South Bend Civic Theatre will hold auditions for Sarah Ruhl’s moving comedy The Clean House Saturday January 25 at 11:00 AM in the Warner Theatre at South Bend Civic Theatre, 403 N. Main St. in South Bend.
Brazilian immigrant Matilde is hired as a housekeeper by busy doctors Lane and Charles – only she’d rather tell jokes than clean! An alliance with Lane’s eccentric sister and Charles’s affair with a patient take the story to unexpected places with revelations of pain, hope and laughter. The Clean House is a wildly funny, whimsical look at class, comedy, and the nature of love that gives new meaning to “I almost died laughing.” This extraordinary play by an exciting new voice in American drama was runner-up for the Pulitzer Prize.
Director Jim Geisel is seeking an ensemble of five actors for 4 female and 1 male roles.
Characters:
• Lane – a doctor, a woman in her early fifties. She wears white.
• Matilde – Lane’s cleaning lady, a woman in her late twenties. She wears black. She is Brazilian. She has a refined sense of deadpan.
• Virginia – Lane’s sister, a woman in her late fifties.
• Charles – Lane’s husband, a man in his fifties. A compassionate surgeon. He is child-like underneath his white coat.
• Ana – a woman who is older than Lane. She is Argentinean. She is impossibly charismatic.
The Clean House performs in the Warner Theatre March 7-23, 2014. Scripts may be checked out from the Box Office (open weekdays from 12-6) with a $10 refundable deposit. Call
574-234-1112 for script availability and for more information.
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