas events, not both.)
CASTING PERSONS IN ATTENDANCE:
Artistic Production Coordinator/Director – Trevor Matheson
Stage Manager / Reader – Charline Belliveau
Frankenstein Show Playwright – Wendy Brownlee
DEADLINE TO SUBMIT: Sun, Aug 31, 2025 @ 10pm.
SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS:
Interested actors, please send the following via e-mail with the subject “HP 2025 Christmas/Halloween Audition Submission” to Trevor Matheson at [email protected]
Resume
Character(s) you’re interested in
Your availability for the audition dates
Heritage Park is committed to diverse, inclusive casting. Once Upon A Christmas and Ghouls’ Night Out are a volunteer performance contract and will be considered volunteers of Heritage Park. Equity members will not be seen at these auditions. Only those selected to audition will be contacted with an audition time. Thank you for your understanding.
