Auditions:
- Monday, July 22, 2024, 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm at The Barn Theatre, 30 Sir Francis Drake Blvd., Ross
Audition Requirements:
- Please email producer Steve Price to set up an in-person audition or to submit a video audition – steve@tessera.bz
- A British dialect is required for the audition, RP (Received Pronunciation), for most characters. Other regional and/or class dialects are welcome, but not required for Madame Arcati and Edith.
- Sides available for download HERE
- RVP welcomes Equity and non-union actors to audition.
Callbacks:
- Tuesday, July 23, 2024, 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm
Rehearsals:
- October 7 – November 13, 2024
- Sunday – Thursday evenings, 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm
Technical Rehearsals:
- Saturday, November 9, and Sunday, November 10, 2024
- These may be all-day commitments
Dress Rehearsals:
- Monday, November 11 through Wednesday, November 13, 2024
Performances:
- Preview, Thursday, November 14, 2024
- Friday, November 15 – Sunday, December 15, 2024
- Thursdays – Saturdays 7:30pm, Sundays at 2:00pm
- No performance Thursday, November 28 or Friday November 29, 2024
- Possible Saturday matinee rather than evening performance November 30, 2024
Synopsis:
Blithe Spirit is a comic play by Noël Coward, described by the author as “an improbable farce in three acts”. The play concerns the socialite and novelist Charles Condomine, who invites the eccentric medium and clairvoyant Madame Arcati to his house to conduct a séance, hoping to gather material for his next book. The scheme backfires when he is haunted by the ghost of his willful and temperamental first wife, Elvira, after the séance. Elvira makes continual attempts to disrupt Charles’s marriage to his second wife, Ruth, who cannot see or hear the ghost.
Characters:
- Charles Condomine (40s-50s) – An intelligent and urbane English novelist. Charles is the husband of Ruth Condomine and deceased first wife, Elvira.
- Ruth Condomine (mid-30s-50s) – A smart looking woman, Ruth is the wife of Charles. She is a bit jealous of Charles’s relationship with his first wife.
- Dr. Bradman (Middle-aged) – A friend of the Condomines.
- Mrs. Bradman (Middle-aged) – The wife of Dr. Bradman, Mrs. Bradman is middle-aged and a bit faded.
- Madame Arcati (Middle-aged) – A spiritualist, Madame Arcati is a striking woman. She is not too extravagant but has a definite bias toward the barbaric.
- Elvira – Charles Condomine’s deceased first wife, Elvira returns as a ghost with a goal. In the process, she makes Charles’s and Ruth’s lives very complicated.
- Edith – The Condomine’s maid, Edith is always in a hurry.
RVP looks forward to meeting artists of all races/ethnicities, abilities, ages, and genders/gender identities who would like to help create theater at RVP. All roles in this show are open to all peoples.