Stumptown Players holds public auditions May 11 for its summer production, “The Kitchen Witches,” a show in which Martha Stewart meets Jerry Springer.

Auditions take place at 6 p.m. in the KM Theatre, 40 Second St. E., Kalispell.

Characters to be cast include two “mature” women and one man to play a son. Performances are set for July 18 through 21 and 25 through 28 in the O’Shaughnessy Center in Whitefish.

Copies of the plays will be available for review in the Whitefish Community Library.

Isobel Lomax and Dolly Biddle are two “mature” cable-access cooking show hostesses who have hated each other for 30 years — ever since Larry Biddle dated one and married the other. When circumstances put them together on a TV show called “The Kitchen Witches,”  the insults are flung harder than the food.

Dolly’s long-suffering TV-producer son Stephen tries to keep them on track, but as long as Dolly’s dressing room is one inch closer to the set than Isobel’s, it’s a losing battle, and the show becomes a ratings smash.

Kicking off its fourth season, Stumptown Players has entertained sold-out audiences at the O’Shaughnessy Center during the last three summers, most recently with the comedy “Looking” and last fall and winter at the KM Theatre in Kalispell with “Kimberly Akimbo” and “Private Eyes.”

"Stumptown Players is excited to be returning to the O’Shaughnessy, which is where we started," said Alicia Blake, a Stumptown Players founding member, board president and actor. "Whitefish and all of the Flathead Valley have supported our productions so enthusiastically, and we look forward to entertaining audiences again this summer."

For more information visit stumptownplayers.org or call 871-6447.