01/08/2020
Auditions are coming up this weekend for our Spring Show!
Audition Notice: Perfect Arrangement
By Topher Payne, directed by Cathie Young
Audition dates: Jan 12 & 13, 2020; 7:00pm
Callbacks: TBD
Audition info: Cold read from script. No appointment required. This is a non-equity production.
Location: Surrey Little Theatre, 7027 184th St, Surrey
Please pre-submit your resume and headshot to [email protected]
Run: April 23-May 30, 2020. Please note there will be a two week break between May 14th and 27th; during this time there will be a performance at the Fraser Valley Zone Festival, and subsequent rehearsals before the show resumes on the 27th.
Synopsis: 1950. Georgetown, Washington, DC. As the red scare looms large, two State Department employees, Bob and Norma, receive orders to expose moral turpitude within the government. But the coworkers are both gay and have married each other's partners in a picture-perfect facade of mid-century bliss, separated, literally, by a shared closet door. Inspired by true stories of social survival, this bubbly cocktail-party-meets-TV-sitcom simmers into poignant realism as the four mates face exposure and a future more grey than technicolor.
Roles: 4 women, 3 men
Bob Martindale – 30s – 40s. A WWII war veteran, reserved. A bit bookish, but a solid man’s man. Good humoured and well mannered.
Millie Martindale – late 20s – 30s. Bob’s wife. Plays the “ditzy wife” when people are in the house but actually very quick-witted and observant. Smart enough to maintain the act.
Norma Baxter – 30s. The knowing, efficient, classy dame. A secretary at the State Department who could just as easily be Secretary of State. A wise woman who is great with a wise-crack and level-headed in a bind.
Jim Baxter – 20’s – 30s. Norma’s husband. A prankster type, always ready with a comeback. A high school teacher with lots of energy. A little wired, good with a plan.
Theodore Sunderson – 40s – 50s. The boss. Bombastic, loud, a bit overbearing. A patriotic windbag.
Kitty Sunderson – 40s. Ted’s wife. Legitimately ditzy. Her brain seems to work on a totally different wavelength than the rest of the world. Very sweet and very genuine. Just doesn’t quite “get it”.
Barbara Grant – 40s. A formidable opponent. No nonsense, beautiful, brilliant and a little scary.