SHEAR MADNESS OPEN - Cranberry Productions, Inc. Auditions

Shear Madness

– OPEN Auditions by APPOINTMENT in Boston

Cranberry Productions, Inc. Latham NY Cabaret Currently $679/week minimum.

Author: Paul Portner

Dir: Chris Tarjan

PSM: Bates Wilder

OPEN Auditions (Equity/non) by APPOINTMENT:

Thursday, October 14, 2010

10 AM – 5 PM

Charles Playhouse

and 74 Warrenton Street

Boston MA

Friday, October 15, 2010

2 PM – 5 PM

For an appointment, please e-mail Mr. Bates Wilder at
Bateswilder1061@gmail.com. In your e-mail, simply list audition hours you are available. Bates will confirm a time with you.

Please prepare a two-minute contemporary comic monologue.

Please bring TWO sets of your current, stapled-together headshot and resume.

Seeking local actors only for possible future replacements for the following roles in this production, which is currently running in Boston. Producers state, “SHEAR MADNESS" has a new director this fall. We would like to read ALL interested actors for December/January replacements! … This audition is open to all who feel they can fit any of [these] character descriptions. Whether you’ve been in the show before, auditioned before, or are completely new to us, we would love to see you! Our new director, Chris Tarjan, is a veteran to SHEAR MADNESS but new to Boston, so he is excited to see the talent you have to offer this production.”

Nick O’Brien:

30s-50s. Street-smart undercover cop.

Mikey Thomas:

20s-30s. Younger cop; eager. Nick’s partner.

Barbara DeMarco:

20–40. Sharp, snappy urban hairstylist.

Tony Whitcomb:

20–40. Shear Madness’s proprietor. Exuberant, “flamboyant” hairstylist.

Eddie Lawrence:

30s–50s. Slick salesman. Antique dealer.

Mrs. Shubert:

50–75. Old money. Boston socialite.