Auditions
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Producer Sheila Hyman-Wrabley
Director Mike Gahan cordially invite you to audition for our show! Wednesday Jan 25, 2023 – 7:00 PM Thursday Jan 26, 2023 - 7:00 PM Saturday Jan 28, 2023 – 10:00 AM Location:
Main Stage Port Tobacco Players Theatre 508 Charles Street La Plata |
Auditions will consist of cold readings from the script.
Rehearsals will be Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday with our performance dates of Friday, Saturday nights and Sunday matinees May 5 – May 21, 2023
Please come prepared to list any conflicts you would have during this time period.
*Parking: PLEASE park in the town parking lot on North Maple Avenue across the railroad tracks from the side of the theatre – Do NOT use the parking lot for Urgent Care Center; you WILL be towed
Questions? Contact Producer Sheila Hyman-Wrabley - sheila.hyman.artist@gmail.com
Rehearsals will be Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday with our performance dates of Friday, Saturday nights and Sunday matinees May 5 – May 21, 2023
Please come prepared to list any conflicts you would have during this time period.
*Parking: PLEASE park in the town parking lot on North Maple Avenue across the railroad tracks from the side of the theatre – Do NOT use the parking lot for Urgent Care Center; you WILL be towed
Questions? Contact Producer Sheila Hyman-Wrabley - sheila.hyman.artist@gmail.com
About the Show:
Martin “Grandpa” Vanderhof and his eccentric family, the Sycamores, may, at first seem to be crazy, but as time goes by you realize that the rest of the world is crazier.
List of Characters:
Penelope Sycamore: The daughter of Martin Vanderhof, mother of Essie and Alice, and wife of Paul, Penelope is the fluttery, gentle lady of the house.
Essie: The daughter of Penelope and Paul, granddaughter of Martin Vanderhof, and wife of Ed, Essie is a thirty-year-old pixie in toeshoes (literally)
Rheba: The maid in the Vanderhof household, she probably understands this unusual family better than anyone.
Paul Sycamore: The husband of Penelope and father of Essie and Alice, Paul Sycamore is in his mid-fifties, but with a kind of youthful air. His quiet charm and mild manner are distinctly engaging.
Mr. De Pinna: Years ago Mr. De Pinna was delivering ice to the Vanderhof home–and just decided to stay.
Ed: The husband of Essie, Ed is a nondescript young man in his mid-thirties. However, he has two passions: the printing press and the xylophone.
Donald: Rheba’s boyfriend, Donald spends a lot of comfortable time at the Vanderhof home.
Martin Vanderhof: The patriarchal head of the family, “Grandpa” Martin Vanderhof is about seventy-five, a man whom the years have treated kindly. He is a man who made his peace with the world long, long ago, and his whole attitude and manner are quietly persuasive of this.
Alice: The daughter of Penelope and Paul, granddaughter of Martin Vanderof, and sister of Essie, Alice is a lovely, fresh young twenty-something girl. Because she is a secretary in a Wall Street office, her daily contact with the world has shielded her from the tinge of mild insanity that pervades the rest of the family; however, she is fiercely devoted to them. She is dating Tony Kirby, her boss’s son.
Tony Kirby: The boyfriend of Alice, Tony Kirby is a personable young man not long out of Yale and Cambridge. Although he is the boss’s son, he has something of the idealist in him.
Boris Kolenkhov: Essie’s dance teacher, Boris Kolenkhov is a hearty, explosive, Russian ballet-master.
Gay Wellington: Aged, not always sober, actress
Mr. Kirby: Tony’s father and Alice’s boss, Mr. Kirby is a successful businessman who wants his son to follow in his footsteps; thus, he is very disapproving of his son’s idealistic ways, and his attachment to Alice & her eccentric family.
Mrs. Kirby: Tony’s mother, Mrs. Kirby is of the same mind and temperament as her husband.
Grand Duchess Olga Katrina: Aged Royal Lady, has an air of faded dignity.
3 Men: “G-Men” (FBI Agents)
Essie: The daughter of Penelope and Paul, granddaughter of Martin Vanderhof, and wife of Ed, Essie is a thirty-year-old pixie in toeshoes (literally)
Rheba: The maid in the Vanderhof household, she probably understands this unusual family better than anyone.
Paul Sycamore: The husband of Penelope and father of Essie and Alice, Paul Sycamore is in his mid-fifties, but with a kind of youthful air. His quiet charm and mild manner are distinctly engaging.
Mr. De Pinna: Years ago Mr. De Pinna was delivering ice to the Vanderhof home–and just decided to stay.
Ed: The husband of Essie, Ed is a nondescript young man in his mid-thirties. However, he has two passions: the printing press and the xylophone.
Donald: Rheba’s boyfriend, Donald spends a lot of comfortable time at the Vanderhof home.
Martin Vanderhof: The patriarchal head of the family, “Grandpa” Martin Vanderhof is about seventy-five, a man whom the years have treated kindly. He is a man who made his peace with the world long, long ago, and his whole attitude and manner are quietly persuasive of this.
Alice: The daughter of Penelope and Paul, granddaughter of Martin Vanderof, and sister of Essie, Alice is a lovely, fresh young twenty-something girl. Because she is a secretary in a Wall Street office, her daily contact with the world has shielded her from the tinge of mild insanity that pervades the rest of the family; however, she is fiercely devoted to them. She is dating Tony Kirby, her boss’s son.
Tony Kirby: The boyfriend of Alice, Tony Kirby is a personable young man not long out of Yale and Cambridge. Although he is the boss’s son, he has something of the idealist in him.
Boris Kolenkhov: Essie’s dance teacher, Boris Kolenkhov is a hearty, explosive, Russian ballet-master.
Gay Wellington: Aged, not always sober, actress
Mr. Kirby: Tony’s father and Alice’s boss, Mr. Kirby is a successful businessman who wants his son to follow in his footsteps; thus, he is very disapproving of his son’s idealistic ways, and his attachment to Alice & her eccentric family.
Mrs. Kirby: Tony’s mother, Mrs. Kirby is of the same mind and temperament as her husband.
Grand Duchess Olga Katrina: Aged Royal Lady, has an air of faded dignity.
3 Men: “G-Men” (FBI Agents)
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