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What to Prepare

• Headshot & Resume

  There is no need to bring a headshot or an acting resume. If you have any previous experience you may include it on your audition form, though no experience is required.

• Monologue

  Please prepare a 1 - 2 minute comedic monologue. You may be asked to do a cold reading at the audition.

• Roles

  Lloyd Dallas — age 30-55, all ethnicities. The Director of“Nothing On.” Lloyd is passionate, suave, hot-tempered, and extremely harried. His show is about to open and it is not going well. A bit of a ladies man, he is carrying on with both Brooke and Poppy, which adds to his stress.
  
  Dotty Otley – age 50s, all ethnicities. An aging prima donna actress, plays Mrs. Clackett, the housekeeper of the Brents’ country home in “Nothing On.” Her retirement money is wrapped up in this production, so the stakes are high for her. Basically sensible but prone to flights of melodrama. She is having a great deal of trouble remembering her lines, props, blocking. Capable of using spite or self-pity to get her way. Involved with the much younger Garry.
  
  Garry Lejeune – age 30s, all ethnicities. Actor, plays harried real estate broker Roger in “Nothing On.” Means well. Believes in The Theatre. Tries to keep the show going and everyone’s morale up, but often has trouble finishing his sentences. His good nature is replaced with jealousy when he believes Dotty has become involved with Frederick. (NOTE: This role involves falling down a staircase. Stunt experience is helpful.)
  
  Brooke Ashton – age 20s-30s, all ethnicities. Actress, plays Vicki, who works for the tax authorities and is trying to woo Roger in “Nothing On.” Blind as a bat without her contacts, which have a tendency to pop out at bad times. Carrying on with Lloyd, which is how she got her part in the show . . . (NOTE: This role involves the physical demands of running up and down stairs in heels, and the psychological demands of doing so whilst wearing only underwear for a costume.)
  
  Belinda Blair – age 30s-40s, all ethnicities. Actress, plays the charming and wealthy Flavia in “Nothing On.” An experienced actress. Unfailingly positive and reliable. Charming. A goodhearted busybody, who knows all the gossip about the company. Attempts to keep the show going when it begins to unravel. May harbor a little crush on Frederick.
  
  Frederick Fellowes – age 30s-40s, all ethnicities. Actor, plays the dashing and wealthy Philip Brent in “Nothing On.” Currently in the middle of a nasty divorce. A neurotic actor. Bumbling and filled with self doubt. A sweet man. Not the brightest crayon in the box. Overly analytical about his lines and blocking. Violence and blood upset him, causing him to faint or get nosebleeds.
  
  Selsdon Mowbray –age 60s-70s, all ethnicities. Actor, plays the Burglar in “Nothing On.” Charming old duffer of a an alcoholic stage veteran. Forgets lines. Misses entrances. The entire cast attempts to keep him from getting his hands on a bottle. Causes the company to panic when he cannot be found at all.
  
  Tim Allgood – age 20s, all ethnicities. The company’s Stage Manager. Very young, inexperienced, Long-suffering, is absolutely and shamelessly taken advantage of by Lloyd. Exhausted and completely sleep-deprived. Responsible for an inhuman amount of tasks and forced to understudy everybody.
  
  Poppy Norton-Taylor – age 30s, all ethnicities. The company’s Assistant Stage Manager. Mousy, shy, maybe a little plain. Along with Tim, takes the brunt of Lloyd’s and the actors’ abuse. Overworked and often on the verge of tears. Works frantically to keep the show from completely falling apart, a hopeless (and thankless) task. Carrying on with Lloyd. There’s something she hasn’t told Lloyd yet .