Auditions

WRITTEN BY PHILLIP KING

DIRECTED BY HEATHER SKELLEY

 

Audition Dates:Monday, Sept. 28th, 7pm - 9:30pm

Call backs: Wednesday, Sept. 30th, 7pm

Location: In-Person at Coastal Rep Theatre, 1167 Main Street, Half Moon Bay

Rehearsals begin: Monday, Dec. 7 - 22 and resume Sunday, Jan 3rd; Sundays thru Thursdays 7pm - 10pm

Performances: Jan 29 - Feb 14, Friday and Saturday at 7pm, Sundays at 2pm

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All ethnicities, races, gender identities, body types are encouraged to audition.

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NO PAY // NON AEA (small travel stipend available)

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AUDITION NOTES:

• Please prepare a comedic monologue no longer than 90 seconds.

BRING TO THE AUDITION:

• Resume / Recent Headshot

• Calendar and list of potential conflicts.

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PLEASE FORWARD ALL QUESTIONS TO THE DIRECTOR 

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SYNOPSIS

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See How They Run by Philip King is a classic British farce filled with rapid-fire dialogue, mistaken identities, and nonstop comedic chaos. Set in a quiet English vicarage during World War II, the play spirals into hilarity when a visiting actor, a nosy spinster, a disguised soldier, and an escaped prisoner all converge under one roof—leading to a madcap series of misunderstandings and slapstick situations. With its fast pace, clever plot twists, and outrageous characters, this play is a timeless crowd-pleaser that showcases the best of physical and situational comedy.

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CHARACTERS

Women

Ida - maid, 20s-30s, cockney accent. Dry humor, witty and quick.

Penelope Toop - 20s-40s, American. Married to Lionel Toop, former American stage actress. A bit dramatic and at times, nostalgic for her former life.

Miss Skillon - 30s-50s, British with RP accent. Proper. Is very partial to Mr Toop and very much not partial to Mrs. Toop. Spends a good deal of the play drunk, laying down or in the closet.

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Men

The Reverend Lionel Toop - 30s-40s, British RP accent. Married to Penelope. Really would like for Penelope to act like the woman he thought he married.

Corporal Clive Winton - 20s-40s, American. Former actor who played opposite Penelope but is now a soldier.

The Intruder - any age. Russian with a bad English accent. Will need Russian when he is himself and RPish when pretending to be someone else. Carries a gun and quietly threatens people with it.

The Bishop of Lax - 50s-70s, American. Uncle to Penelope. A bit slow on the uptake and baffled at the situation.

The Reverend Arthur Humphries - any age, British with RP accent. Kind and has happened upon this bizarre situation and doesn’t know what to make of it.

Sergeant Towers - any age, British with Cockney accent