<div dir="ltr"><div><span><span class="">Hudson Players encourages
all local thespians to come out to audition for it's season opening,
the enlighteningly funny farce, "Black Comedy" by Peter Shaffer.<br> <br>
This side splitting comedy features reverse lighting where light is
dark and dark is light. Thus characters stumble around blindly in the
light but the audience never searches for laughs. The story from
acclaimed playwright Sir Peter Shaffer (Amadeus, Equus) starts when a
power outage foils the plans of a young sculptor to impress his fiance’s
fath<span class="">er and a millionaire art collector
with furniture he ‘borrowed’ from his out of town neighbor. His schemes
are plunged into chaos when a fuse blows and his neighbor returns.
Unexpected guests, aging spinsters, errant phone cords and other snares
impede his frantic attempts to return the stolen items before the light
is restored, but ensure that hilarity ensues.<br> <br> Auditions will be held:<br> Sunday, September 15 and Monday, September 16 at 7pm at <br>The Barlow Community Center<br></span></span></span></div><span><span class=""><span class="">41 S. Oviatt Street<br>
Hudson, OH 44236<br></span></span></span><div><span><span class=""><span class=""><br> <br> Directed by OCTA award winning director, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/claudia.lillibridge?directed_target_id=0">Claudia Lillibridge</a>, performances of Black Comedy will be held:<br>
November 1, 2, 8, 9, 15 & 16, 2013.<br> <br> Available Roles:<br> <br> BRINDSLEY MILLER: A young sculptor (mid-twenties), intelligent and attractive, but nervous and uncertain of himself.<br> <br>
CAROL MELKETT: His fancée. A young debutante; very pretty, very
spoiled; very silly. Her sound is that unmistakable, terrifying deb
quack.<br> <br> MISS FURNIVAL: A middle-aged lady. Prissy and refined.
Clad in the blouse and sack skirt of her gentility, her hair in a bun,
her voice in a bun, she reveals only the repressed gestures of the
middle-class spinster - until alcohol undoes her.<br> <br> COLONEL
MELKETT: CAROL's commanding father. Brisk, barky, yet given to sudden
vocal calms which suggest a deep and alarming instability. It is not
only the constant darkness which gives him his look of wide-eyed
suspicion.<br> <br> HAROLD GORRINGE: The bachelor owner of an
antique-china shop, and BRINDSLEY's neighbour, HAROLD comes from the
North of England. His friendship is highly conditional and possessive:
sooner or later, payment for it will be asked. A specalist in emotionial
blackmail, he can become hysterical when slighted, or (as inevitably
happens) rejected. He is older than BRINDSLEY by several years.<br> <br>
SCHUPPANZIGH: A German refugee, chubby, cultivated, and effervescent.
He is an entirely happy man, delighted to be in England, even if this
means being employed full time by the London Electricity Board.<br> <br>
CLEA: BRINDSLEY's ex-mistress. Mid-twenties; dazzling, emotional,
bright and mischievous. The challenge to her to create a dramatic
situation out of the darkness is ultimately irresistible.<br> <br> GEORG BAMBERGER: An elderly millionaire art collector, easily identifiable as such. Like the Electrician, he is a German.<br><br></span></span></span></div>
<div><span><span class=""><span class="">Questions?<br>Please email us at <a href="mailto:info@hudsonplayers.com">info@hudsonplayers.com</a><br><br></span></span></span></div></div>