Six aspiring authors meet on a winter’s evening to discuss their work. Arnold, the chairman attempts to persuade the group to collaborate on a piece of writing, an idea that is quickly dismissed! However, as Arnold is clearing up after the meeting there is a clap of thunder, a blackout, a scream and by some magical power the story that might have been created by the group now happens. With affectionate satire and zany plots the authors are transformed into characters in a Victorian melodrama, a science fiction scenario, a murder mystery and a musical.

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Performances:  February 6th-March 1, 2026– Fridays and Saturdays at 8:00 pm; Sundays at 2:00 pm; one Thursday evening at 8:00 pm

Auditions:  Saturday, September 13th – 12:00 pm – 4:00 pm.  Appointments are scheduled in 30 minute sections for 4 - 6 auditioners at a time.  

Callbacks: Monday, September 15th, 7:00-9:00 pm (by appt. only) at the Masquers  Playhouse, 105 Park Avenue, Pt. Richmond.  Actors not cast will receive an email by September 19th.  Those cast will be provided scripts the following week.

Auditions Location: Masquers Playhouse, 105 Park Place, Pt Richmond

Audition Requirements:

Cold read from script. British accents required. No monologue required. 

Character Breakdowns:  

Arnold: Factual writing – late 40s-50s; a bachlor, shop assistant, mild-mannered, lives with mother

Jess Bales: Historical romance - 30s - 50s;  a lesbian farmer, cheerful, "salt of the earth" type

Grace Sims: Children’s fiction - 40s-50s; a nervous housewife, a worrier

Vivi Dickins:: Crime fiction - 30-45;  single, a journalist, effusive, attractive 

Clem Pepp: Science fiction -35-55;  single, a local council worker, silent, awkward, a bit of a nerd

Brevis Winterton: Musical adaptations; early 60s, retired schoolteacher, divorced, bad tempered, impatient 

Ilsa Wolby: Local village girl who helps out with Arnold’s mum; 18-25, has a boyfriend, a shop assistant, a cheerful country lass; In Act 2 she plays a Victorian damsel in distress, a Cockney maid, a goblin 

Rehearsals:  Start Monday, December 1-December 19 then a holiday break.  Resume rehearsals Monday, January 5th.  Monday-Thursday and one 4 hour slot on the weekend, tbd by the cast and crew. Not necessarily all 4 evenings. Table read at the director’s home in Richmond one evening sometime before Thanksgiving. 

Please direct all questions to the Director Angela Mason at angela53@sbcglobal.net