Auditions December 16 & 17, 6-8pm. You will be asked to do a cold read from the script, be prepared to show a British accent if possible!
CHRIS – 50s. She will talk to people she doesn’t know and generate laughter. Part of this is because Chris is at home in crowds and being the center of attention. Without Chris in her life, Annie would be better behaved, her life less fun.
ANNIE – 50s. Annie will join in mischief but is at heart more conformist and less confrontational than Chris. The mischievousness Chris elicits saves Annie from being a saint.
CORA – around 40. Cora’s past is the most eclectic, her horizons broadened by having gone to college. She is the joker in the pack, but never plays the fool.
JESSIE – late 60s/70s. Get on the right side of Jessie as a teacher and she’ll be the teacher you remember for life. Get on the wrong side and you will regret every waking hour. A lover of life, her elixir of life is bravery. Her husband has been with her a long time and is rarely surprised by her actions.
CELIA – age 35-50. A woman more at home in a department store than a church hall, she may be slightly younger than Chris or the same age, but she always feels like she’s drifted in from another world. She is particularly enamoured of Jessie.
RUTH – 40s. Ruth’s journey is from the false self-confidence of the emotionally abused to the genuine self-confidence of the woman happy in her own skin. Ruth is eager to please but not a rag doll.
MARIE – 50s. Marie has gradually built the current ‘Marie’ around herself over the years as a defense mechanism. There is a lingering part of Marie that would love to be on that calendar.
JOHN – Annie’s husband, 50s. John is a human sunflower. Not a saint. Not a hero. Just the kind of man you’d want in your car when crossing America. When he dies it feels like someone somewhere turned a light off.
ROD – Chris’s husband, 50s. You have to be a certain kind of guy to stick with Chris and Rod loves it. He can give back what he gets and has always made Chris laugh.
LAWRENCE – late 20s. Hesitant without being nerdy, Lawrence is a shy young man with enough wit to make a joke. When he arranges the shots he is close to female nudity but sees only the photo.
LADY CRAVENSHIRE – 60s. Lady Cravenshire really doesn’t mean to be so patronizing. But the WI girls seem from another world. When she makes an entrance, she must make an entrance.
ELAINE – 20s. Elaine really doesn’t mean to be so patronizing. But Jessie seems from another world. The world of her gran.
LIAM – late 20s. Liam would like to be directing other things than these photoshoots. We can sense a slight weariness at having to deal with these women. For Liam, this photoshoot is a job. And not the job he wanted.
BRENDA – 30s-60s, a W.I. presenter
