AUDITIONS
Monday, August 5th at 7pm-10pm
Tuesday, August 6th at 7pm-10pm
Callbacks: Wednesday, August 7th
You do not need to attend both nights of auditions.
Rehearsal Dates*
Starting August 12th - Oct 3rd.
Sunday-Thursday, Sunday 6-9pm and
weekday evenings 7-10pm.
*Please note, you may not be called to all rehearsals and schedule will be determined based on summer availability
Performance Dates
Oct. 4th-13th: Fri. & Sat. 8pm & Sundays 2pm
+ Sat. Oct. 12th 2pm Matinee
Audition Requirements:
Please bring a headshot and resume. Auditions will consist of readings (sides) from the show, as well as an improv exercise. All roles are open to actors of all ages, gender identities, races. Video Auditions will be accepted. Submissions can be emailed to hpblithespirit@gmail.com, including your resume and which role you are interested in. Please prepare all sides for the character(s) you would like to be considered for. You will be allowed to choose the character and side to begin with and it is at the production team's discretion to ask for additional sides (But don't be upset if we only have you read one, it might just be that you're THAT good!) Please prepare all roles in RP with exception of Edith, who should be read in a Cockney accent. CLICK HERE FOR SIDES
Blithe Spirit
by Noel Coward
Directed by: Michelle Maccarone
Synopsis: A smash comedy hit in London and New York, this much-revived classic from the playwright of Private Lives concerns fussy, cantankerous novelist Charles Condomine, who has remarried but finds himself haunted (literally) by the ghost of his late first wife, Elvira. Clever, insistent and well aware of Charles' shortcomings, Elvira is called up by a visiting “happy medium,” the eccentric and flighty Madame Arcati. As everyone's personalities clash, Charles’ current wife, Ruth, is accidentally killed. She “passes over” and joins Elvira, allowing the two “blithe spirits” to haunt the hapless Charles into perpetuity.
The Heights Players is located at:
26 Willow Place, bet. State & Joralemon Streets
in Brooklyn Heights.
Click For Directions to the John Bourne Theater
Please note that The Heights Players is a non-profit theater and this is a non-equity production. All cast and crew volunteer their time and talent. The Heights Players is a membership organization, there is no pay or stipend for any role or position. There is a $20 membership fee, if cast.
CHARACTER BREAKDOWN
Please note that people of all races, gender identities, and abilities are encouraged to audition for this inclusive and collaborative production. We may also be casting Understudies for Lead Roles & Ensemble Swing Roles.
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EDITH CONDOMINE – The Condomine’s maid, Edith is always in a hurry.
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RUTH CONDOMINE – A smart looking woman in her mid-thirties, Ruth is the wife of Charles. She is a bit jealous of Charles relationship with his first wife.
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CHARLES – An intelligent and urbane English novelist. Charles is the husband of Ruth and deceased first wife, Elvira.
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DR. BRADMAN - A pleasant-looking middle-aged man, a friend of the Condomines.
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MRS. BRADMAN - The wife of Dr. Bradman, middle-aged and a bit faded.
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MADAME ARCATI – A middle-aged spiritualist, a striking woman. She is not too extravagant but has a definite bias towad the barbaric.
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ELVIRA CONDOMINE – Charles Condomine’s deceased first wife, Elvira returns as a ghost with a goal. In the process, she makes Charles and Ruth’s lives very complicated.
Pre Show Cast: For this production we will have a preshow upstairs in the auditorium and the path towards the theatre. The upstairs auditorium will be transformed into the town's "Society for Psychical Research" branch. We will need improvisational actors to act as mediums, ghosts, tea leaf readers, spirit board operators, tarot card readers among other roles. These roles would have an abbreviated rehearsal period and these actors may also be understudies for the show's cast.