Casting Performers for "Blithe Spirit" Show
The company is holding auditions for production of Noël Coward's Blithe Spirit and looking for performers, please see 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. Rate: $50 stipend provided. Additional info: Callbacks by invitation November 2nd, 2025 (Please keep this date open if planning to audition) First Read: Friday November 7th, 2025 - First Read Sunday November 9th, 2025 - Table Work Rehearsals: Weekdays 6:30-9:30pm, Saturdays 10-4, Sundays 2:30-6:30 Nov 7, 9 Dec 9, 10, 16, 17, 22, 23, 29, 30 Jan 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 13, 14, 15, 17, 20, 21, 22, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29 Performances: Performances: 1/30 thru 2/15 Please prepare a comedic monologue no longer than 90sec in length. Be ready to perform the same monologue in both your speaking voice, as well as British RP (Received Pronunciation). Please apply if interested.
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 with just enough patience, Ruth is the current wife of Charles. Pragmatic and logical, but shares in Charles’ witty banter.
A pleasant-looking middle-aged man, Dr. Bradman is a friend of the Condomines.
The wife of Dr. Bradman, Mrs. Bradman is quite interested in the spiritual.
A spiritualist, Madame Arcati is a striking other-worldly woman. She is not too extravagant but has a definite bias toward the eccentric.
Charles Condomine’s deceased first wife, Elvira returns as a ghost with a goal. In the process, she delights in making Charles’s and Ruth’s lives all the more complicated.
The Condomine’s maid, Edith is always in a hurry, sometimes at the expense of her work.
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