ABOUT THE ONE ACT PLAY THAT GOES WRONG
An amateur drama society is putting on the classic whodunit, The Murder at Haversham Manor. There has been an untimely death, everyone is a suspect, and an inspector is set on the case to find who the culprit is. However, when this play is performed by the accident-prone thespians of The Cornley Drama Society, everything that can go wrong…does! The actors and crew battle against all odds to make it through to their final curtain call.
AUDITION INFORMATION
The director is seeking an ensemble cast, 20s to 40s, who are physically adept performers for this comedy farce.
All actors, except for Annie and Trevor, speak with an RP (British) dialect.
Auditions will consist of cold readings from the script.
Auditions will be: Monday, September 25 and Tuesday, September 26 from 7-9:30pm with the possibility of callbacks on Wednesday, September 27.
Please come prepared to provide conflict dates between September 28 and November 19, 2023 on your audition form.
CHARACTER BREAKDOWN
- Annie: company stage manager
- Trevor: Company lighting and sound operator
- Chris: head of the drama society, directed the play, and plays Inspector Carter.
- Jonathan: plays Charles Haversham
- Robert: plays Thomas Colleymoore
- Dennis: plays Perkins
- Max: plays Cecil Haversham
- Sandra: plays Florence Colleymoore
For questions regarding auditions, please contact Ray Gambrel, the director, @ raygambrel@yahoo.com or (937) 626-8134.
Production dates are Nov. 10-19.
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