MONMOUTH — Monmouth Community Players announces auditions to be held for “Moonlight and Magnolias,” directed by Linda Duarte, on at 2 p.m., Sunday, Jan. 8, and at 6:30 p.m., Monday and Tuesday, Jan. 9 and 10, at Cumston Hall, 796 Main St., Monmouth in the lower-level library.

The cast is comprised of three men and one woman ranging in age from 30s to 60s. This is a serious look at an hysterically funny, true story of the rewriting of the script for “Gone with the Wind.”

Picture this: The shooting has started but producer David O. Selznick doesn’t feel the script is just right, so he gets Hollywood’s best screenwriter (Ben Hecht), and pulls the director (Victor Fleming) from the set of “The Wizard of Oz” and the fun begins. Hecht hasn’t read the book, so Selznick locks them all in a room with lots of “brain food” and he and Fleming act it out so Hecht “gets the picture.”

Lots of enthusiasm and some slapstick ensue in the process of realizing a serious dream. Watch for the depth of the characters as they express their dreams and beliefs—it’s more than just a laugh.

Show dates are March 23, 24, 30, and 31 at 7:30 and March 25 and April 1 at 2 p.m. at Cumston Hall.

For more info call the director at 312-0161.