Performers Needed for Theatre Audition "Blithe Spirit"
Looking for performers for the "Blithe Spirit" play, please see the details below. ONLY LOCAL TALENT WILL BE ACCEPTED. About the project: 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: Performance Dates: Nov. 1st & Nov. 2nd. If you're interested, please apply.
7 roles
Charles is bright, sophisticated, articulate, and debonair but somewhat at the mercy of his wives, past and present.
Charles's second wife. Like her husband, Ruth is witty and sophisticated, and she is quite the society matron.
The ghost of Charles's first wife. Only Charles can see or hear her. In life, Elvira was spirited, outgoing, wild, and carefree. In death, she is no different; she socializes with Genghis Khan.
The local spiritualist and medium. She is eccentric, effusive and boisterous.
Dr. Bradman is a good friend of the Condomines.He is entirely skeptical of anything to do with the occult.
Dr. Bradman's wife. Simple and naïve, she is quite excited about being in the presence of the medium, whom she finds fascinating.
Edith is the Condomine's new maid. She is nervous and tears around at breakneck speed trying to make a good impression.
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