AUDITIONS!

Noises Off!
Written by Michael Frayn
Directed by Steve Gonyaw

Auditions: January 3-4 @ First Universalist Parish Hall, Derby Line, VT

Audition reservations: borderlineplayers@outlook.com

Performance dates:
May 8-9-10 and 15-16-17 at the Haskell Opera House

Synopsis
This play-within-a-play captures a touring theatre troupe's production of Nothing On in three stages: dress rehearsal, the opening night and a performance towards the end of a run. Frayne gives us a window into the inner workings of theatre, progressing from flubbed lines and missed cues in the rehearsal to mounting friction between cast members in the final performance. Noises Off is a backstage farce, complete with slamming doors, falling trousers and flying sardines!

9 Characters

Cast: 5M, 4F

DOTTY OTLEY
A late-middle-aged actress. Plays Mrs. Clackett, the housekeeper for the Brents' home in England in Nothing's On.

LLOYD DALLAS
The director of a play-within-the-play, called Nothing's On.

GARRY LEJEUNE
A stuttering actor, easily fired up. Plays Roger, the estate agent looking to let the Brent's house in Nothing's On.

BROOKE ASHTON
A young inexperienced actress. Plays Vicki, who works for the tax authorities and is trying to woo Roger in Nothing's On.

POPPY NORTON-TAYLOR
Assistant Stage Manager.

FREDERICK FELLOWES
Has a serious fear of violence and blood. Plays Phillip Brent, who lives out of the country with his wife Flavia to avoid paying taxes and is on a secret visit in Nothing's On.

BELINDA BLAIR
Cheerful and sensible, a reliable actress. Plays Flavia, Philip Brent's wife, who is dependable, though not one for household duties in Nothing's On.

TIM ALLGOOD
An over-worked Stage Manager.

SELSDON MOWBRAY
Elderly and with actorly mannerisms. Plays Selsdon, a burglar and an old man in his seventies, breaking into the Brents' house in Nothing's On.

Noises Off is presented by special arrangement with SAMUEL FRENCH, INC.