Auditioners,
This unique comedy, directed by Nicole Probst and Helen Reikofski, combines many iconic elements of theatre performance. Set in 1934 in the golden age of Hollywood, this script encounters a little Shakespeare (some lines taken more seriously than others), characters based on real-life celebrities, and fast-paced farce. Auditions will consist of cold readings from the script; bonus for research done on the original characters based in reality of the time period and how you would depict them on stage. At some point we may ask a few of you to recite a little Shakespeare, hear your best Austrian accent, or sing “Take Me Out to the Ballgame”. In the end, we hope to have as much fun at auditions as we did when we read the script the first time.
Attend Monday June 16 OR Tuesday June 17, no need to attend both days, invitation-only callbacks Wednesday June 18.
-Nicole & Helen
LOUELLA PARSONS (age 55-65) – historical character: famed gossip columnist,
Script designated intimacy: kiss/Daryl, fight with Lydia
MAX REINHARDT (age 60-70) – historical character: Austrian director, escaping Nazi persecution and pursuing the ART of direction in America
Script designated intimacy: falls in love with Hays
DICK POWELL (age 25-35) – historical character: Hollywood leading man cast as “Lysander” in the film, humble heart-throb actor who has feelings for Olivia
Script designated intimacy: kiss/Olivia, falls in love with Brown as Thisbe
WILL HAYS (age 45-60) – Hollywood censor; bombastic narcissist, briefly turns into a donkey.
JIMMY CAGNEY (age 25-35) – historical character: Hollywood legend cast as “Bottom” in the film
JOE E. BROWN (age 35-45) – historical character: contract movie player known for baseball movies during the time period; cast as “Thisbe” in film and wears the dress/wig for that character for a portion of the show..
JACK WARNER (age 40-45) – historical character: Head of the studio, dating the young starlet Lydia
Script designated intimacy: kiss/Lydia
DARYL (flexible) – Jack Warner’s “Yes man” – doubles as Tarzan
Script designated intimacy: kiss/Louella, kiss/Olivia
LYDIA (age 25-30) – starlet with serious acting aspirations; girlfriend to Jack Warner; “Helena” in “A Midsummer Night’s Dream”, similar to Lina Lamont in Singing in the Rain, an actress that wants to be take seriously but lacking the sophistication.
Script designated intimacy: kiss/Warner, kiss/Daryl, fight with Louella
OBERON (age 20-40) – King of the Fairies, Shakespearean character transported from the magical forest of Midsummer Night’s Dream to a Hollywood Studio
Script designated intimacy: kiss/Olivia
PUCK (age 16-30) – Oberon’s servant, mischief maker, Shakespearean character transported from the magical forest of Midsummer Night’s Dream to a Hollywood Studio
OLIVIA (age 20-30) – playing “Hermia” in her first movie role, love interest to Oberon, inspired by Olivia De Havilland
Script designated intimacy: kiss/Oberon, kiss/Powell, kiss/Brown as Thisbe
Cast will have designated rehearsals to work with an intimacy director
Performances are Aug. 15, 16, 17, 21, 22, 23, 24 - 2025 at the Campus Theatre
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