Six plays have been selected for the Festival. Four require cast and the auditions are as follows. Please note that ages are guidelines only. Not all plays are auditioning from 10am. Please check the details for each play below or contact the director to book an appointment time.
REHEARSALSCommence Monday 19 June 2017 and are week evenings and Sunday afternoons.
SEASONThursday 24 August to Saturday 2 September 2017 - 5 performances of each play including 1 matinee.
CONTACTFor more information, or a copy of the script, please contact the Director for each play.
PLAYS AND CAST REQUIREMENTSPERFORMING - a comedy - premiere – Audition at 10.00amWritten by David Blakey and directed by Daryl Wrightson
Community theatre brings many people together…. this isn’t always a good thing…. Egos, Envy, Love, Lust, Missed Lines, Mishearing and Mayhem unfold back stage.
Daryl's contact details: darylwri@yahoo.co.nz - 027 662 5890
Cast Required:
Rob - male - 50 to 60
Jane - female - 30 to 40
Dave - male - 30 to 50
Stage Manager - male/female - any age
Carl - male - 20 to 25
Noreen - female - 20 to 25
Please download this pdf
PERFORMING for a full copy of the audition notes. Or for more information email
darylwri@yahoo.co.nz.
WHILE THE CIRCUS PASSES - Audition at 10.00amWritten by Isobel Lowman and directed by Jocelyn McQuaid
From the past comes a letter, a temptation, a chance to recapture lost love - if she’s brave enough.
Jocelyn’s contact details: jossmcq@slingshot.co.nz - 09 626 3070
Cast Required:
Myself (the wife) – female – 25 to 30 - pleasant, tense
My Habitual Self – female – older – grim, forbidding martinet
Myself-when-young – female – teen to 25 - determined
My Secret Self - 25 to 30 - a ‘doer’, very attractive. Need to sing ‘The Raggle Taggle Gypsies’
My Unborn Self - teen to 25 - anxious to be free
My Timid Self - 25 to 30 - unsure, jittery
Sam (the husband) - 40 to 50 - ‘pink and pompous’
Please download this pdf
WHILE THE CIRCUS PASSES for a full copy of the audition notes. Or for more information email
jossmcq@slingshot.co.nz.
CHOOK CHOOK - a comedy - Audition at 10.00amWritten by Fiona Farrell and directed by Chrissy Hodkinson
In a battery farm for hens, Valmai, Chrissy, Georgia and Bron live in ‘compartments’ and eat the same food day after day under the same continuous ‘sun’.
Chrissy’s contact details: hoddies465@hotmail.com - 027 664 4261
Cast Required:
Valmai – female - 30s to 50s - the eldest, ’Infomercial Queen’, shy, reticent, sensitive, emotional and receptive
Chrissy – female - 20s - the youngest, thin, full of instinctual longing
Georgia – female - 30 to 40 - the sensible one, likes structure and organization
Bron - female - 30 to 40 - the rebel, high energy, ‘suffragette’, adventurous
Please download this pdf
CHOOK CHOOK for a full copy of the audition notes. Or for more information email
hoddies465@hotmail.com.
HER STORY - premiere - Audition at 12.30pmWritten and directed by Mary Granfors
Hazel, a strong-willed, feisty resident of Bedford Manor Nursing Home strikes up a relationship with a mysterious angel who is the key to helping her carry out her deepest wish.
Mary’s contact details: mary.gforce@gmail.com - 021 781 962
Cast Required:
Hazel - female - 65+ - smart, strong-willed, not afraid to speak her mind. American accent.
Maddie - female - 65+ - big personality, feisty and lovable. Strong American southern accent.
Nurse - female - 25+ - Perky, positive, big-hearted caregiver. Irish accent.
Kai - male - 30+ - newly resettled refugee. Witnessed horrendous brutalities but is calm, gentle, loving and wise. Think: Nelson Mandela.
Please download this pdf
HER STORY for a full copy of the audition notes. Or for more information email
mary.gforce@gmail.com. For enquiries between 21-28 May please contact Kathy Walker on email
kathy.walker4@clear.net.nz.
CREW ROLES AVAILABLEWardrobe, props, pa's, stage hands, operators required. Enquiries to Anna Adam on 021 137 4936 or email anna.adam@ellerslietheatre.co.nz.