Beatrice Herford’s Vokes Theatre announces auditions for our Spring 2018 production Communicating Doors by Alan Ayckbourn, directed by Michelle Aguillon
Saturday, February 24, 12-2pm and 3-5pm. You only need to attend one session. Auditions will consist of cold readings from the script with sides being provided upon arrival.
Production dates are Thursday-Saturday at 8:00 pm May 3-May 19 and Saturday, May 12 & 19 at 2:00 pm.
Synopsis
This intricate time-traveling comic thriller by the British master of farcical comedy delighted London and New York audiences. A London sex specialist from the future stumbles into a murder plot that sends her, compliments of a unique set of hotel doors, traveling back in time. She and two women who were murdered in 1998 and 1978 race back and forth in time trying to rewrite history and prevent their own violent ends. The frantic race begins when Poopay is hired for an evening at the Regal Hotel by an old man who eschews a fling in favor of confessing his role in the demise of his wives. Now a target, Poopay flees into the vestibule and somehow triggers the time machine. “A real knockout…A vastly entertaining blend of the West End drawing room thriller with one of Priestley’s old time plays, where characters go whirling throughout time. Of course, Ayckbourn has added innumerable piquant and bizarre details of his own…This is a show to see.” – The New York Post
Roles
- Phoebe (Poopay), early 30s, a not-so-very good prostitute; should have a naughty-girl/lost-girl duality such that your heart goes out to this misguided soul
- Ruella, Reece’s second wife, age 40s-50s – maternal to Poopay, resourceful, practical, kind
- Jessica, Reece’s first wife, age 20s and 40s – naïve, enthusiastic
- Reece, a businessman, age 30s and 70s – character changes throughout play, from being shrewd/murderous to fatherly/nurturing
- Julian, his business associate, age 40s and 60s, a sort of a henchman, a thug
- Harold, of hotel security, age 30s and 50s, not the sharpest bulb, befuddled
Actors will be required to do British accents/dialects of different classes.
Actors will be required to play the age range of their character (ages will be flexible). Great opportunity for physical comedy.
Callbacks (if required) will be Sunday, February 25
Email the producer, Melissa Sine, with any questions.
