AUDITIONS:
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 24th at 6pm
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 26th at 6pm
Performance Dates: June 20-22, 2025 at the MAJESTIC STUDIO THEATRE
SYNOPSIS:
by Moss Hart & George S. Kaufman / The story chronicles the trials and tribulations of Newton Fuller who craves—and gets—”a little place in the country to call his own.” Newton and his wife, Annabell, and their daughter, Madge, are hypnotized into taking over one of those windowless, waterless, almost roofless houses that dot the countryside. The ensuing troubles may be summed up by a search for water, a quarrel with a neighbor who owns not only the brook but the very road that leads from the highway to the house, the attempted elopement of the daughter with a summer-theatre actor, and the usual invasion of the weekend guests, including a prodigal uncle who is assumed to be rich but turns out to be just another bankrupt. It is discovered that the neighbor really doesn’t own Newton’s roadway, and that Newton’s wife, who began by showing disgust over her husband’s idiocy in wanting to live in the country, decides that he was right all along.
DIRECTED BY JOE PELONZI / ASSISTED BY TBA
CHARACTERS: (all roles open)
- Newton Fuller (male / 40s-50s) a self-professed “country boy at heart”
- Annabelle Fuller (female / 40s-50s) Newton’s skeptical wife
- Madge Fuller (female / 20s) Newton and Annabelle’s daughter
- Steve Eldridge (male / 20s) Madge’s boyfriend
- Katie (female / 30s+) housekeeper
- Mrs Douglas (female / 40s+) neighbor and president of the historical society
- Clayton Evans (male / 40s-50s) summer theatre actor
- Rena Leslie (female / 40s-50s) summer theatre actress
- Hester (female / 20s) housekeeper
- Raymond (male / teens) troublemaking nephew of Newton and Annabelle
- Uncle Stanley (male / 50s+) Newton’s rich uncle
- Leggett Frazer (male / 20s) Madge’s weekend guest
- Tommy Hughes (male / 20s) Madge’s weekend guest
- Sue Barrington (female / 20s) Madge’s weekend guest
- Miss Wilcox (female / 20s) Madge’s weekend guest
- Mr Prescott (male / 40s+) neighbor who owns the road, the well, everything
SCHEDULES:
- REHEARSAL SCHEDULE: (at Majestic Studios) – STARTS 4/9/25
- SUNDAYS from 5:30-8:30pm
- WEDNESDAYS from 6:30-9:30pm
- MANDATORY DRESS REHEARSALS: (at Majestic Studios)
- SATURDAY, JUNE 14th from 12-3pm – SET BUILD & PAINT
- SUNDAY, JUNE 15th from 2:00-8:30pm
- MONDAY, JUNE 16th from 6-10pm
- TUESDAY, JUNE 17th from 6-10pm
- WEDNESDAY, JUNE 18th from 6-10pm
- THURSDAY, JUNE 19th from 6-10pm
- MANDATORY PERFORMANCES: (at Majestic Studios)
- FRIDAY,JUNE 20th at 7pm
- SATURDAY, JUNE 21st at 2pm & 7pm
- SUNDAY, JUNE 22nd at 2pm
- followed by MANDATORY STRIKE for all cast members.
ADDITIONAL DETAILS:
- You do not need to make an audition appointment, simply show up. We see people in the order they arrive and complete paperwork. To print and fill out the audition form ahead of time please click HERE.
- IMPORTANT: If you audition for our production and are cast it is expected you will follow through and do our production; failure to do so may prevent you from being cast in a future show as you will have possibly taken a spot from someone who was not cast. If you are auditioning ONLY for specific roles you may specify that on the audition form and you will only be considered for those roles. If you do not specify we will assume you will accept ANY role offered.
- There is no production fee.
AUDITIONS, REHEARSALS, & PERFORMANCES HELD AT:
The MAJESTIC THEATRE
Offices & Rehearsal Studios
880 Page Street
Manchester, NH 03109
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