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This stage classic is full of colorful character roles for actors of every age.

Auditions are Monday and Tuesday, January 20-21 beginning at 7 PM both nights.

Dayton Playhouse – 1301 E Siebenthaler Ave, Dayton, Ohio 45414

• Auditions will consist of readings from the script.
• No prepared monologues are required.
• Resumes and headshots are also not required, but are appreciated particularly for actors new to Dayton Playhouse.

Performances are March 6-15.

All roles are available and open to any ethnicity.

Director Jennifer Lockwood is looking for actors to fill the following roles:

• Sheridan Whiteside, 50+ – beloved by radio audiences across the country and tolerated by those who really know him. Friend of the important and famous around the world. Self-centered in the extreme.
• Maggie Cutler, late 20’s+ – his devoted assistant. She is used to his bluster but is blindsided to find herself on the receiving end of his shenanigans.
• Bert Jefferson, 30s – local reporter trying to interview Whiteside. He falls hard for Maggie.
• Mr. & Mrs. Stanley, 50s- small town well-to-do owners of the house, initially awestruck but quickly fed up with the constant inconvenience
• Richard, 20s – their son, ready for a bigger life than their small town can offer
• June, 18-22 – their daughter, also ready to rebel by marrying a union man
• Harriet Stanley, 50+ – sister to Mr. Stanley, she seems not quite of this world
• John and Sarah – live in servants at the Stanley house who Whiteside commandeers as his personal cook and butler
• Miss Preen – nurse hired to tend to Whiteside, initially terrified of him, she eventually finds her voice
• Dr. Bradley – small town doctor and a secret novelist
• Professor Metz – famous European scientist friend of Whiteside
• Lorraine Sheldon, 25-35, Broadway starlet who sees all men as fair game
• Beverly Carlton, 40+ – English actor and writer a la Noel Coward
• Banjo – comedian with no boundaries a la Groucho Marx (with a touch of Harpo’s physical comedy)
• There are several other characters that will be likely be double-cast: neighbors, convicts, police, delivery men, etc.

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MAN OF LA MANCHA
Dayton Playhouse
Jan. 17-Feb. 2
[Dayton]

Directed by Dawn Roth Smith
Musical direction by Andrew Hackworth
Choreography by Jeffrey Payne

Cast: John Wysong as Captain, Ted Eltzroth as Sancho, Kevin Rankin as Governor/Innkeeper, Tim Rezash as Cervantes/Quixote, Danny Klingler as The Duke, Richard Lee Waldeck as Jose, Stephen Gogol as Tenorio, Jamison Meyer as Paco, Jamie McQuinn as Juan, Michael Plaugher as Anselmo, Brad Bishop as Pedro, Sarah Viola as Aldonza, Lindsey Cardoza as Maria, Karoline Royse as Fermina, Bryn Corbett as Antonia, Kate Young as Housekeeper, Kip Moore as Padre, Chuck Larkowski as Barber, Kiersten Farmer and Darian Black as Moorish Girls

This is a play-within-a-play, based on Cervantes’ “Don Quixote.” A poignant story of a dying old man whose impossible dream takes over his mind. It’s All the Same, Dulcinea, I’m Only Thinking of Him, The Impossible Dream, I Really Like Him and Little Bird remain in your thoughts and in your soul well after you see the show. His dream is Everyman’s dream. His tilting at windmills is Everyman’s great adventure.

• Fri-Sat. Jan. 17-18 at 8pm
• Sun, Jan. 19 at 2pm
• Fri-Sat. Jan. 24-25 at 8pm
• Sun, Jan. 26 at 2pm
• Fri-Sat. Jan. 31-Feb. 1 at 8pm
• Sun, Feb. 2 at 2pm

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