LEADING LADIES by Ken Ludwig
Directed by Trisha Cooper
Audition Location and Dates:
Bell Tower Arts Pavilion 3270 Glendale Milford Rd. Evendale, OH 45241
- Monday Dec. 15th 7:00 pm –9:00 pm – Lower-Level
- Thursday Dec. 18th 7:00 pm –9:00 pm – Stage
Please be prepared to do a cold reading from the script.
Please bring a list of possible conflicts for the months of January, February and March 2026.
Headshots and resumes are appreciated but not required.
Show Dates – March 6th, 7th, 8th, 13th and 14th
Leading Ladies Characters
Leo Clark: 30’s – late 40’s looking; English – lead male;
Leo is an English Shakespearean actor who is the dominant personality of the acting duo of Clark and Gable. He is the driving force of the action of the play. He is single-minded and strong-willed but very likeable. Leo is the leader and Jack is his reluctant but loyal follower. The actor needs to be able to play a woman as well because Leo spends part of the time pretending to be Max (Maxine) – a woman.
Jack Gable: 20’s – early 40’s looking; English – second lead male; Jack is essentially Leo’s sidekick but he is not without spine. He has a mind of his own and although he defers to Leo, Jack finds ways to get what he wants as well. For a portion of the play, Jack is supposed to be mute so he must have the ability to express physically – no American sign language – Jack has his own version that is in the script. The actor needs to be able to play a woman as well because Jack spends part of the time pretending to be Steve (Stephanie – Maxine’s sister).
Meg Snider: Late 20’s – 30’s; American; niece of Florence – lead female;
vivacious, enormous warmth with a great sense of humor and a fresh unstudied beauty that most women would kill for. She knows there’s a big world outside of York. Meg loves the theatre, especially Shakespeare, and dreams of being in a play. Those dreams keep her going and full of hope, even though she doesn’t realize it. She is stylish but a little more conservative in Act 1, Sc 1 than in later scenes. Meg is very tactile. She’s a hugger and a toucher.
Audrey: 20’s looking; American; Meg’s friend – second lead female; very sweet and good natured, likeably goofy at times, very attractive physically according to the author’s notes, will be required to get around on roller skates for 1 early scene (doesn’t have to be very good at it—just enough so she doesn’t fall and break something); her first scenes are in a short diner waitress outfit from Tasty Bite
Duncan Wooley: Late 40’s – 50’s; American; Meg’s fiancé and the pastor of a local church; a good man deep down…waaay deep down because he is quite self-absorbed most of the time, very set in his ways, a bit scatterbrained, very cheap, and a little greedy, but declares it’s all for good causes. He is kind and helpful to his congregation members and tries to please Meg. However he is determined to expose Maxine and Stephanie as frauds. The character is committed to the belief that his actions are for the good of others, and they are at times, but mostly not.
Florence Snider: 70’s – 80’s looking; American; Meg’s aunt, a wealthy elderly lady who is supposedly dying; feisty and down-to-earth, open-hearted, generous, and ultimately wise. She refuses to be frail. She has caustic and sarcastic interchanges with Doc Myers.
Doc Myers: 50’s – 60’s; American; local country doctor, Florence’s physician, and the Chief Moose of the Shrewsbury Moose Lodge; a crusty, likeable curmudgeon who doesn’t take guff from anybody. He doesn’t like Duncan and has a beef with Florence over stock market losses he blames on her.
Butch Myers: 20’s – 30’s; American; Doc’s son; doubles as Frank, the Moose Lodge member; has a crush on Audrey, has a good heart but is not exactly Einstein. He tries to please his father but starts becoming his own man as the play progresses.
Questions contact –
- Trisha Cooper – Director trishamcooper@gmail.com
- Bob Buchtman – Asst. Director buchtman@yahoo.com
- Gregory Smith – Producer eerf99@aol.com
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