The Mousetrap, 2019. Photo by Robin Jackson
Auditions
Open Auditions
Ross Valley Players holds open auditions for every show we produce. To receive all audition notices, please click HERE. We welcome you to join our wonderful group of collaborators in making professionally-oriented, high-quality live theatre in Marin. We are the oldest continually operating theatre company on the West Coast. Wonderful Non-AEA actors come from throughout the Bay Area to play on our historic stage. Our houses our well-attended, parking is free and easy, and we offer a stipend. We have been nominated for and have received Bay Area Theatre Critics Circle Awards, Dean Goodman Awards, and Theatre Bay Area Awards.
Directed by Michael R. Cohen
*All actors attending auditions or callbacks must show proof of vaccination*
Auditions:
Tuesday, September 27, 2022 and Wednesday, September 28, 2022
7:00pm to 10:00pm at Ross Valley Players, The Barn Theater, 30 Sir Francis Drake Blvd. Ross, CA
Callbacks:
Saturday, October 1, 2022, 10:00am to 1:00pm
Audition Requirements:
- Be prepared to read from sides, we will provide
- To make an audition appointment email Michael R Cohen,
Producer/Director, at michaelrcohen14@gmail.com
Rehearsals:
Monday, December 5, 2022 – January 25, 2023
Time off for winter holidays
Performances:
January 27, 2023 – February 12, 2023
Preview – Thursday, January 26, 2023
Thursdays 7:30pm, Fridays and Saturdays at 8:00pm, Sundays at 2:00pm
Synopsis:
The play is about pursuing a dream versus conforming to society. A New York City hotel has mistakenly reserved the same room for two complete strangers – a man and a woman. With no vacancies at the hotel or apparently anywhere else in town, the two travelers agree to share the room for the night. As the two guests get to know each other, they learn that each is living the life that the other dreams of. Just as they start to connect in important ways, people in their lives unexpectedly arrive. Mix in the hotel’s young bellhop who’s doing her film school documentary, an art patron who will go to any length to buy a painting, and a hotel manager who wants to get through just one week without a crisis, and it gets hard to keep track of who’s checking in and who’s checking out.
Characters:
Melissa French, age 20 – 35 *
Alan Segal, age 40 – 50
Gail Hartman, age 25 – 40
Eddie D’Angelo, age 50+ *
Allison Burnside, age, 25 – 40
Louise Robinson, age 60+ *
Sgt. Dick Holland, age 45 – 55 *
* Any Gender