Senior Follies (and no it is not a musical)
Written by Billy St. John
Directed by: Val Mason
Auditions – Sunday December 2nd from 4:00 to 6:30, Tuesday December 4 from 7 to 9 pm
Call backs – Thursday December 6 at 7 pm
Location – Deep Cove Stage Theatre – 4360 Gallant Ave, North Vancouver
NOTES:
- Cold read from the script
- No scheduled appointments – first come first served
- This is a non-Equity production
- Please bring a résumé and headshot to the audition
Production dates: March 29 to April 15 – Wednesday to Saturday
Rehearsals begin on Thursday January 10 and will be on Sundays, Tuesdays and Thursdays
There will be one read through before Christmas
Set in the present
Place: Pleasant Valley Retirement Home – anywhere in Canada
Synopsis: Seniors Follies is a charming and light hearted comedy. The Retirement community at Pleasant Valley is home to an interesting cast of characters – a widower, a spinsters and divorcees. All are a little quirky. They know each other well and have become a kind of a family. Then viagra, a hot tub and 2 new residents shake things up.
Cast:
All of the cast other than Mr/Mrs Rivers are 55 plus
Bernice Thompson – level headed, calm by nature, a good friend to everyone, married to Douglas
Douglas Thompson – a simple, good natured, slow talking man who loves gardening, married to Bernice
Mildred Rice – Bernice’s best friend, a little excitable, very likeable – single
Sarah Jane Dinsmore – a wry sense of humour, energetic – single
Iris Cunningham – soft spoken and shy around strangers, can be slightly disheveled –a spinster
Howard Phelps – a bit of lady’s man, energetic and jolly – divorcee
Lowell Thackery – very attractive, a bit of a cad – partnered with Sybil
Sybil Thackery – attractive, athletic, slightly sophisticated – partnered with Lowell
Mr. or Mrs. Rivers – the manager of Pleasant Valley, business like, can be male or female and any age between 30 and 50 – this is a smaller role
For additional information contact – Director Val Mason, 604-313-3763 val@valmason.com
or Producer Jutta Vertegaal , vertegaaljg@hotmail.com