Scenes from the show
About the show
By Ernest Thompson
This is the love story of Ethel and Norman Thayer, who are returning to their summer home on Golden Pond for the forty-fourth year. He is a retired professor, nearing eighty, with heart palpitations and a failing memory – but still as tart-tongued, observant and eager for life as ever.
Ethel, ten years younger, and the perfect foil for Norman, delights in all the small things that have enriched and continue to enrich their long life together. They are visited by their divorced, middle-aged daughter and her dentist fiancé, who then go off to Europe, leaving his teenage son behind for the summer. The boy quickly becomes the “grandchild” the elderly couple have longed for, and as Norman revels in taking his ward fishing and thrusting good books at him, he also learns some lessons about modern teenage awareness – and slang – in return.
In the end, as the summer wanes, so does their brief idyll, and in the final, deeply moving moments of the play, Norman and Ethel are brought even closer together by the incident of a mild heart attack. Time, they know, is now against them, but the years have been good and, perhaps, another summer on Golden Pond still awaits.
“ON GOLDEN POND is a work of rare simplicity and beauty, and in Thompson our theatre has found a fresh new voice.”
—The New York Daily News
“…a rare and memorable theatrical experience…”
—Variety
“What courage it must have taken for Mr. Thompson in the nineteen-seventies to write a play with so much affection in it.”
—The New Yorker
Cast List
Thank you to all who auditioned. We had many talented people audition and we hope to see you again at future auditions.
We are pleased to announced the cast of “On Golden Pond”.
Congratulations to all!
| Norman Thayer, Jr. ~ Bob Stewart |  |
| Ethel Thayer ~ Anne O’Neill |  |
| Charlie Martin ~ Brian Casey |  |
| Chelsea Thayer Wayne ~ Linda Goetz |  |
| Billy Ray ~ Michael Angelli |  |
| Bill Ray ~ Ron Amon |  |
Audition Information
On Golden Pond will be directed by John Fogle and produced by Lori Lord & Doug Hill.
Auditions will be held at the MLT Firehouse, 12 School St., Marblehead, as follows:
- Thursday, February 15th at 7pm
- Saturday, February 17th at 2pm
Prepared audition pieces are encouraged, but not required.
Characters:
- Norman Thayer, Jr. ~ retired professor – 80
- Ethel Thayer ~ his wife – 70
- Charlie Martin ~ mailman
- Chelsea Thayer Wayne ~ Norman & Ethel’s daughter – 38
- Bill Ray ~ her fiancé – 42
- Billy Ray ~ his son – 13
If you have any questions please contact Lori Lord (978) 750-4742 or lori.lord@comcast.net.