The Open Book Players group is set to hold auditions for the first production of its 2023-2024 season, the children’s program “Frantick Frogs and Other Frankly Fractured Folktales.”

The auditions run from 6:30-7:30 p.m. on Sunday, Aug. 27 at Oak Hill High School, 56 School Road in Wales.

Simon Golob of Sabattus performs in a previous Open Book Players production. Submitted photo

This production is a compilation of folk and fairy tales with satirical and side-splitting twists to otherwise famous plots and will be directed by Lucy Rioux, artistic director of the Open Book Players, according to a news release from Rioux.

There are parts available for any fluent readers in grades two through 12.

Performances will be held at 7 p.m. Friday, Sept. 29 and at 2 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 1 at Oak Hill High School. Johnson Hall in Gardiner, the regular residence of Open Book Players, is still closed for renovation and restoration work.

For more information, email Rioux at lucyrioux@gmail.com or visit the Players’ Facebook page or website, openbookplayers.com.

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