We'd love to tell you who's going to be starring in our next performance, but we don't even know. Maybe it will be you!
Our auditions are all "cold reads," meaning that no preparation is necessary. If you feel inclined to get a jump on the competition, many scripts are available from the Toledo Public Library. Headshots and résumés are not required, however they are always welcome. We provide a brief information sheet that you will need to complete in order to audition. So what are you waiting for?!
If you know of anyone who might like to be added to The Village Players' e-mail or postcard audition list please send us an e-mail at VPlayers@gmail.com. Thank you very much.
Auditions for "Play On!" (Comedy) |
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| Audition Dates | Mon., July. 5, 2010 7:00pm | Tue., July. 6, 2010 7:00pm | Thu., July. 8, 2010 7:00pm |
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The hilarious story of a theater group trying desperately to put on a play in spite of maddening interference from a haughty authoress who keeps revising the script. Act I is a rehearsal of the dreadful show, Act II is the near disastrous dress rehearsal, and the final act is the actual performance in which anything that can go wrong does. When the authoress decides to give a speech on the state of the modern theatre during the curtain calls, the audience is treated to a madcap climax to a thoroughly hilarious romp. |
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Aggie Manville (a stage manager and prompter) Geraldine "Gerry" Dunbar (a community theatre director) Henry Benish ("Lord Dudley" a character actor) Polly Benish ("Lady Margaret" a character actress) Marla "Smitty" Smith ("Doris the maid" a supporting player) Saul Watson ("Doctor Rex Forbes" a villain) Billy Carewe ("Stephen Sellers" a juvenile) Violet Imbry ("Diana Lassiter" an ingenue) Louise Peary (a sound, light and scenic technician) Phyllis Montague (a novice playwright in the community) |
Auditions for "Flemming" (Comedic Mystery) |
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Bored by his privileged but mundane life, Henry Flemming sells his lucrative brokerage firm to become a detective. On his very first case - to the horror of his wife, Karen, and his two crazy neighbors, Suzy and Stan - the Flemming living room begins to fill up with dead bodies. Karen is further annoyed when one of them turns out to be her father. Even though Henry keeps showing up at home every day more disheveled and beaten up, he couldn’t be happier. Henry is convinced he’s found his life’s work and Westport, Connecticut is safer for it. The play is a spoof of the film noir thrillers from the 40s and 50s. Selected play in the 2008 International Mystery Writers’ Festival. |
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Auditions for "The Underpants" (Comedy) |
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| Audition Dates | XX., XX. XX, 2010 | XX., XX. XX, 2010 | |
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The renowned comic actor and author of Picasso at the Lapine Agile provides a wild satire adapted from the classic German play about Louise and Theo Markes, a couple whose conservative existence is shattered when Louise’s bloomers fall down in public. Though she pulls them up quickly, he thinks the incident will cost him his job as a government clerk. Louise’s momentary display does not result in the feared scandal but it does attract two infatuated men, each of whom wants to rent the spare room in the Markes’ home. Oblivious of their amorous objectives, Theo splits the room between them, happy to collect rent from both the foppish poet and the whiny hypochondriac. |
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Auditions for "The Rainmaker" (Dramedy) |
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At the time of a paralyzing drought in the West, we discover a girl whose father and two brothers are worried as much about her becoming an old maid as they are about their dying cattle. For the truth is, she is indeed a plain girl. The brothers try every possible scheme to marry her off, but without success. Nor is there any sign of relief from the dry heat. When suddenly from out of nowhere appears a picaresque character with a mellifluous tongue and the most grandiose notions a man could imagine. He claims to be a rainmaker. And he promises to bring rain, for $100. It’s a silly idea, but the rainmaker is so refreshing and ingratiating that the family finally consent. Forthwith they begin banging on big brass drums to rattle the sky; while the rainmaker turns his magic on the girl, and persuades her that she has a very real beauty of her own. And she believes it, just as her father believes the fellow can actually bring rain. And rain does come, and so does love. |
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Auditions for "Adrift in Macao" (Musical) |
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Set in 1952 in Macao, China, ADRIFT IN MACAO is a loving parody of film noir movies. Everyone that comes to Macao is waiting for something, and though none of them knows exactly what that is, they hang around to find out. The characters include your film noir standards, like Laureena, the curvaceous blonde, who luckily bumps into Rick Shaw, the cynical surf and turf casino owner her first night in town. She ends up getting a job singing in his night club – perhaps for no reason other than the fact that she looks great in a slinky dress. And don’t forget about Mitch, the American who has just been framed for murder by the mysterious villain McGuffin. With songs and quips, puns and farcical shenanigans, this musical parody is bound to please audiences of all ages. |
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