Audition Information
A Bad Year for Tomatoes
A Bad Year for Tomatoes
by John Patrick
directed by Chaz Pitman
Auditions December 9 & 10 @7pm
Performances
January 30 - Feb 15
Sunday Matinee February 9
No previous experience necessary. Auditions consist of cold reading from the script. For general information as well as helpful tips go to our Auditions Guide and FAQ's page.
Play synopsis: Fed up with the pressures and demands of her acting career, the famous Myra Marlowe leases a house in the tiny New England hamlet of Beaver Haven and settles down to write her autobiography. She is successful in turning aside the offers pressed on her by her long-time agent, but dealing with her nosy, omnipresent neighbors is a different matter. In an attempt to shoo them away, and gain some privacy, Myra invents a mad, homicidal sister—who is kept locked in an upstairs room.
by John Patrick
directed by Chaz Pitman
Auditions December 9 & 10 @7pm
Performances
January 30 - Feb 15
Sunday Matinee February 9
No previous experience necessary. Auditions consist of cold reading from the script. For general information as well as helpful tips go to our Auditions Guide and FAQ's page.
Play synopsis: Fed up with the pressures and demands of her acting career, the famous Myra Marlowe leases a house in the tiny New England hamlet of Beaver Haven and settles down to write her autobiography. She is successful in turning aside the offers pressed on her by her long-time agent, but dealing with her nosy, omnipresent neighbors is a different matter. In an attempt to shoo them away, and gain some privacy, Myra invents a mad, homicidal sister—who is kept locked in an upstairs room.
CHARACTERS
Myra Marlowe
Famous and successful TV actress. She’s middle aged and has decided to take a year off of acting to write her autobiography.
Tom Lamont
Tom is Myra’s agent and friend. He’s trying to persuade her to abandon her sabbatical and return to Hollywood, both for his commission and because he wants to marry her. He’s middle aged as well, described as graying at the temples.
Cora Gump
Cora is the first of two townsfolk that greet Myra as a couple of “Hospitality Ladies.” Middle aged, gossipy, pushy and nosy, we later learn she has quite a love for Scotch.
Reba Harper
Reba is the other “Hospitality Lady” to greet Myra. Middle aged and a good partner to Cora. She too is nosy and gossipy, curious and inquisitive, and a bit more outgoing.
Piney
Piny is the area woodcutter, manure vendor, skunk hunter and handyman. Middle aged, tall, bearded, outdoorsy; he is abrupt, plain-spoken and talks mainly in one or two syllables.
Willa Mae Wilcox
Willa Mae is sort of the town cuckoo. Middle aged to elderly, she’s superstitious, furtive, a bit mean and birdlike; she’s into astrology and anything or everything occult or new age.
The Sheriff
The sheriff can be any believable age for a small town law enforcement official. He is rather stern and suspicious, has a take-charge personality and ends up confused and annoyed.
Famous and successful TV actress. She’s middle aged and has decided to take a year off of acting to write her autobiography.
Tom Lamont
Tom is Myra’s agent and friend. He’s trying to persuade her to abandon her sabbatical and return to Hollywood, both for his commission and because he wants to marry her. He’s middle aged as well, described as graying at the temples.
Cora Gump
Cora is the first of two townsfolk that greet Myra as a couple of “Hospitality Ladies.” Middle aged, gossipy, pushy and nosy, we later learn she has quite a love for Scotch.
Reba Harper
Reba is the other “Hospitality Lady” to greet Myra. Middle aged and a good partner to Cora. She too is nosy and gossipy, curious and inquisitive, and a bit more outgoing.
Piney
Piny is the area woodcutter, manure vendor, skunk hunter and handyman. Middle aged, tall, bearded, outdoorsy; he is abrupt, plain-spoken and talks mainly in one or two syllables.
Willa Mae Wilcox
Willa Mae is sort of the town cuckoo. Middle aged to elderly, she’s superstitious, furtive, a bit mean and birdlike; she’s into astrology and anything or everything occult or new age.
The Sheriff
The sheriff can be any believable age for a small town law enforcement official. He is rather stern and suspicious, has a take-charge personality and ends up confused and annoyed.
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