Auditions for Death by Chocolate
Written by Paul Freed
Directed by Rick Adams
Audition Dates
Saturday, Feb. 17, 2 to 4 pm
Monday, Feb. 19, 7 to 9 pm
Performance dates: April 19 – May 4
Welcome to Meadowbrook Health Resort where we are dying to see less of you! But unfortunately, as this exclusive wellness retreat prepares for a grand re-opening, folks are dropping like flies. Join us as the delightfully sarcastic and cynical manager John Stone finds himself teaming up with Ed Parlor, mystery writer and amateur sleuth, in a wacky race against time. Could the murderer be Lady Riverdale, owner of the resort, Ralph Deadwood, gym instructor (and all around cad), or one of the many other characters onsite?
No headshot or resume required, but if you have a photo of yourself that we can keep, please bring it. Selfies are just fine!
No pay or stipend. Non-union. No formal training or experience required. New to the stage? We'd love to meet you.
?Sign up for an audition time here. You may be asked to stay for up to one hour after your arrival time slot. Not sure what time works for you? Please just drop in.
Auditions will take place at the Main Street Theatre Offices -Rehoboth, 2997 Lawrenceville Hwy., ?Tucker, GA 30084.
Character Descriptions
LADY RIVERDALE - owner of Lady Riverdale Chocolates, Inc., and the new owner of the Meadowbrook Health Resort. She is the pompous, high-society type except when occasionally required to use a vicious street shrewdness to survive.
DYSLEXIA - Lady Riverdale's assistant and long-suffering secretary.
JOHN STONE - the new manager of the Meadowbrook Health Resort (and how he got there, no one knows). He is quick-witted and finds almost everything absurd (a basic cynical sort of person). Be prepared to tell a couple of jokes.
RALPH DEADWOOD - the gym manager and all-around cad. Knowing all about Lady Riverdale's past, he has used that knowledge to get whatever he can from her. In good physical form.
MARGARET DANIELS - a very attractive woman who is trying to write a feature story on the resort for a leading gossip magazine. Has a shady past.
ALFRED MELLOX - he is in charge of the janitorial staff and maintenance for the resort (a position given to him only because he was the trusted companion of the late Henry Meadowbrook). He is very stiff, rigid, and typical butler-type with a clipped British accent. Accent is optional.
EDITH CHILES - the head chef. She is a somewhat large, sort of woman with a jovial personality and New England matronly manners (whatever that means). If you can do Julia Child, it is a plus.
SWEET PEA MEADOWBROOK - daughter of the late Henry Meadowbrook. Overweight, she seems to be trying to eat herself to death because of the trauma of losing her father. Her mouth is always full of food and no one can understand her without the help of Alfred Mellow. Be prepared to mumble the Pledge.
DICK SIMMERING - the aerobics instructor. Always garbed in a jogging outfit, he is a bright, hyperactive person. Be prepared to lead us in a couple of aerobic exercises.
ANNE - the resort nurse who tends to panic at the slightest injury.
ED PARLOR - guest of Lady Riverdale's, he is a writer with a cheery disposition and enjoys the opportunity to try to solve the mysterious deaths by chocolate.
HENRY MEADOWBROOK - the founder of the Meadowbrook Health Resort, he is never seen since he dies in the opening moments of the play.
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