Come on out and audition for Ryan Cooney’s “Funny Money”!
Auditions are July 24th and 25th, 2025 from 5:30-7:00PM. Be prepared to read in various character styles. Also please bring a list of conflicts between now and the show dates. Shows are October 3rd and 4th with mandatory strike/clean up on October 5th.
If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to reach out!
Never has this master of farce been frenetically funnier! Henry A. Perkins, a mild mannered C.P.A, accidentally picks up the wrong briefcase one full of money. Henry assumes it is illicit cash and he decides to keep it. Knowing that the former owner must have his briefcase, he rushes home to book one way fares to Barcelona. He tells his confused wife to leave everything behind; if she doesn’t like Barcelona, they can go to Bali. In fact, they can buy Bali! The doorbell rings as they wait for their taxi. The police detective at the door thinks Henry was soliciting the men’s room of the local pub actually, he was sitting in the loo counting the cash. The bell rings again. Another detective arrives thinking Henry is dead; a man with bullet holes in his head and Henry’s briefcase was found in the Thames. Henry’s inept attempts to extricate himself from this impossible situation lead to increasingly hysterical situations.
Cast:
JEAN PERKINS - a pretty but ordinary woman in her late forties.
HENRY PERKINS - an insignificant man in his early fifties.
BILL - a middle-aged London taxi driver of spirit.
DAVENPORT - a sparse middle-aged man with a knowing glint in his eye.
BETTY JOHNSON - a buxom and cheerful woman in her late forties.
VIC JOHNSON - a brash man with feet of clay.
SLATER - a solicitous and kindly soul -- until provoked.
A PASSER-BY - a large man.
