Auditions for Love or Murder: The Sampson Mystery

Gary Xavier has announced the call for auditions for ‘Love or Murder – The Sampson Mystery’, a three-act play using the Sampson Naval Training Station as its setting.  Written, produced, and directed by Xavier, this play, encompassing the period of 1943 to 1993, is the long-time Finger Lakes Times columnist’s first work of fiction.  With the assistance of Technical Advisor and Navy veteran Jason Hurdle and Script Consultant Sarah Bertollini, the mystery encompasses the reality of life as a recruit, or boot, and the civilians that worked diligently to operate the base during World War II.  The cast will include both female and male roles, ages 17 – 50.   Auditions will be held at the Waterloo Library, 31 E. Williams St., on April 1^st and 2^nd from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m.  The play will be presented with the assistance of the Seneca Community Players at the Lafayette Theater in Waterloo on May 23^rd, 24^th, 25^th, 30^th, 31^st, and June 1^st , 2025.  For further information, please contact Xavier at gary_xavier@yahoo.com, P.O. Box 365, Ovid, NY 14521 or 607-229-0285.