“Run for Your Wife” by Ray Cooney
Directed by Ed Knights
A London cab driver, John Smith, literally has two lives, complete with two different wives, Mary and Barbara, in different areas of London. Somehow, he manages to juggle them both without arousing suspicion. However, he gets caught up in a mugging, and wakes up in a hospital, where he ends up with the wrong wife by his side and is forced to deal with explaining things to both of his wives and the police, as he tries to keep his double life from exploding.
Performance Dates: March 20, 21, 22 & 27, 28, 29
Rehearsal Days: dependent upon actors’ schedules
AUDITION DATES: Thursday, January 23rd @ 7:00 PM & Sunday, January 26th @ 7:00 PM
auditions will consist of cold readings from the script
** To give the director an idea of expected number of interested actors,
please email nptg.org@gmail.com with the date you plan to attend **
Appointments are not necessary and walk-ins are certainly welcome
CAST REQUIREMENTS: 2 female , 6 male
Any questions should be addressed to the director at edknightstheater@gmail.com
All Auditions will be held at:
The New Players Theatre Guild Center for the Performing Arts
15 Rollstone Street
Fitchburg, MA 01420
Free parking is available in the RBT lot across the street.
Directed by Ed Knights
A London cab driver, John Smith, literally has two lives, complete with two different wives, Mary and Barbara, in different areas of London. Somehow, he manages to juggle them both without arousing suspicion. However, he gets caught up in a mugging, and wakes up in a hospital, where he ends up with the wrong wife by his side and is forced to deal with explaining things to both of his wives and the police, as he tries to keep his double life from exploding.
Performance Dates: March 20, 21, 22 & 27, 28, 29
Rehearsal Days: dependent upon actors’ schedules
AUDITION DATES: Thursday, January 23rd @ 7:00 PM & Sunday, January 26th @ 7:00 PM
auditions will consist of cold readings from the script
** To give the director an idea of expected number of interested actors,
please email nptg.org@gmail.com with the date you plan to attend **
Appointments are not necessary and walk-ins are certainly welcome
CAST REQUIREMENTS: 2 female , 6 male
- John Smith: everyman, ordinary, average, eccentric
- Mary Smith: married to John, neat, orderly, precise
- Barbara Smith: married to John, passionate, emotional
- Detective Sergeant Troughton: severe young by-the-book officer, a bit quirky
- Detective Sergeant Porterhouse: mild-mannered seen-it-all officer, a family man
- Stanley Gardner: self-proclaimed intellectual, brash, wise-cracking, smart but lazy, John’s best friend.
- Newspaper Reporter: large, oily, pushy man
- Bobby Franklyn: flamboyant dress designer of indeterminate age, one of John’s upstairs neighbors
Any questions should be addressed to the director at edknightstheater@gmail.com
All Auditions will be held at:
The New Players Theatre Guild Center for the Performing Arts
15 Rollstone Street
Fitchburg, MA 01420
Free parking is available in the RBT lot across the street.
