[NEohioPAL] AUDITION at Clague Playhouse for Lettice and Lovage Directed by David Vegh

[Clague Playhouse]

Auditions at Clague Playhouse for *Lettice and Lovage*
“One of the sharpest, wittiest, most passionate and elegant plays of the
year.” - *London Sunday Express*
By Peter Shaffer (*Amadeus*, *Equus*), directed by David Vegh

Audition dates/time: Monday, July 14th and Tuesday, July 15th from 6:00 to
9:00pm.

Show dates: March 27th thru April 19th, 2026
Performances are Thursdays through Saturdays at 7:30PM and Sundays at
2:00PM.

Sides from the script will be provided at the auditions. If possible,
please arrive at 6pm to receive full group instructions. If this is an
issue for you, it’s not a deal-breaker, come anyway!

Please arrive by 7:45pm at the latest. If you know that you will be unable
to arrive before 7:45pm, please email the director, David Vegh, at
dmv36 at case.edu.

Note: The show is set in England (mostly London) and the director would
like to hear your best attempt at a British dialect at the audition.

Please bring resume and headshot, if available. If you don't have a
headshot, Clague will shoot one at auditions. No appointment is necessary.
You can fill out audition form onsite or from website. Please print and
bring with you.

The story: Lettice Douffet, an expert on Elizabethan cuisine and medieval
weaponry, is an indefatigable but daffy enthusiast of history and the
theatre. As a tour guide at Fustian House, one of the least stately of
London’s stately homes, she theatrically embellishes its historical past,
ultimately coming up on the radar of Lotte Schon, an inspector from the
Preservation Trust. Neither impressed or entertained by Lettice’s
freewheeling history lessons, Schon fires her. Not one to go without a
fight, Lettice engages the stoic, conventional Lotte in a battle to the
death of all that is sacred to the Empire and the crown. This hit play by
the author of Equus and Amadeus featured a triumphant, award-winning
performance by Dame Maggie Smith in London and on Broadway.

Characters:

LETTICE DOUFFET - female, any race/ethnicity, 50s-70s. Willfully eccentric,
flamboyant and theatrical. A consummate actress who lives for breathing
color into an otherwise grey world, even if it means embellishing the truth
on occasion.

LOTTIE SCHOEN – female, any race/ethnicity, 50s-60s. Buckled up and 100%
by-the-book Personnel Manager. Aggressively no nonsense. Resting dour face. But
also suppressing a vibrant passion for life that Lettice awakens in her.

MISS FRAMER – female, any race/ethnicity, 20s-30s, anxious in a comedic
way. Lottie’s downtrodden Administrative Assistant. May also double as a
Tour Member.

MR. BARDOLPH – male, any race/ethnicity, middle-aged. Extremely dry, stoic
and business-like Barrister. Initially befuddled by Lettice’s eccentric
ways, he soon falls under the spell of her storytelling. May also double as
a Tour Member.

A SURLY MAN -  A stuffy, pretentious Elizabethan scholar. Will also play a
Tour Member.

TOUR MEMBERS - We will cast four Tour Members in total. Some will also play
other supporting roles in the play. These are smaller roles with just a
handful of lines. These would be ideal for someone new to acting who would
like to have the experience of doing a play, but would prefer a smaller
role with less responsibility and memorization.

Thanks and we look forward to seeing you at auditions!
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Westlake, OH 44145

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