Auditions: August 3 – 5 from 7 p.m. – 9 p.m.
Callbacks: TBD
Rehearsals: TBD
Shows: October 17 – 19, 24 – 25
No pre-sign ups are needed to audition.
Auditions will include cold reads from the script.
No other preparations is required.
CHARACTER DESCRIPTIONS:
Helsa Wenzel (fem or masc presenting, must be comfortable in drag – 18+): Helsa is the maid of the Grossenknueten estate. Helsa also appears at the end of the play as “Katrina, the cook from Koblenz.”
Elsa Von Grossenknueten (fem presenting, 30s-40s): Elsa is the owner of the mansion and is the financial backer of many musicals. She is extremely eccentric, and thinks that the idea of chasing after a killer is great fun.
Michael Kelly (masc presenting, 20s-40s): Kelly is an undercover cop. Elsa appeals to him to help solve the mystery of the Stage Door Slasher, and Kelly at first pretends to be her butler.
Patrick O’Reilly (masc presenting, 20s): O’Reilly claims to be an Irish tenor, but he is very suspicious, especially with regard to the mysterious Helsa.
Ken De La Maize (masc presenting, 20s-40s): A “typical” director, speaking of theater as a “pure art.” He also has an annoying habit of name-dropping, constantly citing the various celebrities he has worked with over the years. Everyone always claims to have seen the films he makes, only for him to reveal that they have not yet been released.
Nikki Crandall (fem presenting, 20s): Considered a typical chorus girl, but is eventually revealed to be Ensign Nicole Crandall, of United States Naval Intelligence.
Eddie McCuen (masc presenting, 20s-40s): Directly based on Bob Hope, Eddie is the out of work comedian that ties the different story lines together, and goes from being cowardly at the beginning of the play to heroic at the end. He is attracted to Nikki, but fumbles when he tries to talk to her.
Marjorie Baverstock (fem presenting, 30s-40s): Marjorie is a Broadway producer. She constantly flatters everyone around her, and speaks in elevated language; her “new word” is “divoon.”
Roger Hopewell (masc presenting, 30s-50s): Roger is the composer for “White House Merry-Go-Round”, and Bernice’s partner; the two have had a string of Broadway hits. Roger enjoys teasing Ken about his artistic ways, and makes snide remarks throughout the play, but flares up whenever someone insults his musical style.
Bernice Roth (fem presenting, 30s-70s): The perpetually “thirsty” lyricist, she is Roger’s partner. Bernice is very odd and emotional, frequently losing her composure by screaming at the top of her lungs.
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