It’s A Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play, 2023. 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.
The Hello Girls
by Peter Mills and Cara Reichel
The Hello Girls, by Peter Mills and Cara Reichel
Directed by Maeve Smith
Ross Valley Players
Marin Art & Garden Center
Barn Theatre
30 Sir Francis Drake Blvd.
Ross, CA 94957
AUDITIONS:
Video submissions only – due by June 16
Please indicate if you play an instrument. Most characters in the show play an instrument and serve as the band.
Please indicate if you have experience with the French language and/or a strong dialect ability.
AUDITION REQUIREMENTS:
A monologue and song no more than 2 minutes with an added minute of instrument playing.
Non-union only.
Please send your resume and video to producer Steve Price at steve@tessera.bz
CALLBACKS:
Monday, June 23 and Tuesday, June 24, 2025
7:00-10:00 pm
REHEARSALS:
December 1, 2025 to January 28, 2026
Sun.-Thurs. evenings, 7:00-10:00 PM
The rehearsal schedule will take into account the December holidays – Christmas. Chanukah and New Years.
TECHNICAL REHEARSALS:
Tech – January 23 & 24 (this may be an all-day commitment, each day)
Dress Rehearsals – January 26 – 28, 2026
Preview -January 29, 2026
PERFORMANCES:
Opening Night, January 30; Closing March 1
Thursdays-Saturdays 7:30pm; Sundays at 2:00pm
Saturday, February 14 is a 2 PM matinee.
SYNOPSIS:
From New York to Paris, THE HELLO GIRLS chronicles the story of America’s first women soldiers in this new musical inspired by history. These intrepid heroines served as bilingual telephone operators on the front lines, helping turn the tide of World War I. They then returned home to fight a decades-long battle for equality and recognition, paving the way for future generations.
ROLES:
Female presenting
Grace Banker: Articulate and poised, with a core of steely strength that makes itself apparent as she grows into her role as leader.
Suzanne Prevot: From New York City. Feisty, sardonic, tough-talking. A close friend of Grace’s from AT&T.
Helen Hill: From Idaho. A typical small-town farm girl… Sweet, over-enthusiastic, wholesomely kooky, and prone to nervous panic.
Bertha Hunt: Married to a Navy doctor who is also serving. Older, wiser, reliable – The Den Mother. Extremely knowledgeable about military matters.
Louise LeBreton: 18. Fearless, flirty, headstrong, and often insubordinate. Born in France, she has family fighting with the French army.
Hello Girls ages range 18 to 30.
Male presenting
Cpt. Joseph Riser: The Signal Corps officer who recruits and trains the women. A career army man, a stickler for rules and order, he is skeptical of women’s presence in the army.
Ages 30-40
Gen. John Pershing: Commander of the American Expeditionary Forces. Hard, relentless, inflexible, with a deep sense of honor and American individualism and identity.
Ages 50-60
Lt. Ernest Wessen: Head of the recruiting center for the Signal Corps.
Pvt. Eugene Matterson: An enlisted man who works closely with Lt. Riser.
Pvt. Robert Dempsey: A Signal Corps operator at the Paris Telephone Exchange
Ages 18-30
Note: With the exception of Capt. Riser and Gen. Pershing, the men all play a variety of supporting roles.
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