Auditions: One Wife Too Many

The Rialto Red Brick Players will be holding Auditions for their upcoming play: One Wife Too Many. This is a 2-act comedy written by Tony Howell and directed by Jerry RunnerSmith. The total cast is 21, consisting of 6 men, 9 women, and 6 flexible parts.

Auditions are January 5 @ 2-4pm, January 6, 7, 8 @ 5:30-7:30pm.
Rehearsals will be Sundays @ 2, Mondays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays @ 5:30. Rehearsals are typically 2 1/2 hours.
Performances will be Feb 14, 15, 21, 22 @ 7pm, and Sunday Matinees 16 & 23 @ 2pm.

Synopsis:

James Holden, TV star, is a busy man. He has just returned from his honeymoon with his 4th wife, or so he thinks. Turns out his first wife, Velvet, didn’t die in that avalanche five years ago after all. And his second wife, Phoebe, didn’t file the divorce papers correctly. And his third wife, Rita, didn’t sign the annulment. Rita’s current fiancé, Max, happens to be a mob boss and has decided to take the annulment into his own hands. Everyone has their own agenda as they make their way to James’s apartment. Max and his goons arrive and begin to take hostages as James is busy auditioning his sitcom wife and trying to manage his real wives. By the time everyone gathers in his now trashed apartment, James has to sort out four marriages, three gangsters, and cast the role of his TV wife, all while getting back the woman he has always loved.

Cast

6 men:
James Holden: The famous actor with too many wives.
Hank Ford: James’s buddy, a cowboy movie star.
Lance Conroy: Phoebe’s new husband #9.
Max Malone: Rita’s gangster fiancé.
Monster: Max’s henchman, bug and dumb.
Weasel: Max’s henchman, scrawny and psycho.

9 women:
Velvet Taylor Holden: James’s long dead wife.
Phoebe King Holden Conroy: James’s rebound wife.
Rita Cooper Holden: James’s Vegas showgirl wife.
Alicia Winters Holden: James’s newest wife.
Mitzi Mason: Alicia’s nasal and dumb best friend.
Sally Fox: Velvet’s best friend and agent.
Pepper Newton: Auditioning loud-mouth, comic type.
Ebony Iverson: Auditioning overly dramatic “artist”.
Angel Saunders: Auditioning awkward, slow-witted type.

6 flexible:
Lane Lawson: James’s pushy agent.
Kelly Wilson: Writer of the new TV show.
Morgan Reade: Writer of the new TV show.
Alex Stanford: Network lawyer.
Sidney Hightower: Director of TV show.
Ollie Jones: Apartment building manager.