The "Blithe Spirit" Show Looking for Talent
Casting performers for the "Blithe Spirit" play. Find the details below. ONLY LOCAL TALENT WILL BE CONSIDERED. About the project: A smash comedy hit in London and New York, this much-revived classic from the playwright of Private Lives concerns fussy, cantankerous novelist Charles Condomine, who has remarried but finds himself haunted (literally) by the ghost of his late first wife, Elvira. Clever, insistent and well aware of Charles’ shortcomings, Elvira is called up by a visiting “happy medium,” the eccentric and flighty Madame Arcati. As everyone’s personalities clash, Charles’ current wife, Ruth, is accidentally killed. She “passes over” and joins Elvira, allowing the two “blithe spirits” to haunt the hapless Charles into perpetuity. Additional info: All people auditioning will be asked to fill out an audition information sheet for the auditions. If you have a resume and/or head-shot, please bring them to the audition. After the audition time slot is complete, you may be asked to stay for additional reading. Please be prepared to stay until 10 PM if asked. Call backs: August 23, 2023. First Rehearsal: September 5, 2023. Light Hang: October 7, 2023. Actors on stage: October 9, 2023. Tech: October 15-18, 2023. First Call October 16, 2023. Tech/dress October 15-19, 2023. Please see the attachment. If you are interested, please apply.
7 roles
Charles is an intelligent and urbane English novelist. Charles is the husband of Ruth Condomine and deceased first wife, Elvira.
A smart looking woman who is the wife of Charles. She is a bit jealous of Charles’s relationship with his first wife.
A pleasant-looking middle-aged man, Dr. Bradman is a friend of the Condomines.
The wife of Dr. Bradman, Mrs. Bradman is middle-aged and a bit faded.
A spiritualist, Madame Arcati is a striking woman. She is not too extravagant but has a definite bias towad the barbaric.
Charles Condomine’s deceased first wife, Elvira returns as a ghost with a goal. In the process, she makes Charles’s and Ruth’s lives very complicated.
The Condomine’s maid, Edith is always in a hurry.
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