Qualifications: a sense of humor.

Production title: Death by Design – A Comedy with Songs and Murder, By Rob Urbinati, Music and Lyrics by Peter Mills
Production length: 2 act play (120 minutes)
Posted on: Nov. 2. 2018
Production Location: Mount Tabor Playhouse, Milford, ON
Production Company: Prince Edward Community Theatre
Company website: www.pecommtheatre.ca
Producer/Director: Philip A. Knox
Contact info: philipaknox@gmail.com, 613-403-6069

Audition Location: Picton Town Hall, 2 Ross Street, Picton, ON
KEY DATES

Auditions:
Saturday Nov 17, 2018 1:00 – 3:00 PM
Sunday Nov 18, 2018 1:00 – 3:00 PM
(Please note all auditions are cold readings from the script)

Production Rehearsal Starts: February, 2019
Production Dates: May 18, 19, 24, 25, 26 2019

Synopsis:
Edward Bennett, a playwright, and his wife, Sorel Bennett, an actress, flee London and head to Cookham after a disastrous opening night. But various guests arrive unexpectedly – a conservative politician, a fiery socialist, a nearsighted ingénue, a zany modern dancer – each with a long-held secret. When one of the guests is murdered, it’s left to Bridgit, the feisty Irish maid with a macabre interest in homicide, to solve the crime.

Character BIOS (4f, 4m)

BRIDGIT– the maid; Irish, crabby, warm-hearted, (range: 40 – 60ish)
JACK– the chauffer; Cockney, charming, clever, (range: 20 – 40ish)
EDWARD BENNETT– the playwright; urbane, vain, (range: 35 – 60ish)
SOREL BENNETT– the actress; glamorous, daffy, (range: 35 – 60ish)
WALTER PEARCE– the politician; stiff, conservative, (range: 35 – 60ish)
ERIC– the radical; emphatic, fiery, (range: 20 – 40ish)
VICTORIA VAN ROTH– the Bohemian; intense, artistic, (range: any age)
ALICE– the visitor; sweet, shy, (range: 20 – 40ish)