Theatre Casting Call for "Arsenic and Old Lace"
The company is holding auditions for "Arsenic and Old Lace" show and looking for performers, please see the details below. ONLY LOCAL TALENT WILL BE CONSIDERED. About the project: Drama critic Mortimer Brewster’s engagement announcement is upended when he discovers a corpse in his elderly aunts’ window seat. Mortimer rushes to tell Abby and Martha before they stumble upon the body themselves, only to learn that the two old women aren’t just aware of the dead man in their parlor, they killed him! Between his aunts’ penchant for poisoning wine, a brother who thinks he’s Teddy Roosevelt, and another brother using plastic surgery to hide from the police—not to mention his own hesitancy about marriage—it’ll be a miracle if Mortimer makes it to his wedding. Additional info: Call backs: July 24, 2024 First Rehearsal: July 29, 2024 Actors on stage: August 26, 2024 Tech: September: August 31 – September 4, 2024 PERFORMANCES: SEPTEMBER 5-22, 2024 Please download and fill out audition form. Please apply if interested.
14 roles
A darling lady who poisons elderly men. Abby is the sister of Martha and an aunt to Teddy, Jonathan, and Mortimer.
Minister and father of Elaine
Nephew of Abby and Martha Brewster, Teddy thinks that he is Theodore Roosevelt.
A police officer
A police officer
A sweet elderly woman with Victorian charm who poisons elderly men, Martha is the sister of Abby and an aunt to Teddy, Jonathan, and Mortimer.
An attractive girl in her twenties and Mortimer’s fiancee, Elaine is the daughter of the Rev. Dr. Harper. She is surprisingly wise in the ways of the world for a minister’s daughter.
Nephew of Abby and Martha, Mortimer is a drama critic who is engaged to Elaine. He is a nice man who cares for his aunts.
A man who wishes to rent a room from the Brewster sisters
Nephew of Abby and Martha Brewster, Jonathan is a psychopath who has had plastic surgery and now looks like Boris Karloff.
A plastic surgeon and an alcoholic, Dr. Einstein has changed Jonathan’s face three times.
A police officer, O’Hara is a would-be playwright who pesters Mortimer to read his play.
A tough and dominating police officer
The superintendent of Happy Dale Sanitarium
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