St. Paul Players announce auditions for their July production, COCKTAILS WITH MIMI by Mary Chase.
Directed by Barry Prince
Audition dates and times:
Sunday April 7 at 2:00 pm and Tuesday April 9 at 7:00 pm.
Location:
St. Paul Lutheran Church 106 Maple St. Reading, Ohio 45215
Parking Lot for the Church is 121 Willow St. Reading, Ohio 45215
Any questions call David Hill at 513-324-8304
Performance dates: July 5-7 & 12-14
Auditions consist of cold readings from the script.
SYNOPSIS:
Mimi Ralston, a wealthy and much-married divorcee, is giving a party in honor of the reputedly formidable parents of her daughter’s fiancé. Typically she engages a stunt “waiter” to insult her guests and, specifically, to spill soup on the stuffed-shirt Calthorpes. But her daughter, Edie, fearing that her mother would never be able to stomach her future in-laws, has hired two actors to impersonate them—which works fine until the real Calthorpes arrive on the scene with their son. Thereafter the mistaken identities (and the fun) proliferate, until all is in a state of hilarious confusion. Fortunately things are eventually set straight, as is Edie—who learns some lessons in love and life which spare her from what could have been a most unhappy fate.
Character breakdown:
- Mimi Ralston the hostess
- Edith Ralston her daughter
- Clyde Elliot her lawyer
- Jane Elliot his wife
- Mrs. Carlton De Vries (Dody) a guest
- Lester Calthorpe Edith’s fiancé
- Leland Calthorpe his father
- Eudorra Calthorpe his mother
- Lucy White an actress
- Burt Evans an actor
- Paul Hanson a waiter
- Waiter
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