Red Herring
Directed by Ruth Luketic
Production Kickoff: Feb 11, 2024
Audition: Feb 25, 2024
Performance Dates
May 5 & 19, 2024 at 2:00PM
Unless specifically noted, all roles are open to all regardless of race or ethnicity.
- Maggie Pelletier – (mid 30s) a detective for the Boston police force.
- Frank Keller – (mid 30s) An FBI Agent on assignment in Boston. This actor will play several roles.
- Lynn McCarthy – (early 20s) The daughter of Joseph McCarthy; she lives in Wisconsin. This actress will play several roles.
- James Appel – (early 20s) An American spy for Russia. This actor will play multiple roles.
- Mrs. Kravitz – (late 40s - early 50s) The landlord of the apartment where the murder happens in Boston. This actress will play multiple roles.
- Andrei Borchevsky – (late 40s - early 50s) A Russian spy. This actor will play multiple roles.
This noir comedy revolves around a murder mystery, nuclear espionage, and love, during the age of the McCarthy hearings. It is a blunt nosed look at the couples as they traverse through the trials and tribulations of solving a crime, regrets, and possible marriage. The action takes the couples across many locations from Wisconsin to Boston and the South Pacific. The play ends with the characters examining their moral compass and which road to take.
When
- Production Kickoff: Sun, Feb 11, 2024, 5:30 pm
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Audition: Sun, Feb 25, 2024
- 6:30 pm - Registration [Audition Form]
- 7:00 pm - Auditions begin
Where
Script review, auditions, and performances take place at:
Curtain Players Theatre
5691 Harlem Road, Galena, OH 43021
Curtain Players offers an information session for each of its productions as a help for actors seeking roles, but attendance is not required to audition. The event is an opportunity for actors to become acquainted with the community theatre organization, to discuss the play with the director, and to ask questions about the audition process, rehearsal period, and production plans. Those interested in working behind the scenes are also invited to attend.
Curtain Players conducts open auditions for its productions.
Roles are not cast in advance, and, unless specified otherwise in the role's description, are open to all without regard to race or ethnicity.
Casting decisions are made by the director and a casting committee comprised of a member of the theatre board, a general member of the organization, and individuals of the director's choosing.
All those who plan to audition will be asked to prepare a one to two minute monologue.
Sides will be presented from comparable genre.
There will also be an improvisation component.
Requests for an early audition for Red Herring must be made no later than February 11, 2024.
Questions related to the audition process may be directed to production@curtainplayers.org.
Rehearsals for our productions begin in an offsite location, to be determined for each production. Approximately one month before opening night, rehearsals move into the Harlem Road playhouse.
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