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LEAD CHARACTERS
4 Female
4 Male
Ages can range from 30/ 70yrs
2 POLICE OFFICERS, male and female, ages open.
Chris Gorman (F)
Lawyer. Easily flustered. She quit smoking, but when under stress craves cigarettes, stress drives her to drink more than usual.
Ken Gorman (Chris' husband)
Lawyer to Charley the home owner. Wealthy but not pretentious. Halfway through the play gun shots cause him to have temporary deafness.
Claire Ganz
Very concerned over appearances.Is in group therapy. Begins the play with a swollen lip due to a car accident on the way to this dinner party.
Lenny Ganz ( Claire’s husband)
He is Charley the home owner's accountant . He is distraught over the car accident they had on the way to the dinner party . Due to that he is suffering whiplash.
Dr Ernie Cusack
Psychiatrist to Charley and Claire. Affable. Smokes a pipe.
Loves his wife Cookie very much. Tries to be as helpful as possible when they have to take over cooking dinner for the other guests .
Cookie Cusack ( Ernie’s wife)
Chef.She is a celebrity. Appears on TV in her own cooking show. This evening she is wearing an awful gown, brought from Russia 60yrs ago by her Grandmother. She has a bad back , and suffers extreme back spasms. Absent minded at times. Takes over making dinner for the anniversary party.
Glenn Cooper
He is running for State Senate. Worries about his reputation. Struggles with pleasing his obsessive wife Cassie, who is convinced he is having affairs.They are on edge with each other.
Cassie Cooper ( Glenn's wife)
She is convinced Glenn is having an affair.Obsessed over his relationship with other women. Quick to anger. She has a quartz crystal to rub, to help calm herself down .
(Police Officers appear only at the end of Act 2.)
Officer Welch ( Male)
A city police officer.He has no time for what he considers high society types.
Officer Pudney. ( Female)
Strong, but silent type.
Auditions and rehearsals will take place at our “Backstage” location on the grounds of the Markham Museum (16th Avenue and Main Street / Hwy 48).
Performances will take place at Flato Markham Theatre.
AUDITION DATES
Monday August 19th 7pm
Wednesday August 21st 7pm
PLEASE TRY TO ATTEND BOTH NIGHTS TO ELIMINATE THE NEED FOR CALL BACKS
Call backs if needed Sunday August 25th (time to be announced).
You will be reading from the script with other actors, and will have the opportunity to review the scenes before auditioning.
REHEARSALS
Beginning on Tuesday November 26th, from 7pm-10pm
Every Tuesday and Thursday 7pm - 10pm and Sundays 11am - 4pm (bring your lunch)
No rehearsals over Christmas and New Year.
SHOW & FLATO MARKHAM THEATRE DATES
You must be available during the entire week of Sunday, February 9th to Saturday, February 15th, 2025.
The play runs from February 12th - 15th (four evening shows, one matinée)
There will be two shows on Saturday, February 15th.
For any other information please contact GLORIA THOMAS the director at
thomasgloria43@gmail.com
NOTE: MLT is run entirely by volunteers. We do not pay cast or crew.
At a large, tastefully appointed Sneden's Landing townhouse, the Deputy Mayor of New York has just shot himself. Though only a flesh wound, four couples are about to experience a severe attack of Farce. Gathering for their tenth wedding anniversary, the host lies bleeding in the other room and his wife is nowhere in sight. His lawyer, Ken and wife Chris must get
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