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Big Deal Productions is proud to announce auditions for "The Matchmaker" by Thornton Wilder.

Auditions will be held at the Community Arts Center (225 McHenry Road, Buffalo Grove, IL 60089) on Tuesday, November 19, and Wednesday, November 20 from 6 pm-9 pm. Callbacks will be by invitation only on Thursday, November 21 from 6 pm-9 pm.
Directed by Matt Canon

Synopsis: THE MATCHMAKER is Wilder's uproarious farce about love and money, stars the irrepressible busybody, Dolly Gallagher Levi, who inspired the Broadway musical, Hello, Dolly! Horace Vandergelder, a wealthy merchant in 19th Century Yonkers, NY, decides to take a wife and employs a matchmaker, Mrs. Dolly Levi. Dolly subsequently becomes involved with two of Vandergelder's clerks, several lovely ladies, and the head waiter at an expensive restaurant where this swift farce runs headlong into hilarious complications. After everyone gets straightened out romantically, Vandergelder finds himself affianced to the astute Dolly Levi herself. Character Breakdown:
HORACE VANDERGELDER- a Merchant of Yonkers. Male, stage age 50-70

MRS. DOLLY GALLAGHER LEVI- a friend of Vandergelder's late wife. Female, stage age 40-60

IRENE MOLLOY- a Milliner. Female, stage age 25-40

MINNIE FAY- Ms. Molloy's assistant. Female, stage age 18-25

CORNELIUS HACKL- a clerk in Vandergelder's store. Male, stage age 25-40

BARNABY TUCKER- an apprentice in Vandergelder's store. Male, stage age 18-25

ERMENGARDE- Mr. Vandergelder's niece. Female, stage age 18-25

MISS FLORA VAN HUSEN- a friend of Vandergelder's late wife. Female, stage age 55-70

MALACHI STACK- jobseeker Vandergelder hires. Male, indeterminate age, active and spry

AMBROSE KEMPER- an Artist. Male, stage age 18-25

GERTRUDE- Vandergelder's Housekeeper. Female, indeterminate age but elderly, cranky and spry

RUDOLF/AUGUST- a Waiter. Male, stage age 25-45 JOE SCANLON- a Barber. Male, indeterminate age