POUF! - Evolving Door Theatre Non Equity Auditions

Auditions for Pouf! by Lou Clyde

Pouf! will be staged at the Connelly Theatre in New York City on July 29, 2021, as part of the SheNYC Summer Theatre Festival. Evolving Door Theatre will be producing the show. Actors will be compensated for travel to New York City and lodging, and will also receive a $50 stipend.

Auditions will be held at Columbia Children’s Theatre, 3400 Forest Drive, Columbia, South Carolina, on June 2nd and 3rd from 7 – 9 PM.

To sign up for an audition time click
here. Actors will be asked to perform a one minute comedic monologue at the audition. Due to rehearsal restrictions, we are only able to accept auditions from SC-based actors.

Roles:

Betty Miller – Housewife, 28, married to John

John Miller - 29, works at phone company

Mary Collins – 32, Betty’s sister, mother of 4 kids

Teresa McCabe – 60. Widowed mother of Mary and Betty

Ray Cindrick - 60s. Widower and mailman

Margo Gurski – Late 30s, mother of 6 kids

Important information:

• Pouf! is set in Brooklyn, New York, so strong New York accents are required of all characters.
• All cast members must be vaccinated.
• Be prepared with a list of conflicts. Travel to New York will most likely take place on July 28. Lodging will be covered July 28-30.
• Perusal scripts available upon request.

Synopsis:

What happens when you mix hairspray, headlice and a little dab of Elvis? Hairlarity. The year is 1958 and Betty finds herself unfulfilled as a housewife. She and her husband have been unsuccessful in starting a family and her husband will not “permit” her to get a job. With the encouragement of her sister, Betty secretly sets up an in-home salon, leveraging her prowess with hairspray and bobby pins. Betty begins to change the lives of neighborhood women by “poufing” their hair. Pouf! is an “uplifting” comedy with big hair and even bigger laughs.