Auditions!
Auditions for Ken Ludwig's The Gods of Comedy
When: October 19 & 20, 6:30 - 9:30 pm
Where: Marietta College - McDonough Center for Business & Leadership, 3rd Floor Gallery. Located next to the parking lot on Putnam St. & 6th St.
Show dates: January 9, 10, 16, 17, and 18
Daphne and Ralph are young classics professors who have just made a discovery that's sure to turn them into academic superstars. But something goes disastrously wrong, and Daphne cries out in a panic, "Save me, gods of ancient Greece!"…and the gods actually appear! The Ivy League will never be the same as a pair of screwball deities encounters the carnal complexity of college coeds, campus capers, and conspicuous consumption.
- ARISTIDE (Male, any age)
A local Greek salesman of colorfully embellished trinkets on the island of Naxos where he lives with his family. He knows everyone and everything that happens on his island, and serves as an omniscient introductory narrator to the story.
- DAPHNE RAIN (Female, 20s-30s)
A young and esteemed American Classics professor from a liberal arts university. She is a passionate Hellenic scholar, currently working to mount a production of Euripides’ Medea as part of her Tenure Folio. Hiding behind her bookishness, hesitation, and self-imposed isolation, Daphne has a fiercely independent spirit and is on the verge of the adventure of her lifetime.
- DEAN TRICKETT (Female, 40+)
The Dean of the Classics Department at the university where Daphne teaches is a lusty “force of nature.” Hailing from England, her hearty gusto and “full throated laugh” simply can’t be tamed. She is staunchly passionate about her work and will do whatever it takes to see that the study of Classics is preserved and appreciated by the next generation. - RALPH SARGENT (Male, 20s-30s)
He has just been hired as the new head of the Classics Department with Daphne and the Dean. He is work-obsessed, bursting with energy, and on the hunt for a ‘lost’ Euripides play, a find which could make his career and change the course of theater history. - ALEKSI - (Male, any age)
Loveable university custodian with a deep appreciation for ancient culture and art. He is a jovial Russian with Homeric dreams of learning Greek himself and one day being a Classics professor. - DIONYSUS – (Male, any age)
Celebrated Greek god of wine, fertility, revelry, and misrule incarnated here as a God of Comedy on a mission from his father Zeus. Lover of all things boisterous, anarchic and ecstatic, Dionysus is particularly thrilled to discover all the indulgences a twenty-first century college campus has to offer him. - THALIA (Female, any age)
Ancient Greek muse of comedy and idyllic poetry, now Dionysus’s partner in comedic crime from Mt. Olympus. Thalia is a positivist who doesn’t get caught up in the details. Although she is not exactly “the sharpest sword in the armory” she makes up for it with self-confidence. She has a happy-go-lucky spirit and an “Achilles heel” of crushing hard and fast on attractive male mortals. - ARES (Male, any age) The Greek God of War who is loud, intimidating, quick to be aggressive, and physically no match for opposing mortals. Brutish and demanding, he does not play around when it comes to satiating himself with whatever his momentary desire might be.
- BROOKLYN DE WOLFE (Female, 20s-30s)
Former Grade-A student scholar turned world-class movie star; she is a big deal at her alma mater. Charming and alluring with a smile that “makes you believe in God,” she knows how to smooth-talk herself into the next big movie without missing a beat.
Auditions for Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency
November 9, 10, and 11
Location MOVP Annex, located next to the theatre at 227 Putnam St
Show dates: March 6, 7, 13, 14, and 15
After The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, Douglas Adams went on to create Dirk Gently, a detective with a belief in the fundamental interconnectedness of all things, a unique relationship with the laws of probability, and a love of cats and pizza. In Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency, Dirk finds himself on the trail of a gruesome murderer who is somehow involved with the works of Coleridge, quantum physics, and the enigmatic study of the Cambridge Professor of Chronology. Ultimately, the stakes of the case are far greater than a single murder, but go to the fate of life on Earth. Confused? Don’t be — everything is connected.
Characters:
DIRK GENTLY - a holistic detective
JANICE PEARCE - Dirk's secretary
"REG", Professor Urban Chronotis - Regius Professor of Chronology, Cambridge
RICHARD MacDUFF - a coder
GORDON WAY - a (late) tech magnate
SUSAN WAY - a musician, Gordon's sister
MICHAEL WENTON-WEAKES - A (fired) magazine editor. Possessed.
SERGEANT GILKS - A plainclothes police detective
PERKINS - A policeman
ALBERT ROSS - Editor, Fathom Magazine
SARAH ANDROYD - a little girl
MARVIN ANDROYD - her father
WATKIN - a don
ENSEMBLE: GORDON'S HOUSEKEEPER WAITRESS, BRIDE, GROOM,
WEDDING GUESTS, DONS, GHOSTS, ALIENS, etc
Auditions for The Wedding Singer
Music by Matthew Sklar
Book by Chad Beguelin & Tim Herlihy
Lyrics by Chad Beguelin
Based on the New Line Cinema film written by Tim Herlihy
When: January 25 and 27 (Not 26!) with potential for callbacks on January 28.
