Play synopsis: Written by Britain’s master comic playwright, the play is set in the late 80’s and centers around Jack McCracken. He has just been given the chance to head up the family’s furniture business and is determined to bring in a new age of honesty and integrity. He quickly learns that this ideal may not be welcomed by the rest of the family and he finds himself quickly enmeshed in a web of criminality, illicit affairs and deception.

    

AVAILABLE ROLES

 

Jack McCracken (40-50) a business man with initially high ideals of integrity, charismatic, forceful, energetic

Ken Ayres (65-80) Jack’s father-in-law, once the company’s driving force but now eccentric and unpredictable.

Roy Ruston (20-30) Tina’s husband; pleasant at first but infuriating to live with.

Cliff (35-50) Jack’s brother, wants to be known as an easy-going wheeler dealer.

Desmond (40-55) Jack’s brother-in-law, an ineffectual and fussy man.

Benedict Hough (35-55) An unimpressive unmemorable man who can be shockingly persistent.

Lotario, Uberto, Orlando, Vicenzo and Giorgia Rivetti (30-40) a number of Italian brothers all played by the same actor.

Poppy (40-60) Jack’s wife; well-meaning but easily swayed by others.

Tina Ruston (20-28) Jack’s elder daughter; strong, capable and has to cope with two small children and an impractical husband.

Samantha (16-18) Jack’s younger daughter; painfully lonely and unhappy.

Anita (30-40) Cliff’s wife; attractive, expensively overdressed, outgoing and shrewd.

Harriet (40-60) Desmond’s wife; a nervous woman with an unfortunate dress sense.

Yvonne Dogget (50-65) Harriet’s sister; calm, impassive, efficient, severely dressed.

 

To reserve an in-person audition time slot or for more information, please email Christina Frank-Bellew: cmfrank1@pipeline.sbcc.edu.

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Instructions: 

• To sign up for an audition time contact Christina Frank, cmfrank1@pipeline.sbcc.edu.

• To upload a video submission go here.

• Please download and complete an audition form and bring to your audition. Those submitting videos can complete the online form.

• To submit an online audition, Attach a video (cellphone videos are fine) of yourself performing a monologue from one of our pre-selected sides. Actors doing video auditions, please have someone read with you (off camera), do not skip lines.

• Auditionees can park in Lot 4B-4D on the West Campus,