Audition Dates for the 2023/2024 Season *
Audition details will be posted on each show page approximately one month prior to the audition dates.
Spring Show: Ken Ludwig’s Leading Ladies
Director: Paul Keller
Performance Dates: April 19, 20, 26, 27, 2024 at 7:30 PM, and April 21, 2023, at 2:30 PM
Attention actors! We are seeking a talented and versatile cast of 5 men and 3 women to bring this uproarious comedy to life. All roles are open to actors of varied experience and backgrounds.
Synopsis: Leading Ladies is a hilarious comedy about two down-on-their-luck Shakespearean actors who decide to pose as women in order to inherit a fortune. Chaos ensues as they navigate their new identities and try to outwit their unsuspecting relatives.
Director: Paul Keller
Assistant Director: Olivia Nguyen
Production: Megan Keller
Audition Dates: Sunday, March 3rd at 7 pm, Monday, March 4th at 7 pm
Location: Jackson County Community Theatre
Audition Requirements:
– Please come dressed comfortably and be prepared to cold read from the script.
-Monologues are not required but would be encouraged!
Registation is encouraged to secure your spot! To register for an audition date, please fill out your form following this link. https://forms.gle/U9XReMyhkdVMBvdHA
Character Breakdown:
– Leo Clark (Male, Lead): A charming and quick-witted actor who takes on the role of “Maxine” to swindle his way into a fortune.
– Jack Gable (Male, Lead): Leo’s long-time friend and fellow actor who must also assume a female persona to carry out the scheme.
– Meg Snider (Female, Supporting): The kind-hearted niece of the wealthy old woman the actors are trying to deceive.
– Duncan Wooley (Male, Supporting): Meg’s bumbling and endearing fiancé who becomes entangled in the deception.
– Audrey (Female, Supporting): The bubbly and slightly ditzy friend of Meg.
– Doc Myers (Male, Supporting): The local physician and friend of the family who gets caught up in the shenanigans.
– Florence (Female, Supporting): The crotchety and suspicious elderly aunt of Meg.
– Butch Myers (Male, Supporting): Doc Myers’ son, a jock who is smitten with Meg.
We look forward to seeing you at auditions!
(Mainstage)
Audition Dates: March 3 & 4, 2024. 7:00 pm
Female Roles: 3 Adult
Male Roles: 5 Adults
* To audition for a role in one of our plays, check the audition schedule above. Auditions are held in our theatre in Brownstown unless otherwise stated. Our February play is presented as a dinner theatre in Seymour. All other performances are on our stage in Brownstown.
Anyone wishing to work on the production in an offstage capacity (lights, sound, set building, painting, ushering, costuming, etc.) is welcome to attend auditions, or to contact JCCT at 812-358-JCCT or email: mail@jcct.org.
For insurance purposes, anyone accepting an acting role with JCCT must become a member of our theatre. Anyone can become a member for a nominal fee of just $5 per year.
Unless the director specifies otherwise, no preparation is needed for auditions. However, those trying out should bring a list of dates which might conflict with rehearsals. Jackson County Community Theatre is found at the Royal Off-the-Square Theatre, 121 W. Walnut St., Brownstown.
If you have any questions, please send and email to: mail@jcct.org
* Unless otherwise noted, auditions are held at the theatre.
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