Auditions
Bloody Murder
by Ed Sala
Audition Dates
January 19 @ 6:30pm
January 20 @ 6:30pm
Production Dates
March 12-15, 20-22, & 27-29, 2020
Director: Gary McCormick
CHARACTERS (3 female, 3 male)
Lady Somerset
In her 70’s. A woman of great wealth and social standing.
Jane
In her 60’s. Lady Somerset’s maid and head of staff. Also plays a stranded motorist and a nun.
Emma Reese
Late 20’s. The far too-innocent ingenue. Also plays The Countess. Late 30’s quite strikingly well preserved. The mystery woman.
The Major
Late 60’s. Served in the military in India and constantly reminds everyone of it.
Devone Tremaine
Late 40’s to early 50’s. Formerly great tragic actor, now declining because of his fondness for single-malt scotch. Also plays Mr. Woo and El Gato.
Charles
Late 30’s to early 40’s. Her Ladyship’s worthless nephew. Also plays Inspector Phelps.
Auditions will consist of cold readings from the script. A headshot/resume is appreciated, but not required
For questions please contact Gary McCormick: gary_mccormick@icloud.com
About The Play
This mystery/comedy has been described as Agatha Christie meets Pirandello. It appears to be a typical Agatha Christie parlor mystery, but it takes a refreshing and hilarious turn as the story unfolds. The setting is a very lavish drawing room of an English county estate. The time period is mid-1930’s. In this production, 6 actors will play 12 characters. The show provides very balanced roles for 3 males and 3 females.
Is He Dead?
by Mark Twain
adapted by David Ives
Audition Dates
March 15 @ 6:30pm
March 16 @ 6:30pm
Production Dates
May 14-17, 22-24, & 29-31, 2020
Director: Tom Hayward
CHARACTERS (4 female, 7 male, with some flexibility possible)
Agamemnon Buckner (“Chicago”)
A young American artist. Character role involving physical comedy and timing. Male 20-35.
Hans Von Bismarck (“Dutchy”): Pupil and fun-loving friend of Millet. German dialect, practical, physical comedy. Male 20 -35.
Marie Leroux
Millet’s young sweetheart. Free-spirit and confident. Female 20 – 35.
Cecile Leroux
Marie’s older sister, in love with “Chicago.” Jealous and suspicious of Widow Tillou, disguises herself as an inspector to investigate the “death” of Millet. Female 20 – 35.
Papa Leroux
Father to Marie and Cecile, falls in love with Widow Tillou. Good at physical comedy. Male 45 – 60.
Jean-Francois Millet/Widow Tillou
Struggling free-spirited artist living in poverty. Madly in love with Marie. He fakes his death and takes on the persona of his fictional widowed sister.
Madame Daisy Tillou
Physical comedy. (Lead) Male 30 – 50
Bastien Andre
Art dealer and villain trying to ruin Millet and the Leroux family by threatening them with financial ruin. Lusts after Widow Tillou. Male 40 – 60.
Madame Bathilde
Kindly benefactress to Millet, but a real busy-body. Female 40 – 60.
Madame Caron
Also benefactress to Millet, gossips with Madame Bathilde. Female 40 – 60.
Phelim O’Shaughnessy
Pupil and boisterous friend of Millet, Irish dialect. Mischevious. Physical comedy. Male 20 – 35.
“Clown” Character role-playing 4 parts
Basil Thorpe, a rich, fussy English buyer of art; Claude Riviere, a French reporter from Le Figaro; Charlie, a flunkey who is actually Inspector Monnet in disguise; The King of France.
Auditions will consist of cold readings from the script. A headshot/resume is appreciated, but not required
For questions please contact Tom Hayward: tom@nasbla.org
About The Play
A hilarious comedy that focuses on the real-life painter, Jean-Francois Millet. Though brilliant, he is in debt to a ruthless moneylender, and can’t sell a painting to save his life (literally). His cohort of bohemian friends convinces him to stage his own death to help boost sales. Authored by Twain in 1898, this play was recently discovered by Twain scholar Shelley Fisher Fishkin and adapted for today’s stage by one of America’s premier comedy playwrights, David Ives. Tartuffe meets Monty Python in this madcap 19th-century comedy!
The Carriage House Theatre is located at 154 W. Bell Ct.
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