[NEohioPAL] AUDITIONS at Clague Playhouse for "The Wickhams: Christmas at Pemberley"

[Clague Playhouse]

Upcoming Auditions for CLague Playhouse's 98th Season!
*The Wickhams: Christmas at Pemberley *by Lauren Gunderson and Margot Melcon
, Directed by Curt Arnold

A companion to last season’s *Miss Bennett *– come see what was happening
downstairs at the same holiday celebration!

*Audition dates/time: *Tuesday, August 12th and Wednesday, August 13th,
7-9pm
*Show dates: *November 14th through December 14th, 2025
Performances are Thursdays through Saturdays at 7:30PM and Sundays at
2:00PM.

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: In this delightful companion play to *Miss Bennet*, Gunderson
and Melcon once again bring Austen’s beloved characters to the stage for a
yuletide sequel to Pride and Prejudice. While Miss Bennet depicted the
newly wed Darcys’ Christmas gathering on the ground floor of Pemberley, *The
Wickhams *takes audiences to the downstairs servants’ quarters for that
same celebration. Mrs. Reynolds, a no-nonsense housekeeper; Cassie, an
eager new maid; and Brian, a lovesick footman, are bustling with
preparations for holiday guests. But their work is interrupted by the
midnight arrival of the definitely not-invited Mr. Wickham—Lydia’s rogue of
a husband and Mr. Darcy’s sworn enemy. *The Wickhams *is a charming holiday
tale that explores the confines of class and the generosity of forgiveness.

Characters:

MRS. REYNOLDS: (50s to 70s) The housekeeper at Pemberley. She knows all and
sees all and has been on staff since Darcy was a child. A mother figure to
the household.

CASSIE: (20s) The new housemaid. A village girl, an orphan who came from
less than nothing. She takes her job very seriously but is sometimes maybe
too eager and a bit headstrong.

LYDIA WICKHAM: (20s) Elizabeth’s sister, married to George. Flirtatious,
youthful, and self-centered, but with a bright, warm, and charming
personality, if sometimes a bit much. She eloped with Wickham at 15 and is
now somewhat trapped in the marriage.

BRIAN: (20s) A footman. In love with technology and inventions. Sincere and
earnest, perhaps a bit arrogant.

GEORGE WICKHAM: (30s) Married to Lydia. Grew up at Pemberley, son of the
former steward. Once a soldier, he has been in and out of trouble (of his
own
making) his whole life.

FITZWILLIAM DARCY (already cast from last year)
ELIZABETH DARCY (already cast from last year)

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