WOULD YOU LIKE TO AUDITION FOR MOVE OVER MRS. MARKHAM, BUT YOUR ENGLISH
ACCENT IS ANYTHING BUT BELIEVABLE?? NEVER FEAR! WE STILL WANT TO SEE YOU!
AUDITIONERS ARE WELCOME TO PRESENT MONOLOGUES WITHOUT ACCENTS. SIGN UP
TODAY!
AUDITIONS FOR MOVE OVER, MRS. MARKHAM
By Ray Cooney and Johnathan Chapman
Directed by Jay Newman
Performances at the Pumphouse Theatre – October 3rd to 11th, 2014
When Philip Markham, loving husband and children’s book publisher,
agrees to allow his business partner to borrow his flat to romance his latest
girlfriend – well, that’s when everything goes topsy turvy as only a classic
bedroom farce can and Morpheus Theatre’s 20th season has officially begun. All
Philip really wants to do is take his wife out for the evening and the
conundrums ensue as a parade of lovers begins to arrive to what they believe is
an empty apartment, perfectly suited for their planned revelries. Cancelled
plans, couples not expecting anyone else to be home and the unexpected arrival
of a popular children’s book author promise to delight, and don’t worry, once
you have your ticket booked that seat is yours, no one else will ask to borrow
it.
CHARACTER DESCRIPTIONS:
JOANNA MARKHAM – Age 30s / 40s. Large role. English accent.
Sophisticated and attractive. Married to Philip Markham.
LINDA LODGE – Age 30s / 40s. Large role. English accent.
Vivacious, but slightly scatter-brained. Married to Henry Lodge.
SYLVIE HAUSER – Age 20s. Medium role. Swiss accent.
A gorgeous Swiss maid. She appears in a short nightie at one stage.
MISS WILKINSON – Age 20s/30s. Medium role. English accent.
Very pretty, kooky, with large horn-rimmed glasses. Quick to strip down
to her underwear, and then runs around wrapped only in a sheet.
OLIVE HARRIET SMYTHE – Age 50 +. Medium role. English accent.
A very successful author of children’s books. An eccentric, dog-loving,
imposing, no-sex-please lady with a somewhat butterfly mind.
PHILIP MARKHAM – Age 30s / 40s. Large role. English accent.
A pleasant, studious man with a worried air which comes from years of
being on the losing side of life. Married to Joanna.
HENRY LODGE – Age 30s / 40s. Large role. English accent.
Successful, rakish, full of masculine confidence, a man’s man as well as
a ladies man.
ALASTAIR SPENLOW – Age 20s / 30s. Large role. English accent.
London’s latest fashionable interior designer. A virile male lurks
beneath his arty, camp exterior. Removes his trousers and stands in his
colorful underpants; may be shirtless.
WALTER PANGBOURNE – Age 40′s. Small role. English accent.
A stiff, slightly vacuous businessman. Wears a bowler hat.
Open auditions for all roles will take place:
•Monday June 16th (7:00 to 9:30pm)
•Tuesday June 17th (7:00 to 9:30pm) and
•Thursday June 19th (7:00 to 9:30pm)
•Callbacks will be Sunday June 22nd (1:00pm), if necessary
at the Morpheus Rehearsal Centre
3512 – 5th Avenue NW
(lower level of the Parkdale Community Centre)
Rehearsals will take place over a 7-week period from August 11th through
September 27th. August rehearsals will be Monday, Tuesday and Thursday
evenings. September rehearsals will be Tuesdays and Thursdays evenings and
Sundays afternoons. We will try to accommodate summer vacations, but require
that auditioners come prepared to commit to the rehearsal schedule. Cast
members will be given the scripts in late June and will be expected to learn
their lines prior to the start of rehearsals.
Audition Requirements:
•A prepared monologue to highlight your abilities (approximately 2
minutes long)
•A cold read may be requested
•Accents will be considered for this production, please be prepared to
highlight your abilities
•Please bring your resume and headshot to the audition
To Book an Audition Time please visit:
http://www.morpheustheatre.ca/audlistinc1.php or
Call 403-246-2999 or email audition@morpheustheatre.ca for more info.
