The Dining Room/Miss Bennets/Wonderful Life Auditions

For this audition, please be prepared to cold read the audition sides found at the bottom of the page.  Please plan to be there for 1.5-2 hours.  The audition process is time consuming and we will do our best to stay on schedule.

Auditions for all three shows will be Saturday, 22 July starting at 12p.  Please arrive earlier in the day and contact Cole if you cannot arrive until after 3p.  Auditions are free and walk-ins are always welcome!  There are no callbacks for any of the shows.  The Casting Email for all three shows will be sent starting Wednesday, 2 August with follow up correspondence on Thursday, 3 August.

For questions please contact Cole Butcher, Production Stage Manager, 239-434-7340 ext. 125 or cbutcher@naplesplayers.org.

DESCRIPTIONS:

The Dining Room

The play is set in the dining room of a typical well-to-do household, the place where the family assembled daily for breakfast and dinner and for any and all special occasions. The action is comprised of a mosaic of interrelated scenes—some funny, some touching, some rueful—which, taken together, create an in-depth portrait of a vanishing species: the upper-middle-class WASP. The actors change roles, personalities and ages with virtuoso skill as they portray a wide variety of characters, from little boys to stern grandfathers, and from giggling teenage girls to Irish housemaids. Each vignette introduces a new set of people and events; a father lectures his son on grammar and politics; a boy returns from boarding school to discover his mother’s infidelity; a senile grandmother doesn’t recognize her own sons at Christmas dinner; a daughter, her marriage a shambles, pleads futilely to return home, etc. Dovetailing swiftly and smoothly, the varied scenes coalesce, ultimately, into a theatrical experience of exceptional range, compassionate humor and abundant humanity.

Director: James Duggan
Cast: 3 Women (flexible), 3 Men (flexible)
Rehearsal & Performance Schedule: The Dining Room Conflict Sheet

Miss Bennet: Christmas at Pemberley

A sequel to Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice set two years after the novel ends, MISS BENNET continues the story, only this time with bookish middle-sister Mary as its unlikely heroine. Mary is growing tired of her role as dutiful middle sister in the face of her siblings’ romantic escapades. When the family gathers for Christmas at Pemberley, an unexpected guest sparks Mary’s hopes for independence, an intellectual match, and possibly even love.

Director: Julie Ewing
Cast: 5 Women (18-40s), 4 Men (18-40s)
Rehearsal & Performance Schedule: Miss Bennet Conflict Sheet

It’s A Wonderful Life (Radio Play)

This beloved American holiday classic comes to captivating life as a live 1940s radio broadcast. With the help of an ensemble that brings a few dozen characters to the stage, the story of idealistic George Bailey unfolds as he considers ending his life one fateful Christmas Eve.

Director: Bryce Alexander
Cast: 2 Women (flexible), 3 Men (flexible), 5-25 Ensemble
Rehearsal & Performance Schedule: Wonderful Life Conflict Sheet

For Sides click here: The Dining Room Sides, Miss Bennet Sides, & Wonderful Life Sides

Select and reserve an audition slot below:

If you need to CANCEL your audition time, please contact Cole Butcher, Production Stage Manager, cbutcher@naplesplayers.org.