Where: MOVP Annex, located next to the theatre at 227 Putnam St
Show dates: May 1, 2, 8, 9, and 10
Music selections for auditions will be announced at a later date.
"It's 1985, and rock star wannabe, Robbie Hart, is New Jersey's favorite wedding singer. He's the life of the party until his own fiancée leaves him at the altar. Shot through the heart, Robbie makes every wedding as disastrous as his own. Enter Julia, a winsome waitress who wins his affection. As luck would have it, Julia is about to be married to a Wall Street shark, and, unless Robbie can pull off the performance of a decade, the girl of his dreams will be gone forever."
Robbie Hart
The lead singer of a band. Handsome and charismatic. A truly 'nice' guy that has the classic lead singer aura and personality. Also a bit of a dreamer. In love with love until Linda leaves him at the altar and breaks his heart.
Gender: male
Age: 25 to 35
Vocal range top: C6
Vocal range bottom: B3
Sammy
The bass player in the wedding band and one of Robbie's best friends. A total guy's guy, but beneath his pretending to love being a bachelor he is actually in love with Holly.
Gender: male
Age: 25 to 35
Vocal range top: A5
Vocal range bottom: C4
George
The wedding band's keyboardist and one of Robbie's best friends. He is sensitive and somewhat flamboyant. The foil to Sammy's super guy attitude.
Gender: male
Age: 25 to 35
Vocal range top: A5
Vocal range bottom: C4
Julia Sullivan
Waitress. The pretty "girl next door" in looks and personality. Engaged to Glen but falls in love with Robbie and is conflicted as to who to choose. Empathetic, caring, and brave.
Gender: female
Age: 25 to 35
Vocal range top: F5
Vocal range bottom: G3
Holly
Julia's cousin. Sexually promiscuous and always up for a good time, but wants to be loved and is looking for romantic fulfillment in all the wrong places. She is in love with Sammy.
Gender: female
Age: 25 to 35
Vocal range top: E5
Vocal range bottom: A3
Glen Guglia
Julia's fiancé. A Wall Street broker. He is rich, shallow, and materialistic. Constantly tries to buy Julia's love with money. He is a bit of a womanizer.
Gender: male
Age: 30 to 45
Vocal range top: B5
Vocal range bottom: D4
Rosie
Robbie's grandmother who raised him. Motherly but adventurous and always trying to remain "hip" despite her age.
Gender: female
Age: 60 to 80
Vocal range top: C5
Vocal range bottom: C4
Linda
Robbie's fiancé who leaves him at the altar. Keeps Robbie around as a back-up plan. Is more in love with the idea of Robbie being a rock star than she actually is with Robbie.
Gender: female
Age: 20 to 30
Vocal range top: D5
Vocal range bottom: A3
Ensemble
Couples (Harold & Debbie, Shane & Donatella, Crystal & Mookie); Wedding Guests; Stockbrokers; Impersonators
Auditions for Neil Simon's Barefoot in the Park
Auditions for Neil Simon's Barefoot in the Park will take place on March 22 and 23, 2026 with a potential for a third night on March 24, all at 6:30 pm. Location TBD.
Show dates are June 19, 20, 26, 27, and 28
Paul and Corie Bratter are newlyweds in every sense of the word. He’s a straight-as-an-arrow lawyer and she’s a free spirit always looking for the latest kick. Their new apartment is her most recent find – too expensive with bad plumbing and in need of a paint job. After a six-day honeymoon, they get a surprise visit from Corie’s loopy mother and decide to play matchmaker during a dinner with their neighbor-in-the-attic, Velasco, where everything that can go wrong does. Paul just doesn’t understand Corie, as she sees it. He’s too staid, too boring, and she just wants him to be a little more spontaneous. Running “barefoot in the park” would be a start…
Characters (ages listed are the age of the character, not necessarily the age the actor must be):
CORIE BRATTER:
Age Range 20-30. A carefree young newlywed, busily trying to set up and decorate the new home she shares with her husband, Paul. She may be flighty, or over-enthusiastic, but not a fool.
PAUL BRATTER:
Age range 25-35. Corie’s husband, a young lawyer with a dry wit. Unlike Corie, he likes to stay in his comfort zone. Conventional. Wants to be a good husband by being a good provider. Very much in love with Corie. Sometimes matter of fact, but never cold.
ETHEL BANKS:
Age Range 40-65. Corie’s cautious mother who is willing to endure anything for her daughter. Now that Corie is out of the nest, Ethel lives alone and struggles to find her role. She is very sharp, with a good, dry wit of her own.
Mr. VICTOR VELASCO:
Age Range 40-60. The Bratters’ eccentric, bohemian neighbor who lives in the attic of the brownstone, just above their apartment. Fancies himself a lady’s man, and can be very charming.
TELEPHONE INSTALLER: Age Range 30-60. A good-humored man who makes observations on everyday life and relationships as he installs and fixes telephones.
DELIVERY PERSON: Age range 55 and up. An older person who brings wedding gifts sent to the Bratters-and is exhausted by all the flights of stairs leading up to the apartment.
Neil Simon's Barefoot in the Park is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals on behalf of Samuel French, Inc. www.concordtheatricals.com