ROVER DRAMAWERKS ANNOUNCES AUDITIONS
Move Over Mrs. Markham
by Ray Cooney
directed by Paul McKenzie
Auditions:
Saturday, February 25 from 10:00 am to 1:00 pm
Sunday, February 26 from 2:00 to 5:00 pm
Appointments are required. For an appointment time, please email
audition14@roverdramawerks.com.
Auditions will be at Rover Dramawerks, located at 221 W. Parker Road, Suite 580 in Plano, at the northwest corner of 75 and Parker Rd. in the Ruisseau Village Shopping Center.
Brief Synopsis:
This riotous farce exposes the intricacies and complications that ensue when three different sets of hopeful lovers all converge on the bedroom of the Markham’s supposedly empty flat, assuring a hectic and hilarious evening for all!
Roles: 4 men, 5 women
Seeking an ethnically diverse cast of male and female actors to play roles from 20s to 80s. All ages indicated are suggested playing ages; actors younger or older than the age indicated should not be discouraged from auditioning. All characters, except Sylvie, are British, and will perform with a British accent. Some characters will appear in underwear or lingerie.
Joanna Markham: Mid 20s to mid 50s F - A sophisticated woman; stylishly reserved. Loving and loyal wife to Philip. Not as prim as Philip is straight-laced. Appears in lingerie.
Alistair Spenlow: Mid 20s to mid 30s M - London's latest fashionable interior designer; a virile male lurks beneath his artsy, camp exterior. Appears in his boxers.
Sylvie: Early to mid 20s F - The Markham's gorgeous Swiss au pair with a hearty accent; she is the focus of Alistair's attention. Appears in a short nightie onstage.
Linda Lodge: Mid 20s to mid 50s F - Joanna's friend and longsuffering wife of Henry. Vivacious and slightly scatter-brained, she is tired of being the only faithful partner in her marriage.
Philip Markham: Mid 20s to mid 50s M - An overworked children's book publisher and Joanna's husband. Philip is a pleasant and studious man; a bit straight-laced; a bit timid. He is very conservative and old-fashioned.
Henry Lodge: Mid 20s to mid 50s M - Philip's successful (and overbearing) business partner and married to Linda. He is full of masculine confidence and swagger. He is an unrepentant philanderer; a lecherous dog.
Walter Pangbourne: Mid 20s to mid 50s M - Walter is a stiff, slightly stuffy and painfully shy. Linda's new love interest; she has chosen to seduce Walter in retaliation for Henry’s wandering ways.
Olive Harriet Smythe: Mid 40s to mid 80s F - An eccentric, dog-loving, imposing, no-sex-please prudish, frumpy spinster with a somewhat butterfly mind. Miss Smythe is a very successful author of children's books who is looking for a new publisher.
Felicity Jane Wilkinson: Mid to late 20s F - A phone operator and Henry's new love interest. A bit on the kooky side; a bit of a tart, loose but not trashy. Felicity wears large horn-rimmed glasses and is quick to strip down to her underwear. Runs around wrapped only in a sheet.
All roles are available.
Other information:
- Email
audition14@roverdramawerks.com for an appointment time, and access to a script will be made available to you. Be familiar with the script before coming to auditions.
- Be prepared to read from the script.
- Please bring a resume and head shot.
- References may be required.
- Actors and technicians will receive stipends.
- Rehearsals will be in Plano starting in mid-to-late March 2017. Exact rehearsal schedule TBA but all conflicts must be noted at time of audition.
- Please visit the website at
www.roverdramawerks.com or call (972) 849-0358 for more information.
Move Over Mrs. Markham will run May 4-27, 2017 at Rover Dramawerks - 221 W. Parker Rd., Suite 580, Plano 75023.
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