Casting Teen Performers for "The Play that Goes Wrong" Play
Casting teen performers for the play "The Play That Goes Wrong". See the details below. ONLY LOCAL TALENT WILL BE ACCEPTED. Additional info: Prepare a one to two-minute-long comedic monologue for your audition. Bring a physical copy of your headshot and resume with you to auditions. Callbacks: June 5th Rehearsal dates: June 10th-August 1st Performances: August 2nd-4th and 7th-9th If you are interested please apply.
7 roles
The company's lighting and sound operator. American accent. Intimacy: comedic kiss with Max, curmudgeonly, doesn't care for actors, easily distracted, engages with audience, hate acting, American accent.
The head of the drama society, directed the play and plays Inspector Carter. (An esteemed local inspector) high status clown, rigid, uptight, proud, everyhting really matters, this is the biggest days of his life, Bristish accent.
Plays Charles Haversham (the deceased), highly physical role, sees self as the James Bond type, excited, not naive, cares about play, but not as much as others, British accent.
Plays Thomas Colleymoore (Charles' old school friend), wants to be like Richard Burton, declamatory delivery, not a bad actor necessarily, butis unaware of others around him, does not feel bad when things go wrong, never learns from mistakes, power struggle with Chris to be the head of the Cornley Poly Drama Society, British accent.
Plays Perkins (Charles' butler), has no real desire to be involved in the theater, wants to make friends (doesn't have many), he believes that success in the show will equal social success, laughter from audience is agonizing, oblivious but knows when they get things wrong, British Accent.
Plays Cecil Haversham (Charles' brother) and Arthur the Gardener (the gardner at Haversham Manor). Intimacy: comedic kissing; many stage falls, first time on stage, learned lines and does exactly what he is told to do, has little connection with any of the actors on stage, when he gets a laugh he breaks through the fourth wall to engage with audience, childlike, naive, makes fundamental mistakes, doesn't think much through, British accent.
Plays Florence Colleymoore (Charles' fiancee and Thomas' sister), highly physical role, vain, huge ego, wants to be loved, wants to make it in Hollywood, will run over anyone in her way and suck up to anyone able to help, high stakes, British accent.