West Coast Players will hold auditions for Psycho Beach Party by Charles Busch on Sunday April 9th and Monday April 10th at 7 pm.
Director Keven Renken will be casting 5 male characters and 6 female characters. At least two of the female characters will be played by men in drag.
Auditions will be cold readings from the script. Come prepared to tell a joke - a story joke that builds to the punch line rather than a simple question and answer joke ("What do you call a woman with one leg?" "Eileen." for instance, is a no-no)
Production dates are June 2 – June 18, 2017.
Because of the adult nature of the piece, all performers should be at least 18 years of age. No performers paid.
Play Synopsis The award-winning author of The Tale of the Allergist’s Wife gives “Gidget” beach party epics and Hitchcock psychological suspense thrillers a shotgun marriage! Chicklet Forrest, a teenage tomboy, desperately wants to be part of the surf crowd on Malibu Beach in 1962. One thing getting in her way is her unfortunate tendency towards split personalities. Among these are: a check out girl, a radio talk show hostess, a male model, and the accounting firm of Edelman and Edelman. Her most dangerous alter ego is a sexually voracious vixen with nothing less than world domination on her mind.
Character Descriptions:
CHICKLET: A perky, irrepressibly, cheerful teenager whose main goal in life is to become a surfer. Under stress, however, she reverts to one of many different personalities (some of which are down-right frightening). The person playing this role needs to be able to do lightning-fast vocal, physical and personality changes. This role works best if performed by a man in drag.
MRS. FORREST : Chicklet's mother. This role also works best if done in drag.
BERDINE: Chicklet's best friend. She is a hopeless nerd but a nerd with spunk.
MARVEL ANN : A friend of Chicklet and Berdine's though she mainly just tolerates them. A gorgeous high school vamp who is absolutely boy crazy.
BETTINA BARNES : An incredibly glamorous movie star(let) on the lam from her studio. Marilyn Monroe would be a good place to start. She may not seem very bright - unlike Monroe, it may not be an act.
STAR CAT: The "leading man" of the piece, a handsome and smart guy who is abandoning the college life for that of a surfer.
KANAKA: Star Cat's "Bud," the quintessential surfer dude who is both fascinated and repelled by one of Chicklet's kinkier alter egos.
PROVOLONEY: A scrappy little surfer, the joker of the group.
YO-YO : His best friend, struggling with his attraction to Provoloney.
NICKY and DEE-DEE: Handsome beach bum and sexy chick in a bikini (think Frankie Avalon and Annette Funicello)
West Coast Players Theatre is located at 21905 US 19 North, Clearwater, FL. Directions to the theatre can be found at www.wcplayers.org.
West Coast Players is a Non-Profit 501(c)(3) Corporation.
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