Audition Notice: Perfect Arrangement
MVLCT is thrilled to announce auditions for Perfect Arrangement by Topher Payne, Directed by Katie Starks
Auditions will be held Sunday, May 5th and Monday, May 6th at 7:00pm at the Uptown Theatre in the First Street Community Center, 221 East First Street, Mount Vernon.
Actors will only need to attend one night of auditions. Callbacks will be May 7th if necessary. Please arrive early to fill out an audition form and plan to stay for the entire audition session.
Performances
June 21 - 23 and 28 - 29, 2024
Friday/Saturday Curtain at 7:30 PM
Sunday matinee at 2:00 PM
Uptown Theatre, First Street Community Center
Rehearsals
Rehearsals will start May 9th and will typically run evenings, Sun-Thurs until tech.
Description
It’s 1950, and new colors are being added to the Red Scare. Two U.S. State Department employees, Bob and Norma, have been tasked with identifying sexual deviants within their ranks. There’s just one problem: Both Bob and Norma are gay, and have married each other’s partners as a carefully constructed cover. Inspired by the true story of the earliest stirrings of the American gay rights movement, madcap classic sitcom-style laughs give way to provocative drama as two “All-American” couples are forced to stare down the closet door.
Characters
Except as noted, roles are open to actors of all identities – racial, ethnic, sexual, gender – and no roles assume the presence or absence of disability
Bob Martindale
Male presenting, 30’s-40’s
A WWII veteran, reserved; a solid man's man; good-humored and well-mannered.
Millie Martindale
Female presenting, 20’s-30’s
Bob's wife; plays "the ditzy wife" in public, but actually very quick-witted and observant; smart enough to maintain the act, and beautiful enough to sell it; has impeccable comic timing.
Norma Baxter
Female presenting, 30’s-40’s
She's a driven, career woman; the knowing, efficient, classy dame. She is a secretary at the State Department who could just as easily be Secretary of State; a wise woman who's great with a wisecrack and level-headed in a bind; should play a few years older than her husband, Jim.
Jim Baxter
Male presenting, 20’s-30’s
Norma's husband; slightly younger than Norma; 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
Male presenting, 50-59
Boss; bombastic, loud and a bit overbearing. Great comic timing, but also needs to get serious and scary. A patriotic windbag.
Kitty Sunderson
Female presenting, 40’s-50’s
Ted's wife; legitimately ditzy; her brain seems to work on a totally different wavelength than the rest of the world; very sweet, very genuine, just doesn't quite "get it.”
Barbara Grant
Female presenting, 40’s-50’s
Formidable opponent; no-nonsense, beautiful, brilliant, and a little scary.
Please email mvlcommunitytheatre@gmail.com with any questions.
