ROVER DRAMAWERKS ANNOUNCES AUDITIONS
The Underpants
By Steve Martin
Directed by Janette Oswald
Auditions:
Saturday June 11 from 2:00 to 4:00 pm
Sunday June 12 from 6:00 to 8:00 pm
callback, if needed, will be Monday, June 13 at 6:00 pm
Appointments are required. For an appointment, please include your full name and choose your preferred time via Signup Genius:
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/4090549AEAB29A20-theunderpants1
Auditions will be at Reclamation Church, located at 901 Cross Bend Rd. in Plano, at the northwest corner of Alma and Cross Bend.
Brief Synopsis:
The renowned comic actor and author of Picasso at the Lapine Agile provides a wild satire adapted from the classic German play about Louise and Theo Markes, a couple whose conservative existence is shattered when Louise's bloomers fall down in public. Though she pulls them up quickly, he thinks the incident will cost him his job as a government clerk. Louise's momentary display does not result in the feared scandal, but it does attract two infatuated men, each of whom wants to rent the spare room in the Markes' home. Oblivious of their amorous objectives, Theo splits the room between them, happy to collect rent from both the foppish poet and the whiny hypochondriac.
Roles available for 4 men, 2 women
Theo Maske: A burly, muscular fireplug with a buzz cut.
Louise Maske: Very pretty, mid-twenties, Theo's wife.
Gertrude Deuter: Forty-two, and a busybody.
Frank Versati: An elegant gentleman.
Benjamin Cohen: Sickly, thin, asthmatic.
Klinglehoff: An elderly man.
All roles are available.
Other information:
- Sign up for an appointment time via
Signup Genius, and access to a script will be made available to you. Be familiar with the play before coming to auditions.
- Be prepared to read scenes from the script.
- Please bring a resume and headshot.
- References may be required.
- Actors and technicians will receive stipends.
- Rehearsals will be in Plano beginning July 5. All conflicts must be noted at time of audition.
- Please visit
Rover’s website at
https://www.roverdramawerks.com/ or call (972) 849-0358 for more information.
The Underpants will run August 4-20, 2022 at the Cox Playhouse, 1517 H Avenue in historic downtown Plano.
Please note Rover’s new locations for auditions and performances!
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