When We Are Married - Chester Theatre Group Non Equity Auditions

Open auditions for ‘When We Are Married’ by J.B. Priestley Directed by Cindy Alexander Set on a September evening around 1908, this timeless British comedy centers on three couples who gather to celebrate their joint silver wedding anniversaries. As the evening progresses one outrageous secret is revealed: the parson who married them wasn’t authorized to perform marriages, thus, they were never actually married and these uptight, distinguished couples have been “living in sin” for twenty-five years. When each couple samples a taste of single life once again, their relationships are vigorously and hilariously put to the test, and the elephant in the room can’t be ignored. Do they really want to be married after all? Performances: March 4 - 19, 2016 Auditions: Monday, December 7, 2015 at 7:00pm and Tuesday, December 8, 2015 at 7:00pm at Chester Theatre Group (Black River Playhouse)– 54 Grove Street, Chester, NJ For more information go to www.chestertheatregroup.org Characters The couples, all in their 40s or 50s Alderman Joseph Helliwell and Mrs. Maria Helliwell Councillor Albert Parker and Mrs. Annie Parker Mr. Herbert Soppitt and Mrs. Clara Soppitt The young lovers, in their 20s Gerald Forbes, an organist and Nancy Holmes, Mrs. Helliwell’s niece Fred Dyson - A reporter from the Yorkshire Argus News Henry Ormonroyd -Photographer from the Yorkshire Argus News Ruby Birtle The Maid, in her 20s Lottie Grady - A women of questionable reputation Mrs. Northrup -The Charwoman –an older lady Rev. Clement Mercer - The Vicar