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

[Clague Playhouse]

*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 time!
*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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