Town and Country Players auditions are open to the community. However, if you are cast in a second show, you must become a member. Auditions are usually held at the Barn. Please contact the appropriate director for further details.
By Tennessee Williams
Directed by Andy McPhee (phone: 215-343-7064; e-mail: mcphee@comcast.net)
Performances: September 5, 6, 12, 13, 14 (matinee), 19 and 20
Auditions for children's roles: Saturday, June 21 from 1-2pm
and Sunday, June 22 from 7-8pm at the Barn
Auditions for adult roles: Saturday, June 21 from 2-5pm and Sunday,
June 22 from 8-10pm at the Barn
Children: No preparation is required; auditioners will read from the script.
Adults: If auditioning for Brick, Maggie or Big Daddy, prepare a 2-minute monologue. (You will be allowed to hold a copy of your monologue to use as an occasional reference.) Please bring three copies of your resume. Other adult auditioners will perform cold readings from the script. Please bring a resume if you have one.
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof is the story of a Southern family in crisis. It focuses on the turbulent relationship of a wife and husband, Brick and Maggie "The Cat" Pollitt, and their interaction with Brick's family over the course of one evening at the family estate in Mississippi. The family gathers supposedly to celebrate the birthday of patriarch "Big Daddy" Pollitt but it turns into much more. Big Daddy is unaware that he has cancer and will not live to see another birthday. His relatives try to present themselves in the best possible light, hoping to receive the largest share of Big Daddy's enormous wealth.
Needed:
3-5 women
5-7 men
3 children (under age 15)
At least 2 adults must be African-American
| Margaret "The Cat" Pollitt | Wife of Brick, the play's sensual heroine, a woman desperate in her sense of loneliness, made all the more beautiful in her envy, longing, and dispossession |
| Brick Pollitt | Husband of Maggie, an alcoholic and repressed homosexual whose indifference is as vast as his anger is deep |
| Mae | Sometimes called Sister Woman, a mean, agitated, schemer who tries, with husband Gooper, to secure Big Daddy's estate |
| Gooper | Sometimes called Brother Man, a successful corporate lawyer and Big Daddy's eldest and least favored son |
| Big Mama | Mother of Maggie and devoted wife of Big Daddy (who can't stand her); large, breathless, sincere, earnest, crude, and constantly bedecked in flashy gems |
| Big Daddy | Maggie's father, a large, brash, and vulgar plantation millionaire who must choose his successor as he confronts his own impending death |
| Reverend Tooker | Tactless, opportunistic, and hypocritical guest; embodies conventional morality |
| Doctor Baugh | Big Daddy's physician who finally tells his patient the truth |
| Sookey and Lacey | Servants |
| Children | Basically, bratty kids who intermittently interrupt onstage action |
Music by Mark Hollmann
Lyrics by Mark Hollmann and Greg Kotis
Book by Greg Kotis
Directed by John Zimmerman (e-mail: fractal514@aol.com)
Performances: October 10, 11, 17, 18, 19 (matinee), 24 and 25
Auditions: Saturday, July 19 from noon-5pm and Sunday, July 20 from noon-5pm at the Buckingham Township Building (Rts 263 and 413). Callbacks are Sunday, July 20 from 7-9pm.
Those planning to audition should prepare a short song and bring sheet music. A professional accompianist will be provided. Appointments are not required but will help save you time sign up for one by contacting President@townandcountryplayers.org.
This show is a true ensemble piece, and although there are a few main characters named below, every person in this show is a named character complete with lines and solos. As such, an emphasis will be put on personality, so plan to showcase yourself in your audition song. Furthermore, this show is to be done very over the top and subtlety will have no place in our production, so please leave your Sondheim at the door, much as it breaks my heart to say so. For something without subtlety we suggest something by Jerry Herman or a song from the show (which lacks subtlety on many levels).
There will be NO dance portion at the initial audition. We WILL be doing cold readings. I don't CARE if you have a cold so please don't tell me, and if this audition notice ISN'T your type of humor, this show REALLY isn't for you. I plan to have a good time doing this show. None of us are getting paid, so we should at least be having fun right? Well that doesn't mean it won't be good. Fun for me is a good show, so if having fun and putting out a high level of quality is up your alley, come and audition for Urinetown: The Musical.
Main Characters
Officer Lockstock (Bass) - The tongue-in-cheek narrator of the story. A corrupt policeman who secretly kills off guilty peers. Songs in which he is prominent: "Too Much Exposition", "Privilege to Pee (Reprise)", "Cop Song", "What is Urinetown?", "Why Did I Listen to that Man?"
