[NEohioPAL] Extended Auditions for Lakeland's Inspector General

[Martin Friedman]

*Lakeland Theatre*



*Announces Auditions*

* for *

*The Inspector General*

 By

*Nikolai Gogol*



Hey Guys,

I had only three folks audition for this pretty hip play. I know it’s old.
I know that it’s the summer. BUT the roles are great. EVERY role can be
played by the best actor or actress regardless of anything.

This is a great play.



*The Play:*

This play is the epitome of a satire. Hollywood made a movie with Danny
Kaye that bore no resemblance to the play.  Written in 1836 in Russia, by
Nikolai Gogol, *The Inspector General or as it is sometimes called The
Government Inspector,* is a comedy of errors that ridicules political
corruption, local corruption, indeed corruption at all levels; this play
lampoons everybody and everything.  I need actors that are ready take these
characters as far as they can. Truth is always funnier than fake news.   *ALL
AGES, GENDERS, AND ETHNITICITES ARE ENCOURGED TO AUDITION.*

*The Plot: **The corrupt officials of a small town, headed by the Mayor,
react with terror to the news that an undercover inspector will soon be
arriving in their town to investigate them. The Mayor, after years of
shaking down all the crooked city department heads himself, is freaked out.
As the public officials all try to cover up their misdeeds, a suspicious
person has arrived and is staying at the local hotel. That person, however,
is not an inspector, but a smart guy on the take. Sick and tired of the
Mayor’s demand for bribes, the department heads try to buy off the griffter
with the Mayor’s wife and daughter also trying to get in the act. *



  Directed by *Martin Friedman*

 Set Designed by *Craig Tucker *

Lighting Designed by *Marcus Dana*

Costumes Designed by *Jordan Cooper *



*Audition Information and Dates:*

*Auditions will take place on Monday July 15, 2019 between 7:00 and 9:00 PM
in the Lakeland Community College Performing Arts Center. No reservations
or monologues are needed. Sorry, no Equity Contracts for this one. This is
an open audition. All roles are paid.*



 *Production and Rehearsal Dates:*

*The Inspector General **will open on Friday, September 13 and run through
Sunday, September 29, 2019. There will be nine (9) shows; that is THREE (3)
weeks of performances. *

*Rehearsals will begin in early August. We will work around vacations and
Labor Day.*

 For more information please feel free to contact me, Martin Friedman at
martinfriedman98 at gmail.com or at 216/233-5441. Auditions are at Lakeland
Community College 7700 Clocktower Drive, Kirtland, Ohio. Take I90 East. Get
off at the second exit, RT #306. Turn right. Turn left at the first light
(into Lakeland Community College). Get in the right lane. Turn right at the
first stop sign. Turn right at the next stop sign. Then turn left into the
faculty/staff parking lot. Free after 7:00 PM.



 *THE ROLES:*

*The Family*

*The Mayor: Anton Antonovich**: MALE OR FEMALE*

*The Mayor’s wife/husband: Anna Andreyevna: MALE OR FEMALE*

*The Mayor’s daughter/son: Maria Antonovna**: MALE OR FEMALE*

 *The City Officials*

 *The School Superintendent: On the take. Male or Female.*

*The Judge:** On the take. Female or Male.*

*The Hospital Administrator:** On the take. Male or Female.*

*The Postmaster**: On the take. Female or Male.*

*The Police Chief**: On the take. Male or Female.*

*An Independent Person of Means**: On the take. Female or Male.*

*Another Independent Person of Means**: On the take. Male or Female.*

*The Others*

*A Man or Woman on the take: Khlestakov**: On the take. Male or Female.*

*Osip: Her/His servant**: On the take. Male or Female. *
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