Casting Call
Eastbound Theatre, a division of the Milford Arts Council, announces auditions for the third show of its 21st season, the Hollywood thriller The Cat's Meow, by Steven Perros, directed by Joel Fenster.
Performances will be June 5th through June 21st, 2015.
Auditions will be held on April 1st and 2nd at 7:30 pm at the Milford Center for the Arts, 40 Railroad Avenue South in Milford. Additionally, interested actors who may be unable to attend those audition times should contact the Producer, Ann Baker,
abaker0728@gmail.com to set up an alternate time.
Roles are available for 13 actors, 6 male and 7 female. Ages range from 20s to 60s (flexible), and actors will be asked to read sides from the script. Actors interested in reviewing sides in advance should contact the Director at
flmfrk@optonline.net.
Synopsis:
Based on the true story of a mysterious Hollywood death, The Cat's Meow offers a fascinating cross section of Jazz Era characters who intersect for one notorious weekend on board William Randolph Hearst's yacht in 1924. The play was adapted for film in 2002, with a screenplay by the author, directed by Peter Bogdanovich, and starring Kirsten Dunst, Eddie Izzard, and Edward Herrmann.
Weekend guests include: Charlie Chaplin, who has been carrying on with movie star Marion Davies, a secret known to Davies' paramour, the married – and much older -- Hearst; and movie mogul Thomas Ince, who is hoping to revive his flagging fortunes by forming a partnership with Hearst. Playing with fire, Ince tries to convince Hearst that he can handle both Marion's movie career... and her private life as well.
This darkly comic morality play is laced with clandestine romance, Hollywood excess, and steadily heating tensions, which erupt in a shocking act of violence.
Roles Available:
ELINOR GLYN - 60; British romance novelist, screenwriter, and social dictator.
THOMAS INCE - 40s; a silent film pioneer and studio mogul.
MARGARET LIVINGSTON - 20s; an actress and mistress to Ince.
GEORGE THOMAS - Ince’s business manager.
MARION DAVIES - 27 (but passing for 23); a movie star and Hearst’s public mistress.
CHARLIE CHAPLIN - 35; British; an internationally known movie star.
LOUELLA PARSONS - 40s; a Hearst movie reviewer from the East Coast.
WILLIAM RANDOLPH HEARST - 62; Newspaper and silver mining magnate. A large, wealthy, powerful, married man.
JOSEPH WILLICOMBE - Hearst’s loyal and discreet personal secretary.
DR. DANIEL GOODMAN - 40s; former physician, now a Hearst movie studio executive.
MRS. GOODMAN - 30s; Dr. Goodman’s conservative wife.
CELIA MOORE - 20s; a flapper/actress.
DIDI DAWSON - 20s; also a flapper actress.
MRS. INCE (VOICE ON PHONE) - 40s, Ince’s recently awoken wife, who remained at home.
(NOTE: The role of Mrs. Ince will be doubled by the actress also playing Mrs. Goodman)
For more information contact the Milford Arts Council at
203-878-6647.
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