Auditions for “A Bad Year for Tomatoes”
Ramona Hillside Players in Hemet, CA will hold open auditions for “A Bad Year for Tomatoes”.
Written by John Patrick
Directed By Betty Neal
Auditions November 8 & 9, 2021
All auditions begin at 7:00 PM
Performance dates are January 7, 8, 9, 14, 15, & 16, 2021 @ RHP in Hemet
The audition will consist of cold readings from the script. Please come prepared with a resume, headshot, pen/pencil, and a list of conflicts.
PLOT:
Fed up with the pressures and demands of her acting career, the famous Myra Marlowe leases a house in the tiny New England hamlet of Beaver Haven and settles down to write her autobiography. She is successful in turning aside the offers pressed on her by her long-time agent, but dealing with her nosy, omnipresent neighbors is a different matter. In an attempt to shoo them away, and gain some privacy, Myra invents a mad, homicidal sister—who is kept locked in an upstairs room, but who occasionally escapes long enough to scare off uninvited visitors. The ruse works well, at first, but complications result when the local handyman develops an affection for “Sister Sadie” (really Myra in a fright wig) and some of the more officious ladies decide it is their Christian duty to save the poor demented Sadie’s soul. In desperation, Myra announces that her imaginary sibling has suddenly gone off to Boston—which brings on the sheriff and the suspicion of murder! Needless to say, all is straightened out in the end, but the uproarious doings will keep audiences laughing right up to the final curtain, and then some.
CAST OF CHARACTERS:
*** All Ages are Relative ***
Myra Marlow – (30s, 40s) Actress who wants to write her memoirs
Tom Lamont – Same age as Myra, her agent, and good friend
Cora Gump – Nosy neighbor and teetotaler
Reba Harper – Equally nosy neighbor
Piney – Woodsman type, a man of few words and much passion
Willa Mae Wilcox – Suspicious, nutsy, and nosy neighbor
Sheriff – Confused by townspeople and everyone else
27402 Ramona Bowl Road
Hemet, CA 92544