Lakeland Theatre

 

Announces Auditions

 for 

The Inspector General

 By

Nikolai Gogol

 

Hey Guys,

I had only three folks audition for this pretty hip play. I know it’s old. I know that it’s the summer. BUT the roles are great. EVERY role can be played by the best actor or actress regardless of anything.

This is a great play.

 

The Play:

This play is the epitome of a satire. Hollywood made a movie with Danny Kaye that bore no resemblance to the play.  Written in 1836 in Russia, by Nikolai Gogol, The Inspector General or as it is sometimes called The Government Inspector, is a comedy of errors that ridicules political corruption, local corruption, indeed corruption at all levels; this play lampoons everybody and everything.  I need actors that are ready take these characters as far as they can. Truth is always funnier than fake news.   ALL AGES, GENDERS, AND ETHNITICITES ARE ENCOURGED TO AUDITION.

The Plot: The corrupt officials of a small town, headed by the Mayor, react with terror to the news that an undercover inspector will soon be arriving in their town to investigate them. The Mayor, after years of shaking down all the crooked city department heads himself, is freaked out. As the public officials all try to cover up their misdeeds, a suspicious person has arrived and is staying at the local hotel. That person, however, is not an inspector, but a smart guy on the take. Sick and tired of the Mayor’s demand for bribes, the department heads try to buy off the griffter with the Mayor’s wife and daughter also trying to get in the act.

 

  Directed by Martin Friedman

 Set Designed by Craig Tucker 

Lighting Designed by Marcus Dana

Costumes Designed by Jordan Cooper 

 

Audition Information and Dates:

Auditions will take place on Monday July 15, 2019 between 7:00 and 9:00 PM in the Lakeland Community College Performing Arts Center. No reservations or monologues are needed. Sorry, no Equity Contracts for this one. This is an open audition. All roles are paid.

 

 Production and Rehearsal Dates:

The Inspector General will open on Friday, September 13 and run through Sunday, September 29, 2019. There will be nine (9) shows; that is THREE (3) weeks of performances. 

Rehearsals will begin in early August. We will work around vacations and Labor Day.

 For more information please feel free to contact me, Martin Friedman at martinfriedman98@gmail.com or at 216/233-5441. Auditions are at Lakeland Community College 7700 Clocktower Drive, Kirtland, Ohio. Take I90 East. Get off at the second exit, RT #306. Turn right. Turn left at the first light (into Lakeland Community College). Get in the right lane. Turn right at the first stop sign. Turn right at the next stop sign. Then turn left into the faculty/staff parking lot. Free after 7:00 PM.

 

 THE ROLES: 

The Family

The Mayor: Anton Antonovich: MALE OR FEMALE

The Mayor’s wife/husband: Anna Andreyevna: MALE OR FEMALE

The Mayor’s daughter/son: Maria Antonovna: MALE OR FEMALE

 The City Officials

 The School Superintendent: On the take. Male or Female.

The Judge: On the take. Female or Male.

The Hospital Administrator: On the take. Male or Female.

The Postmaster: On the take. Female or Male.

The Police Chief: On the take. Male or Female.

An Independent Person of Means: On the take. Female or Male.

Another Independent Person of Means: On the take. Male or Female.

The Others

A Man or Woman on the take: Khlestakov: On the take. Male or Female.

Osip: Her/His servant: On the take. Male or Female.