[NEohioPAL] FW: BRECKSVILLE LITTLE THEATRE announces auditions for "Ladies in Retirement"

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brecksville little theatre

 

announces 

 

AUDITIONS

 

for

 

Ladies in Retirement

Directed by Joe Svihlik

 

 

Character Descriptions

 

Albert Feather -- 25-35, a slight, smarmy sort; very charming with the
ladies

 

Ellen Creed -- 45-55, serious, no nonsense sister and companion; must have
wide dramatic range

 

Leonora Fiske -- 50-60; acts younger than her years; a former showgirl with
more than a few skeletons in her closet

 

Lucy Gilham -- 25-35; pretty, young maid; at first innocent, later not so
much

 

Louisa Creed -- 40-50; childlike sister of Ellen; not quite all there

 

Emily Creed -- 40-50; larger than her sister Louisa; dark and brooding; also
not quite all there

 

Sister Theresa -- any age; nun from the local Church; usually shows up at
the worst possible moments

 

 

Auditions

 

Sunday, July 19 at 2:00 p.m.

 

Monday, July 20 at 7:00 p.m.

 

 Rooms 9-10

Blossom Hill School

4450 Oakes Road

Brecksville, Ohio

 

 

Production Dates

 

September 25, 26 at 8:00 p.m.

October 2, 3, 9, 10 at 8:00 p.m.

October 4 at 2:00 p.m.

2009

 

 

The Story

 

    Miss Fiske, an ex-actress, lives in a remote house with her companion,
Ellen Creed.  Ellen, who has devoted her life to her sisters, Louisa and
Emily (simple-minded maiden ladies), invites them to visit her.  

    These eccentric ladies make themselves at home, but when Miss Fiske
reminds Ellen it is time for them to leave, they are unwilling to do so.
Miss Fiske and Ellen quarrel, and Ellen prepares to send her sisters to a
home.  She has, however, secretly told them that they shall always remain
with her.  

    The sisters go for a drive, though Miss Fiske thinks they are leaving
for good; the servants have been sent away (by Ellen), and Ellen and Miss
Fiske are left alone together.  On the return of the sisters Miss Fiske is
gone---on a trip, Ellen says---and all three sisters settle down in what
they regard as their own home.  

    Meanwhile, Albert, nephew of the Creed sisters, who had paid a secret
visit and got money from Miss Fiske, turns up again.  He has robbed a bank
and determines to hide with his aunts.  Learning that Miss Fiske is away,
and suspecting something, he pieces together the evidence.  

    With the help of Lucy the maid, he lays a trap for Ellen, by reproducing
in pantomime, in the moonlit living room, the scene of Ellen's murder of
Miss Fiske.  Ellen, who faints when she sees what she imagines is the ghost
of her victim, plays a courageous but losing game.  Knowing that Albert and
Lucy realize what she has done, she plans for the security of her sisters.

 

 

For additional information, call  216-832-6119

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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