The “Red Lamp” revisited – call for auditions

Sep 14, 2022

North Frontenac Little Theatre (NFLT) is pleased to announce that the curtain will go up, the lights will be lit, at the newly renovated Oso Hall this November. Readers may recall that last fall, a successful fund-raising event took place at the hall, which included skits, songs, and auctions to raise money for the first show to be performed at NFLT’s new home.

The play that has been chosen for this first production is called “The Red Lamp”. What is remarkable about this play is the fact that it was the first play performed 100 years ago at the newly constructed Soldier’s Memorial Hall in 1922. A review of the play appeared in the Ottawa Citizen. The NFLT Executive decided that it would be a great idea to revisit “The Red Lamp” 100 years later.

Jeff Siamon has spent many hours revising the farcical one-act comedy to remove racialised language that would be unacceptable for today’s audiences. Auditions for “The Red Lamp” will take place at Oso Hall on Wednesday, September 21 and Thursday, September 22, from 7pm -9pm.

Cast – 4 males and 4 females – 1 male 30 or over (a travelling tramp), 1 male 15 or over (his assistant in crime), 2 males late teens to 20 to 30 (one an unsuccessful lawyer).

1 female 50 or over (a stern matron), 1 female 30 and over (a maid) 1 female late teens or 20-30 (not so secret lover of the lawyer), 1 female any age older than 20 (a bag lady).

The director for this production will be Jeff Siamon. In terms of production crew, a list of what’s needed will be forthcoming. We hope to see a good turn out of young and not so young actors for this return to live theatre.