Auditions

SHOW SYNOPSIS 

“Called “the funniest farce ever written,” Noises Off presents a manic menagerie of itinerant actors rehearsing a flop called Nothing’s On. Slamming doors, on and offstage intrigue, and an errant herring all figure in the plot of this hilarious, high-energy comedy. Mixing mockery and homage, Frayn heaps a hilarious melée of stock characters and situations into his side-splitting play-within-a-play.’” -(Concord Theatricals)

 

AUDITION DATE

Tuesday, August 25th at 7:00 PM

 

CALLBACKS DATE

Wednesday, August 26th at 7:00 PM- By invitation only

 

Auditions and Callbacks will be held at the Spring Lake Theatre

 300 Madison Avenue, Spring Lake, NJ 07762.

 

AUDITION FORMAT

Accepting Performers 18 Years of Age and Older.

If you have one available, please bring a copy of your headshot/photo and resume.

 

ALL ROLES ARE OPEN!

Please prepare a 1 - 1.5  minute comic monologue that best highlights your ability to perform hare-brained humor, stand-up slapstick and/or fall-down farce. Piecing together cuttings from the play is acceptable.

 

Please incorporate an appropriate English dialect befitting the role you desire. 

 

For callbacks, auditioners will be assigned various roles and ask to perform short scenes from the play.

 

REHEARSAL AND PERFORMANCE SCHEDULE 

Rehearsals for this production will begin Monday, August 31st and be held five days a week, excluding Sundays. While you may not be called every day of the week (outside of tech), please be sure to list all conflicts on your audition form to ensure proper and efficient scheduling.

 

PERFORMANCE DATES 

October 9, 10**,  11*, 16, 17**, 18*, 23 & 24**, 2026

(7:30PM curtain | *2:00 PM matinee | **2:00 PM matinee & 7:30 PM curtain)

 

PRODUCTION TEAM

Producer:  Pat Barry

Director:  Derek Hulse

Technical Director:  Andrew Dagostino

Production Stage Manager:  Thea Sheridan

 

CHARACTER BREAKDOWN

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Dotty Otley

Age: 40s-60s

A late-middle-aged actress. Plays Mrs. Clackett, the housekeeper for the Brents' home in England.

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Lloyd Dallas

Age: 30s-50s

He is the director of the play-within-a-play, called Nothing’s On.

 

Garry Lejeune

Age: 20s-50s

A stuttering actor, easily fired up. Plays Roger, the estate agent looking to let the Brent's house.

 

Brooke Ashton

Age: 18-30s

A young, inexperienced actress from London. Plays Vicki, who works for the tax authorities and is trying to woo Roger.

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Poppy Norton-Taylor

Age: 18-30s

She is the Assistant Stage Manager.

 

Frederick Fellowes

Age: 30s-50s

Has a serious fear of violence and blood. Plays Phillip Brent, who lives out of the country with his wife Flavia to avoid paying taxes and is here on a secret visit.

 

Belinda Blair

Age: 30s-50s

Cheerful and sensible, a reliable actress. Plays Flavia, Philip Brent's wife, who is dependable, though not one for household duties.

 

Tim Allgood

Age: 18-30s

He is an over-worked Stage Manager.

 

Selsdon Mowbray

Age: 60s-80s

Elderly and with actorly mannerisms. He plays a burglar, in his seventies, breaking into the Brents' house.