Theatre 319 is looking for interested actors to audition for their upcoming production of Noises Off (Auditions and Rehearsals will be at 15130 S RTE 59, Plainfield IL
Tech and Performances will be at 349 Gladstone Ave, Aurora, IL)
Synopsis:
Called "the funniest farce ever written," Noises Off presents a manic menagerie of itinerant actors rehearsing a flop called Nothing's On. Doors slamming, on and offstage intrigue, and an errant herring all figure in the plot of this hilarious and classically comic play.
List of characters:
Many of the characters have both offstage and onstage characters. The offstage character is their regular persona and the onstage character is the role they are playing in 'Noises On'.
Dotty Otley / Mrs. Clacket: - Dotty (offstage) A late-middle-aged American actress. Very forgetful of her blocking and lines. Dating the much younger Garry. - Mrs. Clackett (onstage) A Cockney Housekeeper for the Brent's home in England. Hospitable, though slow.
Brooke Ashton / Vicki: - Brooke (offstage) A young inexperienced American actress. Pays no attention to other performers. Is always losing her contact lenses. - Vicki (onstage) An English woman who works for Inland Revenue and is trying to woo Roger.
Belinda Blair / Flavia Brent: - Belinda (offstage) Cheerful and sensible, a reliable American actress. - Flavia Brent (onstage) Phillip Brent's English wife. She is dependable, though not one for household duties.
Poppy Norton-Taylor - American Stage Manager. Emotional and over-sensitive, and envious of Brooke, whom she understudies. Carrying Lloyd's child.
Lloyd Dallas - The director of the play, Nothing On. Temperamental.
Garry Lejeune / Roger - Garry (offstage) An American actor with speech affectations that disappear onstage but are ever present offstage. - Roger (onstage) An English Real estate agent who is attempting to rent Flavia's and Phillip's home, but uses it for his own personal benefit.
Frederick Fellows /Phillip Brent / Sheikh - Freddy (offstage) An American actor with a serious fear of violence and blood. - Phillip Brent (onstage) An Englishman who lives out of the country with his wife Flavia to avoid paying taxes. - Sheikh (onstage) A Middle-Eastern, Interested in renting Flavia's and Phillip's home and is the spitting image of Phillip.
Selsdon Mowbray / Burglar - Selsdon Mowbray (offstage) An elderly alcoholic Englishman who hides his bottles onstage. Is hard of hearing when he wants to be. - Burglar (onstage) Old Cockney man in his seventies, breaking into the Brent's home.
Timothy Allgood - An over-worked American Assistant Stage Manager. Understudies Selsdon and Freddy
Rehearsals: January 8th, 12th, 15th, 19th, 22nd, 26th, and 29th / February 2nd, 5th, 9th, 12th, 16th, 19th, 23rd, and 26th / March 2nd, 5th, 9th, 12th, 16th, 19th, 23rd, 26th, and 30th / April 2nd
Tech Rehearsals: April 6th, 7th, and 8th
Performances: April 9th and 10th
Please prepare an approx. 2-5 minute monologue and the audition sheet found on theatre319.org/auditions.
Contact Info:
Sign up at signupgenius.com/go/60B054FAAAD2FABF94-59479874-noises#/
Email mdix@theatre319.org with any questions
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