Audition Dates | February 22nd and

February 24th at 7:00PM

Location | The Scenic Theatre - Pittsfield, NH

The Audition:

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Be prepared to do cold reads from the script.

Please submit the audition form on this page by Saturday 2/21at 10PM if at all possible. Walk-ins are welcome, and paper copies will be available.

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Summary:

Ellen, the wife of a successful author, has written a book about friends who are spouses of celebrities and what it is like to be married to Somebody Famous. She has invited them to her house on the beach at Malibu to let them read advance copies and to break the news to them gently that they are depicted warts and all. All nearly have apoplexy when they read the book because it really does tell all. When the news arrives that the book is to be made into a movie, they change their tune and get excited about which star will play them.

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Characters:

All characters approximately 30 - 50 years old

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From the script:

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Ellen - "the hostess, is very good-looking. She is generally bright, alive, ever optimistic and happy...but there is something very tense and nervous going on with her today. And SHE is working much to hard to conceal it. Her hair, clothes and makeup all look carelessly wonderful, yet great care always goes into all three. From the moment we see her it will become apparent today is the most urgently important day of her life."

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Mrs. Mae Risian - "is an energized, feisty, attractive woman, enthusiastic about everything and everyone. It is almost an over-reaction except for its sincerity. SHE is simply expansive and quite pretty."

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Sally - "appears very eastern seaboard, wears tinted sunglasses, many soft layers of clothes, sandals, her hair in a Gibson-girlish sweep. SHE carries a scarf, often putting it around her neck, waist, head or just carrying it and pulling at it. SHE demands ceaseless attention and sympathy, and speaks from an almost tragic and hurt place that seems oddly humorous, probably from the fact that in unguarded moments it is clear SHE is strong as a bull."

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Arnold - "is in his forties. Very elegant, tense and jumpy. His clothes are eastern and casual. Blazer, Khakis, button down shirt, stripped tie, sneakers HE is, to us, likeable because HE tries covering his insecurities with a lot of suave...and it doesn't always work...as HE can be easily hurt or made foolish."

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Florrie - "is an aging and pretty girl who is so very ordinary and even common one can't help smile at the incongruity of her and her atmosphere. SHE is perpetually smiling or overly serious and compassionate, trying always to help. Her clothes are very attractive and make her enormous Brooklyn accent also incongruous. SHE keeps doubling up laughing at what just happened, which explains her."