Description:

The Albright Community Theatre is holding auditions for: Leading Ladies, by Ken Ludwig.

*If you cannot attend auditions, please contact the theatre at info@albrighttheatre.com to discuss arrangements.

Auditions will be held AT the theatre.
100 N. Island Ave
3rd Floor
Batavia, IL 60510

(Entry is the main doorway across from the parking lot directly in front of the building)

All roles are available - there has been NO precasting of roles.
People of all races and genders are urged to audition!!

Show Details:
Set in the 1950s, Leading Ladies focuses on two English Shakespearean actors, Jack and Leo, who find their careers in a rut. They are currently performing "Scenes from Shakespeare" on the Moose Lodge circuit in the Amish country of Pennsylvania. When they hear that an old lady in York, PA is about to die and leave her fortune to her two long lost English nephews, however the actors resolve to pass themselves off as her beloved relatives and get the cash. Hilarity ensues when it turns out the relatives are actually nieces and not nephews. Things get even more complicated when Leo falls madly in love with the old lady's vivacious niece, Meg, who's engaged to the local minister.

Character Descriptions:
All roles are available - there has been NO precasting of roles. People of all races and genders are urged to audition!!

Leo Clark: (Early 40’s) (Accent: Standard British) Typical Leading man type; tall, good looking, easy with a smile (and the ladies!) Shakespearian trained, but working the Moose Lodge circuit to make ends meet.

Jack Gable: (late 30’s to early 40’s) (Accent: Standard British) Jack is Leo’s best friend and partner. They’ve been working the Moose Lodge circuit for so long, he’s ready to pack it in and settle down.

Meg Snider: (Early 30’s) She’s vivacious, with enormous warmth and a great sense of humor. She also has the fresh, unstudied beauty that most women would kill for. She knows there’s a big world outside of York, PA but she hasn’t seen much of it yet.

Florence: (Elderly) Very old, extremely crusty, and her eyesight is terrible. Always on the verge of death’s door, but keeping him at bay.

Audrey: (20’s) She is extremely sweet and good-natured. The typical “girl-next-door;” cute but approachable.

Duncan Wooley: (50’s) Local minister and substantially older than Meg (they are engaged). He’s a good man at heart, but rather fussy, set in his ways, a bit scatter- brained and lives in his own world.

Doc Myers: (50 +) Doc is a crusty, likeable curmudgeon; a country doctor who takes no gruff from anybody.

Butch Myers: (20’s) Butch is a little slow on the uptake, but earnest and sincere, with a good heart. He played football in high school – pretty much his claim to fame. (Son of Doc, in love with Audrey).