Director Terri Thompson and Assistant Director Patti Gatto will hold auditions for our second show of the season, No Sex, Please, It’s Christmas!, on Sunday, August 20 and Wednesday, August 23 at 7 p.m. at the Kent County Theatre Guild’s Patchwork Playhouse at 140 East Roosevelt Ave in Dover. Actors are encouraged to attend both nights of auditions, if possible. All roles are available.
Performance Dates: December 1, 2, 8, 9, 10, 15, and 16
For a brief synopsis, visit our No Sex, Please, It’s Christmas! page.
The Roles
BEN — Age 25+, likeable, always confused and in trouble, but honest and sincere. A real estate salesman employed by Mr. Broadbent. He is young, naive, and easily persuaded by Mr. Broadbent to pose as someone who has been living in "the House of the Future" for four years. After 'The Closet of the Future' has hauled him inside, and the central trash disposal system has swallowed his pants, he comments, "I think this house has something against me personally." It certainly appears that way, as one disaster after another follows poor Ben.
MR. BROADBENT — Age 50+, blunt, rough around the edges. Very much a self-made man. He has fought his way up from a construction worker, to site foreman, and now owns his own home building business. His "House of the Future", however, has remained unsold for four years, probably because all the gadgets of the future fail to work properly. A brief role, which can be doubled with either Cott or Brooks.
CASEY CODY — Age 25+, competent, resourceful, quick-thinking, with a wonderful sense of humor. Mr. Broadbent's secretary, who has been bribed by him to play the role of Ben's wife in the "House of the Future." She is very much the 'take charge' type. Her quick thinking saves the day on numerous occasions as she maneuvers the other characters through one disaster after another.
SUE JOHNSON —Age 25+, a charming comedic character, who spends almost the entire play without her skirt. Loveable, laughable, and endearing. A recent graduate of the local culinary institue hired by Mr. Broadbent to cook for Mr. and Mrs. McNicoll. We are left to wonder how she graduated from anything. She is a walking, breathing, living disaster area. She drops everything, she breaks everything, she trips over everything, she gets tangled up in everything. )
MR. COTT Age 40+, down to earth, gruff, but very, very funny. The central character in the pla,y, he is Mr. Broadbent's maintenance man, on hand in "The House of the Future" to make running repairs on all the gadgets. He is a comedic character, who is the world's most complete hypochondriac. You name it - he's got it! Of course, the prospective homebuyers, the McNicolls, are not supposed to know there is a maintenance man in the house. When Mrs. McNicoll hears Casey refer to Mr. Cott, Casey quickly covers by saying she referred to Miss Turcott, the children's nanny. SO... Mr. Cott spends the rest of the play as Nanny Turcott, defending his honor against the amorous advances of Mr. Brooks!
GLADYS McNICOLL: Age 50+, loud, aggressive, and overbearing. The prospective buyer of "The House of the Future". She totally dominates her poor hen-pecked husband, and indeed all those around her. She is a thoroughly distasteful unlikeable woman with few, if any, redeeming qualities.
FRED McNICOLL — Age 50+, meek, mild, good-natured, and finally in control. The poor hen-pecked husband of Gladys. He is rarely allowed to have a thought of his own, finish a sentence, or do anything without being critized by Gladys. Audiences, however, sympathize with him and rejoice when he has his 'moment in the sun', and turns the table on Gladys at the very end of the play.
WALTER BROOKS — Age 50+, bull-headed, single-minded, not very likable. A surprise visitor whose car has gotten stuck in a snowdrift, and who has to spend the night in the house. He develops an almost insane infatuation for Nanny, and will not be discouraged. His relentless pursuit of Nanny lends itself to many opportunities for physical comedy.