Dreamweavers Theatre opens its doors on Sunday, Oct. 12 from 3-7 p.m. to anyone interested in all aspects of theater production.

Just in time for Halloween, a costume sale will be in progress in the greenroom during the open house.

Potential actors, directors, set designers and builders, lighting and sound designers and technicians, house managers and ushers, stage managers and crew members, and property and costume managers are invited to drop by, as well as those interested in publicity and promotions, fundraising and administration.

Actors can have a “mini-audition” — a two-minute bio plus recitation or a poem or fragment of dialogue from a play — videotaped for inclusion in the Dreamweavers talent database. The company’s in-house photographer will be on hand to take headshots.

Information will be available about the 2009 season as well as volunteer opportunities.

Wine, beverages and snacks will be served. No reservations are necessary.

Dreamweavers Theatre is located in the River Park Shopping Center on Imola Avenue in Napa. The venue in the back of the center, behind the Golden Carrot.

Call 255-LIVE (5483) for more information or visit the Web site at Dreamweave

rstheatre.org.

The 2009 season

The Main Stage season opens with Ron Clark and Sam Bobrick’s “Murder at the Howard Johnson’s,” a madcap comedy about a love triangle at a Howard Johnson’s hotel featuring a dentist, a middle-aged “femme fatale” of sorts and a blundering used car salesman.

Next up is Neil Simon’s “The Gingerbread Lady,” an often dark comedy that tells the story of a popular singer whose self-indulgent lifestyle has brought her to physical and emotional ruin, despite the efforts of her friends and daughter, all of whom are working through personal difficulties of their own.

For its first musical in nearly 15 years, Dreamweavers has chosen “The Fantastiks,” by Tom Jones and Harvey Schmidt, in which the narrator El Gallo tells the story of the boy, the girl, their fathers and the wall that separates them. The haunting “Try to Remember” is the signature tune of this well-loved musical.

In Lucille Fletcher’s “Nightwatch,” Elaine Wheeler sees (or believes she sees) the body of a dead man in the window across from her Manhattan apartment, and from this point on the plot moves swiftly as the mystery draws towards its surprising and chilling climax.

“Over the River & Through the Woods” by John Di Pietro introduces Nick, a single Italian-American guy from New Jersey, whose retired parents have moved to Florida. He sees both sets of grandparents every Sunday for dinner until he’d offered his dream job, which means moving away. Thus begins a series of schemes on the part of his beloved but annoying grandparents to keep Nick, including the lovely and single Caitlin O’Hare as bait.

In addition to its five Main Stage productions, Dreamweavers will offer three shows in its 30-seat Black Box venue.

Mark Twain’s “The Diaries of Adam & Eve,” as adapted by David Birney, is set in a Victorian garden and is structured as a series of diary entries by Adam and Eve. “Parallel Lives” by Mo Gaffney and Kathy Najimy present two Supreme Beings who proceed to plan the beginning of the world with the relish of two slightly sadistic suburban wives decorating a living room. “Three Viewings” by Jeffrey Hatcher is three comic/dramatic monologues set in a Midwestern funeral parlor and includes “Tell-Tale,” “The Thief of Tears” and “Thirteen Things About Ed Carpolotti.”