Auditions Announced for HEARTBREAK HOUSE at Dayton Theatre Guild

Open audition notice for HEARTBREAK HOUSE by George Bernard Shaw

Auditions will be held Mon & Tue, April 20 & 21, 2015, starting at 7:00 pm both nights.

The Dayton Theatre Guild at the Caryl D. Philip TheatreScape
430 Wayne Ave, Dayton OH, 45410
937-298-5993 — www.daytontheatreguild.org

Directed by Patrick Hayes
Produced by Kathy Mola

DOWNTON ABBY meets FAWLTY TOWERS in George Bernard Shaw’s scathingly satirical look at the social and political systems of Edwardian England leading up to the First World War. “England”, he says, “is a ship with a drunken captain and a negligent crew” so set a course for chaos in HEARTBREAK HOUSE.

Casting Requirements:

• Auditions will consist of cold readings from the script.
  
• Please bring all conflicts between April 22 and June 14.
  
• A résumé and headshot are not required but are appreciated.

-) CAPTAIN SHOTOVER
An eccentric retired sea captain and master of the house. He has two goals left in life: to learn how to explode dynamite with his mind and to attain the perfect state of tranquility, or as he calls it, the “seventh degree of concentration.” (The latter he achieves by drinking vast amounts of rum)

-) LADY ARIADNE (ADDY) UTTERWORD
Captain Shotover’s youngest daughter, age forty-two. Very pretty, blonde, and disorganized on the outside but turns out to be very competent. She has returned home after living overseas for over twenty years to find the house and its inhabitants greatly changed.

-) MRS. HESIONE (HESSY) HUSHABYE
Captain Shotover’s eldest daughter. She rebels against the role of domestic hostess she has been forced to play for many years and exults in excitement when the bombs start to fall.

-) HECTOR HUSHABYE
Hesione’s husband. He is somewhat of a dandy and shy with an impressive mustache. He makes up stories about adventures even though he has led a very adventurous life.

-) ELLIE DUNN
A young singer, whose romantic picture of the world is destroyed when she discovers that the man she is in love with isn’t who she thought he was. She is engaged to be married to Boss Mangan out of familial obligation.

-) MAZZINI DUNN
Ellie’s father, little, earnest man with absolutely no business sense at all.

-) ALFRED (BOSS) MANGAN
Fifty-five, business man, engaged to be married to Ellie Dunn. He is a factory owner and boss of Mazzini Dunn. By all appearances he is a very rich man.

-) BILLY DUNN (no relation)
An ex-pirate turned burglar who is captured when he tries to rob Heartbreak House.

-) NURSE GUINESS
Casual and impudent, she has been the captain’s housekeeper since “Addy” and “Hessy” were children. She tries to keep the chaos of the house in some manageable control.

-) RANDALL UTTERWORD
The younger brother of Ariadne’s husband. He looks like a gentleman and is apparently well mannered but turns out to be untalented, peevish, and childish. He is in love with Ariadne.

For more information, contact Producer Kathy Mola at kathy.mola@daytontheatreguild.org.

The show runs weekends May 29-June 14, 2015
First Weekend: Friday 8pm, Saturday 8pm, Sunday 3pm
Second & Third Weekend: Friday 8pm, Saturday 5pm, Sunday 3pm