Auditions
The Enchanted Cottage
based on a fable by Arthur Wing Pinero
adapted and directed by Caprice Sorg
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AUDITIONS: Saturday, February 1 @ 2:30 pm
CALLBACKS (if needed): date and time tdb
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Rehearsals: February 24 - April 3 , 2025
*No rehearsal February 28th and March 7th
Performances: April 4, 5, 11, 12, 13 (matinee), 18, 19, and 20 (matinee)
Audition Information
Location
Auditions will be in person at the theatre located at 12040 N May Avenue, Oklahoma City, OK 73120, inside The Shoppes at Northpark.
This production will take place in person on the 3rd Act Theatre Stage.
About the Audition
We are committed to diverse, inclusive casting. For every production, please submit without regard to ability, race, age, weight, color, national origin, ethnic origin, gender identity, or any other basis. Any specifics integral to the plot or required by the publisher will be listed in the individual announcement.
(Audition information is subject to change)
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Auditions will be in-person with in-person callbacks if necessary.
Auditioners will read provided sides from the script. Sides and a perusal script will be available after registration is complete.
A small stipend will be provided.
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About the Production
The Enchanted Cottage by Arthur Wing Pinero, written in 1921, is a romantic drama exploring love, perception, and self-acceptance. The story follows Oliver Bashforth, a disfigured World War I veteran who retreats to a secluded cottage to escape the judgmental gaze of society. At the cottage, he meets Laura Pennington, a kind but socially overlooked woman with a plain appearance. As their relationship deepens, they believe the cottage is magically transforming them into each others ideal versions, allowing them to see beauty where they once saw flaws.
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Adding to the mystery is Mrs. Minnett, the enigmatic housekeeper, who the townsfolk whisper might be a witch and perhaps the source of the cottage's enchantment. The couple's journey is guided by Major Hillgrove, a blind World War I veteran, whose wisdom and kindness m ake him a confidante. He helps them face the challenges posed by Oliver's overbearing mother, Mrs. Smallwood, and his critical stepfather, who embody society’s rigid expectations. Mrs. Smallwood, desperate to maintain control over Oliver, presses Reverend Corsellis and his far too busy and far too pregnant wife into service as caretakers for her son.
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Through its blend of mystery, comedy, and heartfelt drama, The Enchanted Cottage invites audiences to consider whether the couple's transformation is real or an illusion created by love, and ultimately celebrates the power of compassion and connection to transcend physical appearances and societal norms.​​
About the Characters
​CHARACTER ADVISORY: All characters will interact with themes of love, disability, post traumatic stress, and enchantment.
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Cast Size - 9
Laura Pennington | 25 – 30, female presenting. She is a thin, exceedingly plain young woman with a sallow, unhealthy complexion, colorless lips dull, scanty hair and she is pronouncedly round-shouldered. NOTE: Actor should be comfortable playing a character whose appearance is the subject of many conversations during the play. Actor should also be comfortable playing the character as both plain and beautiful at different times.
Major Murray Hillgrove, D.S.O., M.C. | 30’s – 40’s, male presenting. He is a middle-aged man of soldierly bearing with a bright manner and merry laugh. Character has been blinded during the war. NOTE: Sighted actors should be comfortable playing a sightless character.
Oliver Bradford | 30’s – 40’s, male presenting. He is a wreck of a handsome young man, broken by the war. His face is drawn and pale, his eyes are sunken, and his clothes hang loosely upon his bent and emaciated frame. NOTE: Actor should be comfortable playing a character who has been disabled by the war, and at other times has no disabilities. This includes post traumatic stress.
Rev. Charles Corsellis | 30’s – 40’s, Male presenting. He is a mild, absent-minded cleric with the marks of struggle and poverty upon him, and a puzzled air of one who is constantly bewildered at the difficulties of his position.
Mrs. Corsellis | 30’s – 40’s, female presenting. She is a meagre, delicate-looking lady with a feeble voice and vacant smile. Ineffably genteel, she is as poorly clad as her husband and is enveloped in an ancient cape, which hides her advanced pregnancy.
Mrs. Violet Smallwood | 50’s – 60’s, female presenting. She is a voluble, overpowering, but amiable lady, still attractive despite her fifty-plus years. She is the center of her own universe.
Mr. Rupert Smallwood | 50’s – 60’s, male presenting. A distinguished, grey-haired man of fifty-plus with a solemn visage and ponderous manner. He is more concerned with appearances than with reality.
Rigg | 25 – 45, male presenting. Hillgrove’s valet. A man of soldierly appearance and manner who lost his right arm in the war, and is now dedicated to caring for the Major.
Covid-19:
We are monitoring Covid safety and evaluating policies, and the safety of our cast, crew, audience, and staff is among our top priorities. During Season 6, masks will not be required onstage or in the audience but will be reassessed in the case of another outbreak.