Auditions: Hay Fever

Rehearsals: Aug 8 - Sept 8, 2022

Performances: Sept 9 - 25, 2022

This production will take place in person on the 3rd Act Theatre Stage in the The Shoppes at Northpark.

We are monitoring Covid safety and evaluating policies, and the safety of our cast, crew, audience, and staff is among our top priorities. Mask requirements will be assessed and may or may not be required for audiences or cast during this production.

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)

Hoping for a quiet weekend in the country with some guests, David Bliss, a novelist, and his wife, Judith, a retired actress, find quite an impossible dream when their high-spirited children, Simon and Sorel, appear with guests of their own. A houseful of drama waits to be ignited as misunderstandings and tempers flare in this classic farce.

Cast: 9 Actors

Judith Bliss: Feminine-Presenting, 40+. David Bliss’s wife and Sorel and Simon’s mother, Judith Bliss is a recently retired actress, although she still loves to act and keeps insisting she will return to her craft. She invites Sandy Tyrell as a weekend guest.

David Bliss: Masculine-Presenting, 40+. Judith Bliss’s husband and Sorel and Simon’s father, David Bliss is a novelist of some acclaim. He invites Jackie Coryton as a weekend guest.

Sorel Bliss: Feminine-Presenting, 19+.  Judith and David’s daughter, Sorel Bliss is nineteen years old and bored with most of life. She invites Richard Greatham as a weekend guest.

Simon Bliss: Masculine-Presenting, 20+. Judith and David’s son, Simon Bliss is a would-be artist. He invites Myra Arundel as a weekend guest.

Myra Arundel: Feminine-Presenting, 30+. Simon’s invited houseguest, Vampish

Richard Greatham: Masculine-Presenting, 30+. Sorel’s invited houseguest, a proper English diplomat

Jackie Coryton: Feminine-Presenting, 20+. David’s invited houseguest, “a perfectly sweet flapper”

Sandy Tyrell: Masculine-Presenting, 20+. Judith’s invited houseguest, a young boxer

Clara: Feminine-Presenting, 50+. The housekeeper

Please contact info@3rdacttheatreco.com for more information regarding perusal scripts and content.

Auditions will be online (Zoom) on July 23, 2022, with in-person masked callbacks on July 24, 2022.

Sides and access to the Zoom meeting will be provided via a link sent before the auditions.

A small stipend will be provided

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