Seeking Equity Actors for "Sunday After Next" Show

LORD ARTHUR SAVILE. Arthur is charming, sincere and forthright, but also suggestible. His misguided actions spring from the best of intentions. Desperately in love with his fiancé Sybil. The role requires a high A and they must be comfortable with physical comedy.

SYBIL MERTON. Arthur’s fiancé. Beautiful and kind but has a great sense of humor and more than a streak of rebel in her. The role requires a strong belt and equally strong head voice and must be comfortable with physical comedy. Doubles as A COMRADE, a Russian revolutionary, full of machismo. Movement skills a plus.

SAUNDERS . Arthur’s valet and steadfast companion. His sense of duty to Arthur overwhelms his moral compass as he serves his employer with dignity and devotion. Doubles as THE DEAN OF CHICHESTER, an insufferable practical joker; A COMRADE, a Russian revolutionary, full of machismo; and a GENTLEMAN in the men’s club. Movement skills a plus.

PODGERS. A con man who’s able to excite a crowd with his showmanship. Gives an impression of superiority and privilege but is revealed in the end to be a bitter and caustic lowlife. Doubles as GUNTHER, a strange creature of a man with a thick German accent and a nasty disposition. Gunther has trouble modulating his voice. He’s loud; A COMRADE, a Russian revolutionary, full of machismo; a GENTLEMAN in the men’s club; A BOAT REVELER. Movement skills a plus. Movement skills a plus.

MRS. MERTON Sybil’s overbearing mother. Loves her daughter, but is demanding and uptight, and too concerned about appearances. A Wagnerian soprano would be great, but not essential. Doubles as LUCY, one of the Dean’s annoying sisters; A COMRADE, a Russian revolutionary, full of machismo; and A BOAT REVELER. Movement skills a plus.

IGOR . A revolutionary of unspecific Eastern European descent. Looks and sounds dangerous and imposing but is actually very friendly and kind. Speaks with a thick accent. Big booming baritone or bass. Doubles as DR SMYTHESON, a very refined, proper English doctor with a wry sense of humor; and A BOAT REVELER. Movement skills a plus.

LADY CLEMENTINA CLARKE . She’s Arthur and Reggie’s second cousin. The most horrid, mean and miserable old woman. Doubles as THE DUCHESS OF PAISLEY,, a wealthy, excitable, and easily flattered, twittery biddy; ALICE, one of the Dean’s annoying sisters; A COMRADE, a Russian revolutionary, full of machismo; A BOAT REVELER. Movement skills a plus.

HERR WINCKLEKOPF . A German bomb maker, both eccentric and intimidating, but when playing with his “toys” (bombs!) he’s playful as a little child. Doubles as SIR THOMAS, a professed bachelor with a hopeless romantic buried deep inside; A COMRADE, a Russian revolutionary, full of machismo; a GENTLEMAN in the men’s club; A BOAT REVELER. Movement skills a plus.

REGGIE , Arthur’s younger brother. A playboy with no responsibilities or ambitions in life except to have a “ripping good time!” Doubles as BILLY THE BARMAN, the friendly bartender at the Men’s Club; ROLPH, Lady Clem’s butler, older than Methuselah and the slowest person on earth; A GUEST at the engagement party; A COMRADE, a Russian revolutionary, full of machismo; A BOAT REVELER. Movement skills a plus.

Understudy for all female roles. Will double as PARTY GUEST, A COMRADE, A BOAT REVELER. Movement skills a plus.