LAKEWOOD THEATRE COMPANY TO HOLD AUDITIONS
FOR THE COMEDY
INSPECTING CAROL
SATURDAY, JUNE 29, 2013
Lakewood Theatre Company will be having open auditions on SATURDAY, JUNE 29, 2013 for the rollicking holiday comedy, 'Inspecting Carol, written by Daniel J. Sullivan and The Seattle Repertory Theatre. Call
503-635-3901 beginning June 3rd to reserve an audition slot.
The director, Don Alder, is seeking 4 women and 8 men (ages teens-60s) to complete the cast. All roles receive remuneration.
Audition Location: Lakewood Theatre Company at Lakewood Center for the Arts, 368 S. State Street in Lake Oswego.
Materials Needed: Actors are asked to prepare a 1-2 minute comic monologue or actors can team up in pairs to do a 3-minute comic scene. Please bring a resume and an 8X10 glossy photo. For more information, see Lakewood's website at
www.lakewood-center.org
Performance Schedule: Nov. 1 - Dec. 8, 2013 (Thurs-Sat at 7:30 PM, some Sundays at 7:00 PM (Nov. 3, 10, 17); Sundaymatinees at 2:00 PM (Nov. 10, 24, Dec. 1, 8); and two Wednesday 7:30 PM. Lakewood Theatre Company features an intimate 220-seat theatre located at Lakewood Center for the Arts, 368 S. State Street in Lake Oswego.
About the Play: A sidesplitting holiday hit since premiering at the Seattle Rep in 1992, Inspecting Carol is part Noises Off, part Waiting for Guffman. The almost broke Soapbox Theatre Company is struggling to mount their annual cash cow, the holiday classic A Christmas Carol. An inspector from the National Endowment for the Arts is expected any minute. When a young actor is mistaken for the inspector, cast and crew cater to his every whim to try to win their government funding, The result: the most hilarious and disastrous production of A Christmas Carol ever.
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Additional Information:
Parts Available:
Zorah Bloch - Founding director of The Soapbox Playhouse. Extremely self-involved. In her 40s
Sidney Carlton - A founding member of The Soapbox Playhouse. Kind but somewhat addled. 50s-60s.
Dorothy Tree Hapgood - Sidney's wife. English and unable to lose her accent. Also a founding member. 50s-60s.
Larry Vauxhall - Tough, intellectually vain. A child of the 60s, still looking for a turn-on. A founding member. 40s-50s.
Phil Hewlitt - Obsessive, usually plays the ineffectual character in any Soapbox production. Also a founding member. 30s-40s.
Walter E. Parsons - African-American. Has recently taken up acting again after a stint in the armed forces. Good-natured, excitable. Mid-20s-30s.
Luther Beatty - A large 11-12-year-old. Really too big to be playing Tiny Tim, a role he has been performing two years too long. Youthful actor under 18 could pull it off.
Kevin Emory - Nervous, in the impossible position of managing director. Afraid of Zorah. 30s-40s
M.J. (Mary Jane) McMann - Stage manager. A realist who long ago realized the Playhouse had hit bottom. She looks on now as a bemused observer. Sharp, ironic sense of humor. Also a founding member. 40s
Betty Andrews - An inspector for the National Endowment for the Arts. A forbidding appearance. 30s-40s
Bart Frances - A pleasant youth. Dresses in motorcycle jacket and torn jeans. 20s
Wayne Wallace - In search of a new career in acting but has no training and less talent. Affable, eager to please. Mid 20s-30s.
Call
503-635-3901 to schedule an appointment time.
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About Lakewood Theatre Company
61 Years of Live Theatre: Founded as a not-for-profit organization in 1952, Lakewood Theatre Company is a professional theatre dedicated to the study and presentation of drama in all its forms; the training and development of actors; and the creation, maintenance and operation of a theatre in which to present plays and other forms of entertainment. Lakewood Theatre Company is the oldest continually operated, not-for-profit theatre company in the Portland Metropolitan area. It annually provides more than 400 theatre artists the opportunity to learn and display their craft and attracts more than 40,000 people to its shows.
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