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Mon & Tue, April 18-19 from 7-10pm

3868 Dayton-Xenia Rd, Beavercreek, OH 45432

Directed by Matt Owens

Please prepare a 32-bar song in similar style to the show. Also be prepared to read from the script and learn a short dance. And accompanist will be provided.

Production dates: June 17-26

CHARACTER DESCRIPTIONS:

• Minstrel- Male, mid 20s to 40s. Seeking charismatic actor with a thousand faces. The Minstrel will not only sing the opening number, but also play almost ALL of the side characters throughout the show including SHYLOCK ( an old Jewish moneylender), LORD CLAPHAM ) a flamboyant theatre producer) and a handful of other small parts. (Baritone)
• Nick Bottom- Male, mid 20s to 30s. A struggling renaissance writer at the end of his rope. Nigel’s older brother. Incredibly jealous of the success of William Shakespeare and will do anything to beat him. Seeking a great comedic actor who sings, tap dance skill a plus. (Baritone)
• Nigel Bottom- Male, mid 20’s to 30’s. Nick’s younger brother. A sweetly naïve young writer and poet, perhaps a little awkward. He falls in love with Portia and ultimately finds confidence in himself through art and love. Seeking a great comedic actor who sings very well. (HIgh baritone/tenor).
• William Shakespeare- Male, mid 20s to 30s. A renaissance rock star. Think Mick Jagger or James Brown. Seeking a comedic actor with a killer pop/rock voice, tap dance skills a plus. (rock tenor)
• Thomas Nostradamus- Male, 40s to 60s. A soothsayer who almost sees the future correctly. A bit loony. He predicts that Nick and Nigel will write a musical. Seeking a comedic actor who sings and moves very well. (Baritone)
• Bea- Female, mid 20s to 30s. Nick’s wife and “Right Hand Man”. She loves and supports him despite his questionable decision making and lack of success. Bea resorts to dressing up like a male to make ends meet and to prove to Nick she can be an actor. Seeking a comedic actress who sings very well. (Belter)
• Portia- 20s to 30s female. An adorably quirky Puritan girl whom Nigel meets on the street. They fall madly in love with each other over their mutual love for Shakespeare and poetry. Seeking a great comedic actress who sings very well. (Youthful Soprano with a strong mix)
• Brother Jeremiah- Male, 40′ to 50s. Portia’s father. A Puritan with deeply repressed homoerotic tendencies. He despises playwrights, poets and all things ungodly. Seeking a great comedic who sings.
• Ensemble- Various ages/ethnicities. Seeking traditional dancers and quirky character types who are strong singers and dancers.

SYNOPSIS:
Set in the 1590s, brothers Nick and Nigel Bottom are desperate to write a hit play but are stuck in the shadow of that Renaissance rock star known as “The Bard.” When a local soothsayer foretells that the future of theatre involves singing, dancing and acting at the same time, Nick and Nigel set out to write the world’s very first musical. But amidst the scandalous excitement of opening night, the Bottom Brothers realize that reaching the top means being true to thine own self, and all that jazz.

THERE SHOULD BE ROSES by Dave Williams

February 28 & March 1, 2022 at 7pm

Lofino Center Theatre
3868 Dayton Xenia Rd, Dayton, OH 45432

Auditions will consist of cold readings from the script.

Production dates April 22 – May 1, 2022

ROLES TO BE CAST

• LESTER BLUM – M – 86 year old resident of retirement home
• ALBERT SMITH – M – Lester’s 82 year old Best friend
• MEGAN – F – Nurse at the retirement Home mid to late 20’s
• KEVIN – M – Megan’s colleague and fiancé mid to late 20’s
• MRS. MACMURTLE – F – administrator of the retirement home 50s to early 60s
• MARY HANDLEMAN – F- 84 years young and a firecracker
• STREET PUNK – M – Late teens early 20’s
• POLICE OFFICER – Flexible
• FLOWER SELLER – Flexible.
• Nurses, orderlies, street people, residents of the retirement home

Lester and Albert are lifelong best friends sharing their twilight years in an upscale San Francisco retirement community they sometimes refer to as Stalag Sun City. On the eve of Lester’s sixtieth wedding anniversary he and a reluctant Albert plot to escape from the home to deliver roses to the grave of Lester’s beloved wife, Elizabeth. Along the way they are mugged, arrested, and they meet Mary, an elderly woman who lives in cold luxury with a family too busy to appreciate or even notice her. Together the three of them lead some frantic retirement home employees on a pursuit through San Francisco to a cemetery in Oakland, where an officious hospital administrator, two young nurses and Lester’s middle aged children learn important lessons through the wisdom of the aged. Originally written for the stage, winner of three national play writing awards, THERE SHOULD BE ROSES is the warm, funny and poignant story of the love that endures for those who live long and well.