Theatre Casting Call for "The Matchmaker" Play
The company is holding auditions for "The Matchmaker" show and looking for performers, please see the details below. ONLY LOCAL TALENT WILL BE CONSIDERED. About the project: THE MATCHMAKER is Wilder's uproarious farce about love and money, stars the irrepressible busybody, Dolly Gallagher Levi, who inspired the Broadway musical, Hello, Dolly! Horace Vandergelder, a wealthy merchant in 19th Century Yonkers, NY, decides to take a wife and employs a matchmaker, Mrs. Dolly Levi. Dolly subsequently becomes involved with two of Vandergelder's clerks, several lovely ladies, and the head waiter at an expensive restaurant where this swift farce runs headlong into hilarious complications. After everyone gets straightened out romantically, Vandergelder finds himself affianced to the astute Dolly Levi herself. Additional info: Time Commitment: Rehearsals: Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday evenings Materials to prepare: Sides will be available before and at auditions. Please choose two to perform. Sides will be emailed out to all actors signed up 7 days before auditions. Performances: Friday February 14th 7:30pm, Saturday February 15th 7:30pm, Sunday February 16th 3pm, Friday February 21st 7:30pm, Saturday February 22nd 7:30pm Please apply if interested.
13 roles
A Merchant of Yonkers.
A friend of Vandergelder's late wife.
A Milliner.
Ms. Molloy's assistant.
A clerk in Vandergelder's store.
An apprentice in Vandergelder's store.
Mr. Vandergelder's niece.
A friend of Vandergelder's late wife.
Jobseeker Vandergelder hires. Active and spry
An Artist.
Vandergelder's Housekeeper. Indeterminate age but elderly, cranky and spry
A Waiter.
A Barber.