Auditions:

Auditions for Luau for King Lear will be held at 7 PM on Sunday, January 8 and Tuesday, January 10 at Oaklandon Civic Theatre, 6450 Oaklandon Road, Indianapolis.  Bring bio information, date conflicts until the end of March, and prepare to read from the script.  Rehearsal will begin mid-January. Performance dates are every Friday, Saturday, and Sunday from March 16-25. For more information, contact the director, Clance LaTurner at clancelaturner@gmail.com. 

Following is a description of characters.

Sarge Abbott - sarcastic handyman, adult male.
Blair Beesley - insecure director, in her late 20s.
Elizabeth Beesley - Blair's upper-crust mother, about 50.
Mrs. Blankton - adult female in her late 50s.
Hope Halliday - snappish adult female always on a diet, always eating.
Callie Hampton - teenage girl, giggly at times.
Otis Hockwell - mild-mannered gentleman, about 50.
Tamara Logan - chic head of the Fine Arts Council, adult female.
Mary Beth Lumpkin - mousy secretary, adult female.
Duncan O'Toole - a wise guy, adult male.
Alex Rochester - teenage girl, more serious than Callie.
Theodora VanHorne - flamboyant theatre type, 40+.

Play Synopsis

Once again the Peaceful Glen Memorial Players are about to mount a new production.  This time, however, it’s a fight for their lives - the company is about to lose their building.  According to the late Archibald Donnelly’s will, they keep the building “as long as they do quality productions.”   Oh, they have tried, in their own left-field way to do the classics.  Board President Tamara sees an opening when she learns that family heir Blair Beesley once minored in college in Drama.  “You will be our next director!”  So she chooses the Shakespearean classic “King Lear,” unaware that the play will have to take place in the tropics!   What Blair faces in the next few weeks are giggling teenagers, cranky ladies, food fights and teaching Hawaiian to her cast.  All sorts of oddball community theater types come out of the woodwork!