Redlands Footlighters will hold open auditions for Morning’s at Seven, a gentle comedy by Paul Osborn. Selected cold readings will be taken from the script Monday and Tuesday evening, September 11 and 12, at 7:00 p.m. at the theater located at 1810 Barton Road in Redlands.

Morning’s at Seven is a charming family portrait set in small town America, circa 1938, and weaves its plot around the intersected lives of the four Gibb sisters, their husbands, a son, and his longtime fiancée. The delightful story entertains us as the funny, heart-warming, and endearing characters question the life paths they have taken and labor to accept the new choices facing their extended family. Tom Hurst directs this show that will run November 2-19.

The cast of 9 requires 4 women and 3 men who can play late sixties to early seventies. Also needed are a man and a woman in their late thirties to early forties.

Character breakdown:

• Ida Bolton: 66 years old, simple, naïve, motherly
• Carl Bolton: 68, Ida’s husband, bald on top, quiet, reflective
• Homer Bolton: 40, Ida and Carl’s son, shy, still lives at home, not stupid
• Myrtle Brown: 39, Homer’s fiancée for 7 years, not unattractive
• Cora Swanson: 70, mildest sister, patient, lives next door to Ida
• Theodore “Thor” Swanson: 65, Cora’s husband, cynic, healthy smoker
• Aaronetta Gibb: 65, wildest sister, never married, lives with Cora and Thor
• Esther Crampton: 72, oldest sister, smartest, lives two blocks away
• David Crampton: 70’s, Esther’s husband, educated, looks down on Esther’s sisters

Questions?  Contact Tom Hurst via e-mail at