Piedmont Players Theatre Host Auditions For It Runs in the Family 11/1-2
By: Gabrielle Sierra Oct. 25, 2011
Piedmont Players Theatre (PPT) announces auditions for the Mainstage production of It Runs in the Family- A Farce by Ray Cooney.
Audition Dates: November 1 & 2 | 7pm in the third floor rehearsal hall of the Meroney Theater |Auditions will consist of cold readings from the script
Show Dates: December 8-11 & 14-17
Britain's master farceur (Two Into One, Run For Your Wife) is at it again. Set in a hospital, It Runs in the Family contains the usual assortment of farcical nuts running in and out of doors mistaking everybody for someone else, as Dr. Mortimore tries to fend off a paternity suit, an ex wife, a punkish son and various other lunatics so that he may, at last, deliver the Ponsonby Lecture in an international conference.
Auditions will be held November 1 & 2 at 7pm in the third floor rehearsal hall of the Meroney Theater. Available roles are listed below
Characters
Dr. David Mortimore - early 50's, charming and slightly pompous
Dr. Mike Connolly - late 20's, exhuberant doctor
Rosemary Mortimore - attractive wife of David Mortimore, slightly younger
Dr. Hubert Bonney - early 50's, insignificant but enthusiastic
Matron - head nurse of the hospital
Sir Willoughby Drake - Elderly, Stern gentleman
Jane - about 40, pretty and cuddly
Leslie - young man, punkish style
Sergeant - middle-aged man
Sister - assistant in the hospital
Bill - older man in wheelchair
Mother - Dr. Bonney's Mother
Charlotte Awards - Live Stats
Best Musical - Top 3
1.
1776 (Belmont Abbey College)
7.3% of votes
2.
THE COLOR PURPLE REVIVAL (Little Theater of Gastonia)
7.1% of votes
3.
CABARET (Little Theater of Gastonia)
6.9% of votes
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