Los Alamos Little Theatre sets readings, auditions for fall twin bill
A June 23 reading at the PAC will let locals hear Chekhov and Gerstenberg before auditions on June 26-27 for LALT’s September twin bill.
Los Alamos Little Theatre is opening its 2025-2026 season with a twin bill of one-act plays and an open door for anyone who wants to step in early. A play reading is set for 7 p.m. Tuesday, June 23, at the Performing Arts Center, 1670 Nectar Street, and auditions will follow at the same venue at 6 p.m. Friday, June 26, and 2 p.m. Saturday, June 27.
The June 23 reading is open to anyone interested in reading or listening, which gives first-time actors, returning local performers and backstage volunteers a chance to hear the scripts before deciding whether to commit. That kind of low-pressure entry point matters in a volunteer theater community: it lets people test the fit of a role, get familiar with the rehearsal rhythm and see how the season opener is being built before performances begin.
The two plays are The Proposal by Anton Chekhov and Overtones by Alice Gerstenberg, with Ken Milder directing The Proposal and Emily Stark directing Overtones. LALT’s calendar lists the performances for Sept. 11-26, giving the June readings and auditions a clear runway into fall. The calendar also includes production meeting and build dates for the one-acts, showing that the company is already moving from planning to assembling the cast and crew.
The pairing offers a clear contrast in style. The Proposal, also known as A Marriage Proposal, was written in 1888-1889 and first performed in 1890. It is a comedic farce built around a landowner trying to propose marriage while getting tangled in arguments over land and dogs. Overtones, which premiered in New York City on Oct. 4, 1915, with the Washington Square Players, centers on two women of polite society whose social masks are set against their deeper impulses. Its dual-character structure, with two actresses portraying different sides of one woman’s personality, adds a different kind of challenge for performers.
The selection fits Los Alamos Little Theatre’s long local role. The dramatic club formally organized in 1943, and the organization says it operates the Performing Arts Center on behalf of Los Alamos County on a completely volunteer basis. The PAC sits in the historic former East Cafeteria, a Manhattan Project-era mess hall that the county once planned to tear down before LALT stepped in in 1971, renovated the building and turned it into a permanent community theater home. With the September opening still months away, the reading and auditions are already setting the season’s tone: accessible, collaborative and rooted in the county’s theatrical history.
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