Sex Please We're Sixty by Michael and Susan Parker Director: Trish Weaver Rhodes Stage Manager: Maya Suchy Audition Dates: October 11th and 12th, 2021 at 7pm. Show Dates: December 3rd - 5th, 2021 (4 performances) Audition Requirements: Please prepare a contemporary monologue 1 to 2 minutes in length. Actors may also be asked to read sides from the script. About the Show: Everything old is new again. That’s the message of this lively farcical comedy. The Rose Cottage Bed & Breakfast has been successful for years thanks to two male neighbors: the elderly, silver-tongued “Bud the Stud” and a retired chemist who has developed a blue pill called “Venusia”, named after Venus the goddess of love. The pills have not been tested, and when Bud gets his hands on them, the fun begins! (An adult Farce. Not suitable for young audiences.) Roles: Bud Davis (age 70+): the next-door neighbor to Mrs. Stancliffes' Rose Cottage Bed & Breakfast; weak, frail-looking (the frailer the better), however, over the years, he has become renowned among the female guests as Bud the Stud; very elderly, somewhat infirm, chauvinistic, brazen, but likable Mrs. Stancliffe (age 60+): the owner of Rose Cottage Bed & Breakfast; a severe woman both in dress and manner; pursued by her next-door neighbor, Henry; sensible, practical, punctual, business-like, menopausal, but finally radiant and sensuous Henry Mitchell (age 60+): a retired chemist and Mrs. Stancliffe's Gentleman Caller; a mild-mannered man who has proposed to Mrs. Stancliffe every afternoon for twenty years; has developed Venusia; eventually comes out of his shell Victoria Ambrose (age 50+): a renowned author who writes steamy romantic novels; pines for romance in her personal life, but finds none; readily joins the plot to turn Bud the Stud into Bud the Dud; pretty, serious, intelligent, menopausal Hillary Hudson (age 50+): beautiful, well educated, articulate, and sophisticated in both manner and dress; old friend and co-worker of Henry's, who agrees to test the Venusia pills; elegant, charming, and menopausal Charmaine Beauregard (age 50+): the quintessential southern belle; definitely here at Rose Cottage for Bud and becomes the leading light in the plot to tame him; voluptuous, out-going, gushing, demonstrative, menopausal For questions or further information, please contact Artistic Director Daniel Eilola at
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