AUDITION NOTICE DIE MOMMIE! DIE! By Charles Busch presented by Kent Trumbull Theatre Audition Dates: 12/13/22 & 12/14/22 Audition Times: 6pm-8pm Rehearsals Begin: 1/17/23 Show Dates: 3/3-5, 10-12/23 PRELIMINARY SCHEDULE: 6:30-9:00 M-Th (depending on availability & conflicts) SYNOPSIS: This hilarious comic melodrama evokes the 1960s "Grande Dame Guignol" movie thrillers that featured such aging cinematic icons as Bette Davis, Joan Crawford, Lana Turner and Susan Hayward. Ex-pop singer Angela Andrews is trapped in a hateful marriage with film producer Sol Sussman. Desperate to find happiness with her younger lover, an out-of-work TV actor named Tony Parker, Angela murders her husband with the aid of a poisoned suppository. In a plot that reflects Greek tragedy as well as Hollywood kitsch, Angela's Elektra-like daughter Edith convinces Angela's emotionally disturbed son Lance that they must avenge their father's death by killing their mother. Lance, demanding proof of Angela's crime, slips some LSD into her after-dinner coffee. Angela is plunged into a wild acid trip that reveals that she killed not only the children's father but also their mother; she isn't their mother at all, but rather their Aunt Barbara. A surprising twist ending has all of the Sussman family's dirty laundry aired out once and for all. Angela (aka Aunt Barbara), realizing that happiness cannot be built upon a foundation of lies, turns herself in to the police. Auditions will consist of readings from the script. Video auditions will be accepted. Contact ekildow@kent.edu<mailto:ekildow@kent.edu> for more information. CASTING BREAKDOWN Strong Comedic Actors Needed! 18 & Over ONLY ANGELA ARDEN- (F, 40's[ish], Any) A beautiful glamorous Hollywood pop star who's light has faded somewhat on the stage. [Note: this role was originally played by the playwright in drag. This is not a requirement, but drag performers will be considered for this role] EDITH SUSSMAN- (F, 20's, Any) Pretty, very mod, kinda nasty. Beautiful college-age daughter of Hollywood film mogul Sol. BOOTSIE CARP- (F, 40's, Any) Warm-hearted, salt of the Earth housekeeper. Middle aged comedic maid role. TONY PARKER- (M, 20s/30's, Any) A sophisticated gigolo, handsome tv star hunk, & lover to Angela. SOL SUSSMAN- (M, 40's-60's, Any) A movie mogul in his late 50's. A big, jovial personality that masks an essential darkness of character. LANCE SUSSMAN- (M, 20's, Any) An emotionally disturbed, but cute, hippie. Has issues, but who doesn't? https://www.facebook.com/events/508678851167380/508678864500712/ Eric S. Kildow, Associate Professor & Program Director School of Theatre and Dance Kent State University at Trumbull "We are all ancestors in training." -Larissa Fasthorse