Adapted by Peter DeLaurier from the novel by L.M. Montgomery
Directed by Patsy Castellano
Monday & Tuesday
August 4 & 5, 2025 at 7pm
Cast 8+w/3+m (11+ total)
All listed roles are open - Casting is open to everyone and newcomers are especially welcomed and encouraged. Crew volunteers are also needed. Auditions will consist of cold reading from the script. Please come prepared to tell of any conflict dates you have from auditions to week before show opens (no conflicts allowed the week of show opening). We encourage all performers to submit for any role regardless of ability, race, ethnicity, sexuality, neurodiversity, and similarity to the source material or original cast. Ages are relative and should not discourage anyone from auditioning. For more information, you may contact the director at
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Anne (female, 15-early 20s) — Must be able to play ages 12 to 18 throughout the course of the play. A spirited, short tempered, stubborn orphan girl able to talk rapidly, and with great animation.
Marilla (female, 50-70) — Spinster, who appears cold and rigid and is Rule bound, who has a soft heart underneath and provides a loving home for Anne.
Matthew (male, 50-75) — Older single male (brother of Marilla) who is painfully shy, warm-hearted, quiet man of few words.
Mrs. Barry (female, 40-50s) — Kindly mother of Anne’s best friend, Diana, who also can overreact and be rigid who is eventually won over by Anne. (possible double with Mrs. Spencer/Miss Stacy)
Mrs. Spencer (female, 30-50) — Frazzled mother of too many children. Possibly double cast with Miss Stacy. A worker at the asylum where Anne lived and brings Anne to Matthew and Marilla instead of the boy orphan they requested. (possible double with Mrs. Barry/Miss Stacy)
Miss Stacy (female, 25-40) — Inspiring young teacher of Anne and her friends. (possible double with Mrs. Barry/Miss Spencer)
Miss Lynde (female, 45-70) — Argumentative, outspoken, negative busybody neighbor and friend of Marilla and Matthew (who also can be reasonable and kind).
Diane Barry (female, 15-early 20s) — sweet, gullible, caring and kind girl, brought up in a traditional home, she quickly becomes Anne's best friend.
Gilbert Blythe (male, 15-22) — Tall, good looking, smart competitor of Anne - who “was born to be a good friend”.
Jane Andrews (female, 15-early 20s) — Friend and classmate of Anne's.
Ruby Gillis (female, 15-early 20s) — One of the youngest of the many Gillis girls. She cares more for her good looks and many boyfriends than she does for her studies.
Josie Pye (female, 15-early 20s) — A schoolgirl who antagonizes Anne and vies for Gilbert's affections.
Moody (male, 15-20s) — friend of Anne and Gilbert - can double as the “doctor” in 1 scene.
School children (male/female, 15-early 20s) — additional classmates for Anne
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When aging brother and sister Matthew and Marilla Cuthbert send to the orphanage in Nova Scotia for a boy to help them on the farm, they get more than they bargain for. Due to a mix-up, they are instead left with 11-year-old Anne Shirley. Over the course of six years, this romantic, hot-headed, and energetic girl wins their hearts and turns the stodgy, rural Canadian community into a bright world of "kindred spirits”.
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