Audition Notice: A Bride In The Hand

by Site Admin on Saturday, May 24, 2008

Auditions, STAC productions

Open Auditions for A Bride In The Hand
by Angela Lanyon
to be directed by Angela Lanyon
with associate director Andrew Dunkley

Auditioning Sun 8th June — 6.30pm
at the Swan Theatre, Worcester

Showing Tue 18th — Sat 22nd November 2008
at the Swan Theatre, Worcester

Evening weekday rehearsals to be arranged, plus some Sunday afternoons

Cast: 5 female, 3 male

Vickie (26, pretty, know her own mind, determined)
Paul (late twenties, in love with Vickie and impatient to announce their engagement. Would be good looking if he bothered to shed his slobbish image)
Eddie (fifties, suave, a ‘Leslie Philips’ type. Charming, agreeable. Should be on the slim side and clean shaven so as to look convincing in drag)
Kate (mid-fifties, the bride, Vickie’s mother. Madly in love with George and apprehensive about the wedding. Smart and (mostly) self-controlled, but going to pieces in the lead up to the ceremony
Alison (Kate’s new age friend and next door neighbour. Paul’s mother. Rather fey and a firm believer in stars and auras. Feet firmly off the ground. Always knows best.
George (late fifties, the bridegroom. Very pukka with a stiff upper lip. Ex Foreign Office and inclined to be pompous. Has gone over board for Kate and is increasingly confused by the sequence of events)
Betty (late fifties, old friend of Kate’s. Has been hired to do the catering and is in a frenzy to ensure it goes to plan. Feet firmly on the ground.
Melanie (mid-twenties, friend of Vickie’s and there to help. Tries to provide an anchor when everyone else goes over the top)

All the cast need to be athletic as there is a good deal of running about, jumping over sofas, etc.

Backstage crew will also be required.

Links:

See Who are STAC? for company information and a map to the theatre
Google map of Bygones Antique shop, Worcester from where scripts can be borrowed
Please make contact via the STAC website if you have any other queries

Hello,
I am a trainee make up artist who will be attending Worcester College of Technology in September to study theater make up and costume. I am very interested in working on this show as it will give me great experience and will add to the play. If you could contact me on your views I would be very grateful.

Thank you

Member of Worcester Arts Council