Upcoming Audition Dates
Auditions for Run For Your Wife by Ray Cooney
AND Lend Me A Soprano by Ken Ludwig
Both shows will be directed by Daniel Lee White
Play auditions: Monday, July 8th, 2024 1pm & 6pm (you may attend one or both auditions)
Cabaret auditions: Monday, July 8th, 2024 5pm
Run For Your Wife Runs: September 8 - October 27, 2024
Lend Me A Soprano Runs: November 10 - December 31, 2024
Roles: Characters’ ages listed are not the required actor’s age, but the “look like” age.
Run For Your Wife Roles will be done with a British Accent.
Location: Auditions are at The Newport Playhouse and Cabaret Restaurant, 102 Connell Highway, Newport, Rhode Island. Please bring a headshot and resume, and be prepared to do some cold script readings.
RUN FOR YOUR WIFE ROLES
MARY SMITH – A serious woman in command of her home and her life. She is down-to-earth and sensible. She is short, blonde, and in her late twenties.
*Intimacy note: This role requires the character to be dressed in stage undergarments during a section of the show. It also includes a humorous and choreographed stage kiss with a male character.
BARBARA SMITH – A no-nonsense socialite who loves to live a lavish life. She is tall, a redhead, and in her mid-twenties.
*Intimacy note: This role requires the character to be dressed in stage evening wear during a section of the show.
STANLEY GARDNER – A bright fellow whose "brightness" is only skin deep.
*Intimacy note: This role requires a humorous and choreographed stage kiss with a male character.
DETECTIVE SERGEANT TROUGHTON – A stern and by-the-book officer.
DETECTIVE SERGEANT PORTERHOUSE – A conservative family man.
BOBBY FRANKLYN – A flamboyant dress designer of indeterminate age.
Show Synopsis:
The story concerns bigamist John Smith, a London cab driver with two wives, two lives and a very precisely planned schedule for juggling them both, with one wife at a home in Streatham and another nearby at a home in Wimbledon.Trouble brews when Smith is mugged and ends up in hospital, where both of his addresses surface, causing both the Streatham and Wimbledon police to investigate the case. His careful schedule upset, Smith becomes hopelessly entangled in his attempts to explain himself to his two wives and two suspicious police officers, with help from his lazy layabout neighbor upstairs in Wimbledon.
LEND ME A SOPRANO ROLES
MRS. WYLIE – General Manager of the Cleveland Grand Opera Company. She's in her mid-50s, well-dressed, with great hair. She's a businesswoman in the 1930s, which in those days took the confidence of a Mack truck. She's extravagant, outspoken, crazy as a loon, and she doesn't like taking no for an answer.
JO – In her 20’s, she is the assistant to the general manager of the Cleveland Grand Opera Company. She makes an effort, but as always, she's a bit scruffy, her hair askew, without much makeup, and she wears glasses.
*Must be able to sing Soprano
*Must be able to do a passable(fake) Italian accent.
*Intimacy - This role requires simulated and choreographed “lovemaking” and kissing a male character.
JERRY – Son of the General Manager of the Cleaveland Opera House. He is in his early thirties and described as a good-looking fella.
*Intimacy - This role requires the character to be dressed in stage undergarments, simulated and choreographed “lovemaking,” and kissing a female character.
ELENA FIRENZI – A world-famous Italian soprano, a force of nature and purely magnificent.
*Must be able to sing Soprano
*Must be able to do a passable Italian accent.
*Intimacy - This role requires simulated and choreographed “lovemaking” and kissing a male character.
PASQUALE – Elena’s Italian husband. A worthy consort, handsome and impressive.
BELLHOP - Traditional to the role and played by any gender.
*Must be able to sing
LEO – A Dutch tenor with a body built like a Greek god, self-confident, and a warm, inviting smile.
*Must be able to do a passable Dutch accent.
*Intimacy - This role requires the character to be dressed in stage undergarments, simulated and choreographed “lovemaking,” and kissing a female character.
JULIA – Chairwoman of the Opera Guild. A sixty-year-old socialite who brings money to the opera in the form of wealth, checks, and what she thinks is class.
Show Synopsis:
It's 1934, and the clever and combustible Lucille Wiley, Manager of the Cleveland Grand Opera Company, is ready to welcome world-class soprano Elena Firenzi for her one-night-only starring role in Carmen. Alas, Elena arrives late, her impassioned husband Pasquale has a fit of jealousy, and it remains to be seen whether Mrs. Wiley’s mousy but determined assistant Jo can save the day.
Based on Ken Ludwig’s Tony Award-winning Lend Me A Tenor, this this madcap screwball comedy features ladies in the leading roles and is guaranteed to leave audiences teary-eyed with laughter.
IMPORTANT INFORMATION
Playhouse shows tend to be scheduled Sunday through Thursday matinee shows and Friday and Saturday evening shows. Rehearsals for the play and cabaret will be scheduled based on performer and crew availability. There are typically three or four rehearsals per week for six weeks before the show. However, times, dates, and the number of rehearsals are subject to change. This is a paid acting opportunity.
Cabaret Audition Details:
Monday, July 8, 2024 at 5pm
NEWPORT PLAYHOUSE’S FAMOUS CABARET ROLES
We are looking to cast enthusiastic, energized performers age 18+ for our cabaret stage. We are casting all voice parts. Bring sheet music for uptempo and ballad; 16 bars of each. Accompanist provided; no recorded tracks or a cappella, please. This is a paid position.
IMPORTANT INFORMATION
All auditions are at The Newport Playhouse and Cabaret Restaurant, 102 Connell Highway, Newport, Rhode Island. Please bring a headshot and resume, and be prepared to do some cold script readings.
For more information, please call 401-848-PLAY (7529)
Auditions are held at 102 Connell Hwy | Newport, RI 02840
Email: boxoffice@newportplayhouse.com
