Talent Wanted for "Improbable Fiction" Play
Casting actors for "Improbable Fiction" Play, please see the details below. ONLY LOCAL TALENT WILL BE CONSIDERED. About the project: Six aspiring authors meet on a winter’s evening to discuss their work. Arnold, the chairman attempts to persuade the group to collaborate on a piece of writing, an idea that is quickly dismissed! However, as Arnold is clearing up after the meeting there is a clap of thunder, a blackout, a scream and by some magical power the story that might have been created by the group now happens. With affectionate satire and zany plots the authors are transformed into characters in a Victorian melodrama, a science fiction scenario, a murder mystery and a musical. Additional info: Performances: February 6th - March 1, 2026 (Fridays and Saturdays at 8:00 pm, Sundays at 2:00 pm, one Thursday evening at 8:00 pm) Cold read from script. British accents required. No monologue required. Non-AEA / Stipend. Rehearsals: Start Monday, December 1-December 19 then a holiday break. Resume rehearsals Monday, January 5th. Monday-Thursday and one 4 hour slot on the weekend, tbd by the cast and crew. Not necessarily all 4 evenings. Table read at the director’s home in Richmond one evening sometime before Thanksgiving. Please apply if interested.
7 roles
Factual writing ; a bachlor, shop assistant, mild-mannered, lives with mother
Historical romance; a lesbian farmer, cheerful, "salt of the earth" type
Children’s fiction; a nervous housewife, a worrier
Crime fiction ; single, a journalist, effusive, attractive
Science fiction; single, a local council worker, silent, awkward, a bit of a nerd
Musical adaptations; retired schoolteacher, divorced, bad tempered, impatient
Local village girl who helps out with Arnold’s mum; a shop assistant, a cheerful country lass; In Act 2 she plays a Victorian damsel in distress, a Cockney maid, a goblin