AUDITIONS for YOUTH and ADULT roles will take place on November 26th from 4pm-8pm on the Waldron Stage. (20 Church Ave SE, Roanoke, Virginia 24011)
CASTING: Music Theatre Conservatory Class, Acting Conservatory Class, and ‘My Fatal Valentine’ (Fishburn Mansion Community Collaboration)
TO REQUEST AN AUDITION TIME: email conservatoryauditions@nullmillmountain.org with your preference of audition time and list the classes or show for which you are interested in auditioning.
PLEASE PREPARE:
-If auditioning for the Music Theatre Conservatory class please prepare a one minute selection of a musical theatre song and a one minute monologue.
-If auditioning for the Acting Conservatory class or ‘My Fatal Valentine’ please prepare a one minute monologue.
MUSIC THEATRE CONSERVATORY CLASS:
Seeking Middle & High School Aged Students who wish to be a part of MMT’s Audition Only Music Theatre Class. Music Theatre Conservatory classes will be held on Tuesdays from 7pm-9pm, Feb 5 to Apr 2
ACTING CONSERVATORY CLASS:
Seeking Middle & High School Aged Students who wish to be a part of MMT’s Audition Only Acting Class. Acting Conservatory classes will be held on Wednesdays from 7pm-8:30pm, Feb 6 to Apr 3
MY FATAL VALENTINE:
Seeking Youth and Adult roles for Mill Mountain Theatre and Play Roanoke’s collaborative production of ‘My Fatal Valentine’.
At a convention of romance writers, the contenders for the LoveKnot Book of the Year Award are anxious to find out who wins the prize. Among the nominated authors are two spinster sisters, a young prodigy and her overbearing mother, a British aristocrat, a rude and obnoxious social climber, and a rough and tough dude and his bimbo girlfriend. Editor Benton Fish tries to keep the award ceremonies civilized amid jealousies and rivalries. When the winner is announced and then abruptly murdered, it will be up to the amateur detectives in the audience to vote for who they think “dunit”
Rehearsals will take place in January & February, with three performances at The Fishburn Mansion on Feb 15-17th, 2019.
CHARACTER BREAKDOWN (9F / 4M):
MAUDE PETRY (Female, 30s+) – the hostess and organizer of the event. Harried and continually flustered, Maude is the President of FARN – Fans of Romance Novels.
BENTON FISH (Male, 20s+) – Editor-in-Chief at Heartthrob Books. He is also the Master of Ceremonies for the event and, as such, begins the evening very much in charge. Has a major crush on Jane.
JANE FORTHRIGHT (Female, Late Teens-Early 20s) – Head of Security at Heartthrob Books. Jane is beautiful, no-nonsense, terse, and direct. She will handle the investigation.
HATTIE GLICK/ pen name – LUCRETIA DEWITT (Female, 20s+) – A Romance Writer. Very arrogant, rather crude, loud and obnoxious. She’s been blackmailing all of the Writers with the “dirt” she has on each of them. But instead of extorting cash, she’s forced each one to write a book which she has passed off as her own. The final straw will be when she wins the “Heartthrob Book of the Year” for “Savannah Passage” which was written by one of the others.
MAYNARD GLICK (Male Late 20s+) – Lucretia’s husband. He’s a basically sweet guy for someone who works for the FBI – in the Witness Relocation Program. He’s also been henpecked by Hattie for years.
PRISCILLA EMBERLY (Female, Late Teens+) – A Romance Writer. Very Victorian, sweet and fussy.
VERONICA EMBERLY (Female, Late Teens+)- Priscilla’s twin sister and co-author. They are completely devoted to each other and to their books.
CHET FARQUIRK (Male, Late 20s+) – Romance Writer. Chet couldn’t make it as a serious novelist so he’s been “reduced” to writing romance novels. He actually hates them. He’s a tough-talking, abrasive guy. Chet “talks” and writes tough but he’s really a softie. Especially where Mitzi is concerned.
MITZI MOONEY (Female, 20s) – Chet’s girlfriend. Mitzi acts dumb, mostly because she is. She’s also very nervous. Being in the Witness Protection Program can do that to you.
EDITH CRUMPOWSKI (Female, 18-20s) – A Romance Writer and a mousy little thing, Edith lives through the romantic fantasies she creates for her heroine, Dijon. Dressed unattractively and poorly, no makeup, her hair pulled back, etc. Edith was a prodigy – her first Dijon book was printed when she was 16.
MARTHA CRUMPOWSKI (Female, Late 30s+) – Edith’s mother. Overbearing and domineering. Twenty years older than Edith and she’ll do ANYTHING to make sure Edith continues to churn out the books.
LADY DOROTHY KNOLLS OF WYNCHLEY (Female, Late 30s+) – A Romance Writer. A British aristocrat from the tip of her elegantly coiffed head to the cardigan around her shoulders, to the single string of pearls to her low-heeled pumps. Very ladylike and regal.. This is the image which she has carefully created and cultivated, but if the truth were known, she is actually an American – Billy Sue Barlow of Gator Junction, Arkansas.
DENIS KNOLLS (Male, Late teens) – Dorothy’s playboy son. Fancies himself to be Cary Grant. He’s always in need of cash and is constantly being rescued from various escapades – usually involving women – by his mother.
Actors of all races and ethnicities are encouraged to audition for all roles.
