AUDITION- Blithe Spirit

“BLITHE SPIRIT”
By Noël Coward
OPEN AUDITIONS! Monday August 19, 2024 6:30 PM
& Tuesday August 20, 2024 6:30 PM
Performance dates October 18-27, 2024
Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30 PM Sundays at 2:00 PM

The Broken Arrow Community Playhouse will be holding open auditions for the comedy farce Blithe Spirit by Noël Coward, Monday and Tuesday August 19 and 20, 2024 from 6:30 to 8:30 PM at the Playhouse 1800 S. Main St. Broken Arrow, OK 74012.

The BACP is pleased to welcome back director Frank Gallagher, directing one of Noël Coward’s most famous and beloved plays, Blithe Spirit continues to both charm and challenge audiences today. We are looking for two males and five females. Auditions will consist of cold readings from the script. Resumes and photos are not necessary, but always helpful. Performance dates will be October 18, 2024– October 27, 2024, Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30 PM, Sundays at 2:00 PM.

Blithe Spirit has been a theatre-lovers’ favorite since it was written. Charles Condomine invites the eccentric medium and clairvoyant, Madame Arcati to his house to conduct a séance, hoping to gather material for his next book. The scheme backfires when the ghost of his willful and temperamental first wife, Elvira, haunts Charles after the séance. Elvira makes continual attempts to disrupt Charles’ marriage to his second wife, Ruth, who cannot see or hear the ghost.

CHARACTER DESCRIPTION:

Charles Condomine: Male, lead, ages 30-45 in his forties. Charles is an intelligent and urbane English novelist. Charles is the husband of Ruth Condomine and deceased first wife, Elvira.

Ruth Condomine: Female, lead, ages 25-45. A smart looking woman in her mid-thirties, Ruth is the wife of Charles. She is a bit jealous of Charles’ relationship with his first wife.

Dr. Bradman: Male, supporting, ages 45-60. A pleasant-looking middle-aged man, Dr. Bradman is a friend of the Condomines.

Mrs. Bradman: Female, supporting, ages 40-55. The wife of Dr. Bradman, Mrs. Bradman is middle-aged and a bit faded.

Madame Arcati: Female, supporting, ages 45-80. A middle-aged spiritualist, Madame Arcati is a striking woman. She is not too extravagant but has a definited bias toward the barbaric.

Elvira: Female, lead, ages 25-45. Charles Condomine’s deceased first wife, Elvira returns as a ghost with a goal. In the process, she makes Charles’ and Ruth’s lives very complicated.

Edith: Female, supporting, ages 18-28. The Condomine’s maid, Edith is always in a hurry.