Auditions Announced for THE TALE OF THE ALLERGIST’S WIFE at Dayton Playhouse

Open Auditions – No Appoinment Required
Monday, January 25 @ 7pm & Tuesday, January 26 @ 7pm
Cold Readings from the script – resume much appreciated

THE TALE OF THE ALLERGIST’S WIFE
By Charles Busch

Produced By Dodie Lockwood
Directed By Matthew W. Smith
Stage Managed By Dawn Roth-Smith

Seeking:

• Marjorie, appx 55 (originally wrote for Linda Lavin)
• Mohammed, appx 25 (seeking actor with dark features)
• Ira, appx 60
• Fredia, appx 75 (playable age)
• Lee, appx 55

Dialect Coaching (some characters have a Jewish dialect) will be provided.

The Dayton Playhouse is pleased to announce auditions for the comedy The Tale of the Allergist’s Wife to be held on Monday and Tuesday, January 25 & 26, at 7 p.m. both evenings. Auditions will be held at the Dayton Playhouse, 1301 E. Siebenthaler Ave, Dayton, Ohio 45414. Matthew Smith, director of last season’s very successful production of The Fantasticks, will be directing. THE TALE OF THE ALLERGIST’S WIFE was written by Charles Busch. Production dates will be March 11-20.

In Busch’s first play written for a mainstream audience, Busch explores the milieu of an aspiring intellectual and middle-aged upper class matron, Marjorie, who lives comfortably with her doctor husband in an expensively furnished condo on New York’s Upper West Side. She spends her days and evenings pursuing culture at various museums and the theatre. Her ongoing efforts to improve her mind and soul have brought Marjorie to the conclusion that she will never be more than mediocre. Plunged into a mid-life crisis of Medea-like proportions, she’s shaken out of her lethargy by the reappearance of a fascinating and somewhat mysterious childhood friend. This hilarious comedy was a Tony Award Nominee for Best Play in 2001.

The play contains adult language and is not recommended for those under 18.

The director will be seeking to fill the following roles:

• 2 women approximately 55 years old, slight Jewish dialect
• 1 woman who can play approximately 75 years old, heavy Jewish dialect
• 1 man approximately 60 years old, heavy Jewish dialect
• 1 man approximately 25 years old, looking for dark features

Those auditioning should bring a resume, if possible, and come prepared to list ALL conflict dates between January 26 and March 11.