WORKSHOP PLAYERS AUDITIONS PACK OF LIES BY HUGH WHITEMORE by arrangement with Samuel French, Inc. TIME: Monday, January 27, 2025 at 7:00 p.m. Tuesday, January 28, 2025 at 7:00 p.m. LOCATION: Workshop Players Theater 44820 Middle Ridge Rd. Amherst, Ohio SYNOPSIS: In the early 1960s, loyalty, duty and friendship conflict with one another in suburban London when an ordinary family is enlisted by MI5, Britain’s intelligence agency, to keep watch on its neighbors and best friends who, the Jacksons are shocked to discover, are suspected Russian spies. ROLES: [Note: Actors must be able to play the ages indicated. Some characters have British accents.] Barbara Jackson (40s)– Stay-at-home English wife and mother who becomes increasingly distressed over the government’s intrusion into her home Bob Jackson (40s)– Husband and father, generally content with life, who must balance family stability with duty to country Julie Jackson (16-17)– Bright, outgoing British high school student who, of course, spends time with a boy of whom her mother disapproves Stewart (40+)– Courteous but quietly intimidating MI5 agent who treats candor as just another item in his toolbox Helen Kroger (45+)– Vivacious, slightly vulgar but inoffensive American neighbor of the Jacksons whom Bob describes as a “Dizzy Lizzy” Peter Kroger (50+)– Helen’s husband, an affable antiquarian book dealer whose mysterious business activities mask more nefarious schemes Thelma (25-35)– Well-mannered “ex-regular army girl” assigned to the Jackson home by Stewart to surveil the neighborhood Sally (25-35)– Pleasant second agent assigned to the Jackson home by Stewart (appears briefly in Act II) Auditions will consist of readings from the script. Production dates are April 3, 4, 5, 6, 11, 12, and 13, 2025. For more information, contact the director, Brad Sales, at hanlonsrazor@msn.com. -- Workshop Players Theatre 44820 Middle Ridge Road P.O. Box 1193, Amherst, OH 44001 Box Office: 440-634-0472 Find us on Facebook, YouTube and Instagram!