AUDITION NOTICE
Allen’s Community Theater - Noises Off
by Michael Frayn
Directed by Carol M. Rice
Production dates: January 31, 2019 through February 16, 2019 (Thursdays at 7:30; Fridays/Saturdays at 8; and Sundays at 3)
Open auditions will be held Sunday, November 10 and Monday, November 11 from 7:30 p.m. to 9:30p.m at The Blue House Gallery, 102 S. Allen Drive, Allen, TX. Rehearsals will be Sundays through Wednesdays at 7:30 pm December 8-11 and 15-18, and then Sundays through Thursdays at 7:30 starting January 5.
No conflicts accepted for tech week beginning on Sunday, January 26th through the end of the production run, February 16, 2019.
Please bring headshot, resume and full list of conflicts. Auditions will consist of cold readings from the script.
About the play:
Michael Frayn's Noises Off takes a fond look at the follies of theatre folk, whose susceptibility to out-of-control egos, memory loss, and passionate affairs turn every performance into a high-risk adventure. This play-within-a-play captures a touring theatre troupe’s production of Nothing On in three stages: dress rehearsal, the opening performance, and a performance towards the end of a debilitating run. Frayne gives us a window into the inner workings of theatre behind the scenes, progressing from flubbed lines and missed cues in the dress rehearsal to mounting friction between cast members in the final performance. Brimming with slapstick comedy, Noises Off is a delightful backstage farce, complete with slamming doors, falling trousers, and -- of course -- flying sardines!
Cast of Characters
5m, 4f
DOTTY OTLEY - A late-middle-aged actress. Plays Mrs. Clackett, the housekeeper for the Brents' home in England in Nothing's On.
LLOYD DALLAS - The director of a play-within-the-play, called Nothing's On.
GARRY LEJEUNE - A stuttering actor, easily fired up. Plays Roger, the estate agent looking to let the Brent's house in Nothing's On.
BROOKE ASHTON - A young inexperienced actress from London. Plays Vicki, who works for the tax authorities and is trying to woo Roger in Nothing's On.
POPPY NORTON-TAYLOR - Assistant Stage Manager for Nothing’s On.
FREDERICK FELLOWES - Has a serious fear of violence and blood. Plays Phillip Brent, who lives out of the country with his wife Flavia to avoid paying taxes and is on a secret visit in Nothing's On.
BELINDA BLAIR - Cheerful and sensible, a reliable actress. Plays Flavia, Philip Brent's wife, who is dependable, though not one for household duties in Nothing's On.
TIM ALLGOOD - An over-worked Stage Manager for Nothing’s On.
SELSDON MOWBRAY - Elderly and with actorly mannerisms. Plays Selsdon, a burglar and an old man in his seventies, breaking into the Brents' house in Nothing's On.
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