Theatre Arlington Inc | Arlington, TX
Saturday, April 26, 2025
10:00 AM - 6:00 PM (C)
No lunch break will be taken.
Contact Maria Leon Hickox (Production manager) via email at
theatrearlington.org.
SPT
$323 weekly minimum (SPT 1)
Equity actors for roles in YOU CAN'T TAKE IT WITH YOU (see breakdown).
Please arrive at least 15 minutes early with your headshot and resume. Audition sides will be available on the website.
Theatre Arlington
305 W Main St
Arlington, TX 76010-7115
Expected to attend:
Director: Sharon Kaye Miller
Co-Director: Larry Cure
Executive Producer: Steven D Morris
Stage Manager: Victoria Esquibell
Production Manager: Maria Leon Hickox
Rehearsal Schedule:
Rehearsals will begin August 11, 2025
Rehearsals will be M-F evenings 6:30-10:00 PM and Saturday mornings.
Performance Schedule:
September 12-28, 2025
Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30 PM & Sundays at 2:00 PM.
theatrearlington.org
An Equity Monitor will not be provided. The producer will run all aspects of this audition.
Equity’s contracts prohibit discrimination. Equity is committed to diversity and encourages all its employers to engage in a policy of equal employment opportunity designed to promote a positive model of inclusion. As such, Equity encourages performers of all ethnicities, gender identities, and ages, as well as performers with disabilities, to attend every audition.
Always bring your Equity Membership card to auditions.
Notice: Audition Call Type: EPA
Penelope “Penny” Sycamore (age: 40 and up) - Penelope is the mother of Essie and Alice, wife of Paul, and daughter of Martin. She writes plays and paints as hobbies because it makes her happy but is terrible at both. Penny is a loving mother and wife.
Alice Sycamore (age: 20s) - Fiancé of Tony Kirby, daughter of Paul and Penny, granddaughter of Martin, sister of Essie. The only normal family member. She has an office job and is in love.
Essie Carmichael (20s) - Wife of Ed, daughter of Penny and Paul Sycamore, granddaughter of Martin, sister of Alice. She is full of energy. As a hobby, she makes candy that Ed sells. Essie dreams of being a ballerina but is a terrible dancer.
Paul Sycamore (age: 40s and up) - Father of Essie and Alice, husband of Penny, son-in-law of Martin. He is a tinker who manufactures fireworks in the basement with the help of his assistant Mr. De Pinna. His hobby is playing with erector sets.
Ed Carmichael (age: 20s) - Husband of Essie, son-in-law of Paul and Penny. He is a xylophone player and distributes Essie's candies. Ed is an amateur printer who prints anything that sounds good to him. He also likes to make masks.
Mr. De Pinna (age: 40s and up) - The iceman who came inside to speak to Paul five years before and never left. He helps Mr. Sycamore build fireworks and moonlights as a model in Mrs. Sycamore's paintings.
Donald (age: 35 and up) - The boyfriend of Rheba, who seems to serve as volunteer handyman for the Sycamores. Very good-natured.
Rheba (age: 35 and up) - The maid and cook to the Sycamore family. She is dating/adores Donald. She loves the family and loves to laugh.
Tony Kirby (age: 20s) - Fiancé of Alice, son of Mr. and Mrs. Kirby. Charming and romantic.
Anthony W. Kirby (age: 45 and up) - Husband of Mrs. Kirby, father of Tony. He is a very proper man, gruff and no nonsense.
Miriam Kirby (age: 45 and up) - Wife of Mr. Kirby, mother of Tony. She is an extremely prim and proper woman and is horrified by the goings-on in the Sycamore household. Her hobby is spiritualism.
Wilbur C. Henderson (40 and up) - An employee of the IRS. Straightforward and easily frustrated.
The Grand Duchess Olga Katrina (age: 50 and up) - She was one of the Grand Duchesses of Russia before the Revolution; since then, she has been forced to flee to America, where she has found work as a waitress in Childs Restaurant. (Russian accent)
G-Man 1 “The Man”, G-Man 2 “Jim”, G-Man 3 “Mac” (age: 30 and up) - Three agents who come to investigate. Tough, stern.
The following roles have been cast:
Martin “Grandpa” Vanderhoff [CAST] - Referred to mostly as Grandpa in the play. Father-in-law to Paul, the father of Penny, and the grandfather of Alice and Essie. He is an eccentric, happy old man.
Boris Kolenkhov [CAST] - A Russian who escaped to America shortly before the Russian Revolution. He is very concerned with world politics and the deterioration of Russia. He is the ballet instructor of Essie.
Gay Wellington [CAST] - An actress whom Mrs. Sycamore meets on a bus and invites home to read one of her plays. She gets very drunk and passes out shortly after arriving at the Sycamore's home.
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