Auditions

To fill out an audition form ahead of time, visit our forms page and download the form. Audition cards will be available to fill out at auditions, we will also take photos to put on audition cards/forms at auditions, if needed. See you at auditions!

104 S Front Street, Smithfield, NC

All listed roles are open – Casting is open to everyone and newcomers are especially welcomed and encouraged. Crew volunteers are also needed. Auditions will consist of cold reading from the script. Please come prepared to tell of any conflict dates you have from auditions to final show date. We encourage all performers to submit for any role regardless of ability, race, ethnicity, sexuality, neurodiversity, and similarity to the source material or original cast. Ages are relative and should not discourage anyone from auditioning.
For more information, you may contact the director at the.nixons@mac.com or text 919-320-5055.

• Abby Brewster (female, 60+) — A darling lady, and the very model of Victorian charm and grace, who poisons elderly gentlemen, with her sister as an act of charity. She and her sister Martha seem to be the absolute embodiment of the values and polite society of a bygone age. More dominant, and a bit older than Martha, both ladies are happy, healthy, lucid, and spry. The Aunt to Teddy, Jonathan, and Mortimer.
  
• Martha Brewster (female, 60+) — Very sweet, but more submissive than Abby, Martha still is a strong woman. She and her sister have lived together for many, many years. Their personalities and pecking order around each other have been firmly rooted for eons. Always wears a high collar. The Aunt to Teddy, Jonathan, and Mortimer.
  
• Mortimer Brewster (male, 30-40) — Nephew of Abby and Martha, brother to both Teddy and Jonathan Brewster. A very likable, Mortimer is a drama critic who is in love with, & engaged to Elaine Harper. A good-hearted cynic who is about to have his world turned upside down. Only Brewster that is relatively sane. (physical role)
  
• Elaine Harper (female, 20-35) — An Attractive girl, daughter of Rev. Dr. Harper, and Mortimer’s fiancée. She is surprisingly wise in the ways of the world for a minister’s daughter. She is a little bit wily, sassy, and absolutely sharp (Actor seeking this role will need to show genuine zest and spunk. She will also need to display a wonderful sense of versatility.) We witness Elaine progress from casual happiness, to utter bliss, to twisted confusion, to stark fear, to godsend relief, and back to casual happiness again
  
• Rev. Dr. Harper (male, 50-70) — A Doctor of Divinity, and the kind and conservative minister to the church next door to the Brewster house. The Brewster sisters have seen many ministers come and go over the years, but they seem to be particularly fond of Dr. Harper and vice versa. The actor portraying Dr. Harper should display a sense of polish, refinement, and mild-mannered sensitivity towards others. He is not in favor of Mortimer and Elaine’s relationship.
  
• Teddy Brewster (male, 30-50) — Very likable, kindhearted brother to Mortimer and Jonathan, Nephew of Abby and Martha Brewster, Teddy is a man who believes that he is the 26th President of the United States, Theodore Roosevelt, working on the Panama Canal. Extreme dedication and energy is necessary while charging up a flight of stairs and screaming “CHARGE!” (physical role)
  
• Jonathan Brewster (male, 30-50) — Nephew of Abby and Martha Brewster, brother to Teddy and Mortimer. Jonathan is a psychopath who has numerous murders to his credit and no scruples whatsoever. He is creepy. Jonathan is a killer, that loves his business and he’s got an unbelievably short temper. Dr. Einstein has changed Jonathan’s face three times, currently resulting in a Boris Karloff resemblance (to which he is a bit sensitive.) (some physicality)
  
• Dr. Einstein (male, 45-55) — A German plastic surgeon, with an accent to prove it. Right hand to Jonathan, Dr. Einstein is mousey and submissive to Jonathan. Einstein should be viewed as a good guy whose life has gone bad. The audience truly has to sympathize with this guy. With somewhat of a ratty appearance, his face wears the benevolent smirk of a man who lives in a pleasant haze of alcohol.
  
• Officer O’Hara (male, 25-45) — He is the quintessential example of an Irish American police officer: Full of life, good natured and played big. He is on very good terms with the aunts. O’Hara is a would-be playwright, and needs to plainly display the nagging, persistent drive that’s kindled within him once he discovers that Mortimer is a famous dramatic critic. Well intentioned, O’Hara really doesn’t mean to come across as annoying as he does.
  
• Officer Brophy (male, 25-45) — The first police officer we meet in the show, Brophy is a thoroughly likable sort of fellow. Is making his rounds collecting Christmas toys for the needy. Regular visitor at the Brewster home.
  
• Officer Klein (male, 25-45) — A flatfoot Brooklyn officer who makes his rounds with Officer Brophy collecting Christmas toys. Regular visitor at the Brewster home.
  
• Mr. Gibbs (male, 55-80) — An elderly gentleman who wishes to rent a room from the Brewster sisters; and nearly falls victim to the sisters “charity”. He is a little gruff, but he warms up fairly quickly upon being offered a treat he hasn’t had since he was a child.
  
• Lieutenant Rooney (male, 45+) — The man in charge at the local police precinct. Very early in the show we gain a pretty strong understanding of the caliber of men he has to manage under his watch. As such, he has very little patience for blunder and mistakes, and needs to run a pretty tight ship. He is loud, decisive, and clearly in-charge of every situation in which he finds himself.
  
• Mr. Witherspoon (male, 50-60) — The superintendent of Happy Dale Sanitarium, an institution for the mentally ill. Very mild mannered and kind.
  
• Mr. Gibbs (male, 55-80) — An elderly gentleman who wishes to rent a room from the Brewster sisters; and nearly falls victim to the sisters’ “charity”. He is a little gruff, but he warms up fairly quickly upon being offered a treat he hasn’t had since he was a child.

Dark Comedy by Joseph Kesselring

Drama critic Mortimer Brewster’s engagement announcement is upended when he discovers a corpse in his elderly aunts’ window seat. Mortimer rushes to tell his aunts before they stumble upon the body themselves, only to learn that the two old women aren’t just aware of the dead man in their parlor, they killed him! Between his aunts’ penchant for poisoning wine, a brother who thinks he’s Teddy Roosevelt, and another brother using plastic surgery to hide from the police—not to mention Mortimer’s own hesitancy about marriage—it’ll be a miracle if Mortimer makes it to his wedding. A classic black comedy about the only thing more deadly than poison: family.

November 15 & 16, 2024—8PM
November 17, 2024—3PM
November 22 & 23, 2024—8PM

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