Little Sally (Mezzo-Soprano) - A precocious, thoroughly irreverent and smartly funny street urchin; the quasi-narrator who always out-smarts Lockstock. "What is Urinetown?", "Tell Her I Love Her", "We're Not Sorry"
Bobby Strong (Baritone Tenor with belt) - The dashing, noble young everyman who works for Miss Pennywise at the poorest, filthiest urinal in town; the eventual protagonist and romantic hero who starts a revolution, and falls in love with Hope Cladwell along the way. "Follow Your Heart", "Look at The Sky", "Act 1 Finale", "What is Urinetown?", "Run, Freedom Run!", "Why Did I Listen to that Man?", "Tell Her I Love Her"
Hope Cladwell (Soprano) - Cladwell's innocent and beautiful daughter, torn between listening to her father and helping her boyfriend Bobby in overthrowing her father's empire, having just returned from school at The Most Expensive University in the World. Hope is the stereotypical Broadway ingénue. "Mr. Cladwell", "Follow Your Heart", "Act 1 Finale", "Follow Your Heart (Reprise)", "Why Did I Listen to that Man?", "I See a River"
Caldwell B. Cladwell (Baritone) - The evil president and owner of the Urine Good Company, a miserly moneygrubber who gleefully exploits the poor with his outrageous toilet fees. Cladwell is the capitalist pig of the show. "Mr. Cladwell", "Don't be the Bunny", "Act 1 Finale", "What is Urinetown?", "We're Not Sorry (Reprise)"
Penelope Pennywise (mezzo-soprano with high belt) - The tough, jaded warden of the poorest, filthiest urinal in town. A shrewd, penny-scrounging cheapskate, Pennywise is a figure of authority and lives to maintain order at the public bathrooms. This character is a parody of Mother Courage. "It's a Privilege to Pee", "Why Did I Listen to That Man", "We're Not Sorry (Reprise)"
Hot Blades Harry (Baritone) - The featured male role, he is Bobby's right hand man. Hot Blades is poor and is a blood-thirsty killer who wants to take revenge on Cladwell by "Snuffing" Hope. He and many of the poor become the rebels of the show. "What is Urinetown?", "Snuff That Girl", "We're Not Sorry"
Little Becky Two Shoes (Alto) - The featured female role, she is Hot Blades' counter-part. She is like the mother to the poor. She is a pregnant, poor young woman who is just as, if not more, insane than Hot Blades. "What is Urinetown?", "Snuff That Girl", "I See a River"
Officer Barrel (Baritone) - Officer Lockstocks partner. Loves his job. Creepy, loud, overjoyed, and hiding something. "Cop Song", "Why Did I Listen to That Man?"
By Bill Springer; Based on some of Grimm's Fairy Tales
Directed by Brad Ogden (e-mail: Frumpled@inbox.com)
Performance Dates: November 7, 8 (3pm matinee and evening), 9 (3pm matinee), 15 (matinees at noon and 3pm) and 16 (3pm matinee)
Auditions: Sunday, September 7 from 4pm to 8pm and Monday, September 8 from 6pm to 9pm at the Doylestown Senior Citizens Center (700 Shady Retreat Road, Doylestown, PA).
Needed: We are looking for a wide range of actors who will be willing to play multiple parts if asked. We are also looking for dedicated and unique individuals who feel comfortable with things such as comedic improvisation, audience interaction, and the likes. We will need people from every age group, so younger kids, teenagers, young adults, and adults are all highly encouraged to audition. You MUST be 12 years old to audition. We will not audition anyone under this age.
In this production, three different bedtime stories are being told by the babysitter to the child: "Rumpelstiltskin", "Rapunzel", and "Little Red Riding Hood." Each story has a couple of comical twists and frumpled plot-lines, but they still stay true to the classical tale that we all grew up reading and loving.
You all know the stories: In Rumpelstiltskin, a King, a miller's daughter, and a comical little man named...well, you know, all mix together in a story of greed, gold spinning, and name guessing fun. In Rapunzel, a terrible witch forces the beautiful Rapunzel into a tower where she must wait until her prince can save her. And in Little Red Riding Hood, Red strays from the path on her way to visit her grandmother and runs into a very hungry wolf. These stories are what we've grown up with, but the exciting and comical new twists are sure to please every member of your family!
| The Babysitter | Male or Female: Age 15 and up |
| The Kid | Male or Female: Age 12 to 14 |
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| Miller | Male: Age 16 and up |
| Miller's Daughter | Female: Age 12 and up |
| The King | Male: Age 20 and up |
| Rumpelstiltskin | Male or Female: Age 12 to 18 |
| Messenger | Male or Female: Age 12 and up |
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| Man | Male: Age 20 and up |
| Wife | Female: Age 20 and up |
| Rapunzel | Female: Age 12 to 20 |
| Witch | Female: Age 18 and up |
| Prince | Male: Age 12 to 20 |
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| Little Red | Female: Age 12 to 18 |
| Mother | Female: Age 20 and up |
| Granny | Female: Age 20 and up |
| Wolf | Male: Age 12 and up |
| Woodsman | Male: Age 15 and up |