Lakewood Theatre Company will be having auditions for the comedy
Three Men on a Horse on
SATURDAY, SEPT. 27 and MONDAY, SEPT. 29, 2014. Call
503-635-3901 to reserve an audition slot.
Three Men on a Horse, a comedy by John Cecil Holm and George Abbott, is directed by
Michael Griggs.The director is seeking nine men (ages mid-20s to 50s) and four women (ages mid-20s to early 40s). All ethnicities are encouraged to audition. All roles receive remuneration. For a breakdown of roles, please
click here.
Audition Location: Lakewood Theatre Company at Lakewood Center for the Arts, 368 S. State Street in Lake Oswego.
Materials Needed: Please bring a resume and a current head shot. No prepared monologue is required. Auditions will consist of readings from the script. Callbacks, if needed, will be at the director's discretion.
Performance Schedule: Three Men on a Horse opens March 6, 2015 and runs through April 12, 2015. Rehearsals begin on or about January 18, 2015. Performances are Thurs. - Sat. at 7:30 PM, some Sundays at 7:00 PM, some Sunday matinees at 2:00 PM and two Wednesday performances at 7:30 PM. Lakewood Theatre Company features an intimate 220-seat theatre located at Lakewood Center for the Arts, 368 S. State Street in Lake Oswego.
About the play: Three Men on a Horse is a screwball comedy set in New York and suburban New Jersey in the early 1930s, featuring vibrant comic characters. It premiered in 1935, has been revived on Broadway several times and made into films, seen on television, and adapted as a musical.
The story: Mild-mannered Erwin Trowbridge, bored with his suburban New Jersey life with his wife and brother-in-law and frustrated by his low-paying job writing greeting card verses, decides to declare his independence by skipping work and spending the day in a local saloon. There he meets three men and a woman who make a living by betting on horse races. When they discover Erwin has an almost supernatural ability to go through a racing form and pick the winners, they persuade him to join them at a New York City hotel and regularly give them tips. Complications arise when Erwin begins to miss his wife and job and his cronies insist he put some money on a horse himself, despite his claim he will lose his power if he places a bet.
