Noises Off Auditions

Noises Off by Michael Frayn

Sponsored by Wells Fargo Advisors

Auditions will be held at the Honey McGee Playhouse,

313 Mulberry Street, Sherman.

Sunday, February 19th at 6:30pm to 9:30pm

Monday, February 20th from 6:30pm to 9:30pm

Callbacks, if necessary, Tuesday, February 21st from 6:30pm to 9:30pm

PRODUCTION TEAM -

Directors: Joe Barr & Gena Graham

Stage Manager: Pam Sanza

Open auditions will be held in the Honey McGee Playhouse- and will consist of cold reads from the script.

Sides available now! Please email pam@scptheater.org

Bring a current headshot, resume, and a list of conflicts
- NOTE: Conflicts during tech week and performances will not be accepted.
- There will be understudies.

We are looking for great character actors - most actors that are “characters” for the play within a play will need strong British/Cockney accents. Note character breakouts below.

We will not be accepting video auditions.

PRODUCTION & REHEARSAL INFORMATION –

Performance Dates: April 7th through April 23rd

Thursday, Friday & Saturday evenings @ 7:30pm and Sunday matinees @ 2:00 pm.

*Also a sponsor performance on Wednesday, April 19th. 7:00pm

Read Through will be Thursday, February 23rd at 6:30pm.

Rehearsals will begin Sunday, February 26th at 6:30pm. Rehearsals will typically run Sunday-Thursday evenings from 6:30pm to 10:00pm

Roles are open to actors 18 years of age and older.

SCP seeks diverse performers, including but not limited to: ethnicity, race, color, country of origin, sex, gender, sexual orientation, body size, marital status, adults of all ages, religion, beliefs, political affiliations, socioeconomic status, experiences, and any form of disability.

CHARACTER BREAKDOWN: (Sides available now! Please email pam@scptheater.org)

Note: All age ranges are intended to represent the character’s age, not the actor’s actual age.

FEMALE CHARACTERS

Dotty Otley / Mrs. Clacket, Age Range: 40-60

(Off stage Dotty) A late-middle-aged American actress. Forgetful. Dating Garry, though she attempts to make him jealous by meeting with Freddy.

(On Stage Character: Mrs. Clackett): A Cockney Housekeeper for the Brent's home in England. Hospitable, though slow.

Brooke Ashton / Vicki, Age Range: 20-30

(Off Stage: Brooke) A young inexperienced American actress. Pays no attention to other performers, either in performance or backstage. She seems as though she is not really present – like she is somewhere else inside her head. Is always losing her contact lenses. One-third of a Lloyd–Poppy–Brooke love triangle.

(On Stage Character: Vicki): An English woman who works for Inland Revenue and is trying to woo Roger.

*Note the actor playing this role must be comfortable being on stage in undergarments.

Belinda Blair / Flavia Brent, Age Range: 20-40

(Off stage Belinda): Cheerful and sensible, a reliable American actress. She may have feelings for Freddy.

(On Stage Character: Flavia Brent): Phillip Brent's English wife. She is dependable, though not one for household duties.

Poppy Norton-Taylor, Age Range: 20-30

American Stage Manager. Emotional and over-sensitive, and envious of Brooke, whom she understudies. Carrying Lloyd's child. One-third of a Lloyd-Poppy-Brooke love triangle.

MALE CHARACTERS

Lloyd Dallas, Age Range: 35-50

The director of the play, Nothing On. Temperamental. One third of a Lloyd–Poppy–Brooke love triangle.

Garry Lejeune / Roger, Age Range: 40-60

(Off stage: Garry) An American actor who never finishes a sentence. Always completing sentences with, "you know..." Easily fired up, repeatedly tries to attack Freddy after believing that Dotty was cheating on him with Freddy. Speech affectations disappear onstage but are ever-present offstage. Dating Dotty.

(On Stage Character: Roger): An English Real estate agent who is attempting to rent Flavia's and Phillip's home, but uses it for his own personal benefit.

Frederick Fellows /Phillip Brent / Sheikh, Age Range: 20-40

(Off stage: Freddy) An American actor with a serious fear of violence and blood. Gets nosebleeds easily. Often questions the meaning of his lines and moves. Blames himself often for things going wrong.

(On Stage Character: Phillip Brent): An Englishman who lives out of the country with his wife Flavia to avoid paying taxes. He enters the country knowing that if he is caught by Inland Revenue, he will lose most of the year's income.

(On Stage Character: Sheikh): A Middle-Eastern, Interested in renting Flavia's and Phillip's home and is the spitting image of Phillip.

Timothy Allgood, Age Range: 20-30

An overworked American Assistant Stage Manager. Understudies Selsdon and Freddy.

Selsdon Mowbray / Burglar, Age Range: 50-70

(Off Stage: Selsdon Mowbray): An elderly alcoholic Englishman who hides his bottles onstage. If he is not in sight while rehearsing, the stage crew must find him before he passes out. Is hard of hearing when he wants to be.

(On Stage Character: Burglar): Old Cockney man in his seventies, breaking into the Brent's home.

Synopsis: In a provincial English town, a theatre troupe rehearses a touring production of a sex comedy, Nothing On. Unfortunately, almost nothing is going right – the cast can’t remember their lines, they mix up their blocking, misplace props, and they’ve lost sight of why they’re acting! Even the director is certain that the show will be a disaster. Somehow the cast pulls through, but by mid-tour the drama has moved backstage, as cast and crews’ personal lives start to mirror the insanity in the play, with sexual dalliances, jealousies, and chaos reigning overall. By closing night, the play is in complete shambles both onstage and off, with open “warfare” occurring among cast members and everyone simply trying to survive until the final curtain.

*Presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals on behalf of Samuel French, Inc.