Director
ED BASSETT

Stage Manager
LAURIE PHILLIPS

Performance Dates:
Saturday, March 4, 2023 at 8pm
Sunday, March 5, 2023 at 3pm

Friday, March 10, 2023 at 8pm
Saturday, March 11, 2023 at 8pm
Sunday, March 12, 2023 at 3pm

Friday, March 17, 2023 at 8pm
Saturday, March 18, 2023 at 8pm

Monday, December 19, 2022 from 7-9pm
Tuesday, December 20, 2022 from 7-9pm

We are seeking 2 men, 1 woman and 1 of either gender. All roles are open. The production is being directed by Ed Bassett with Stage Manager Laurie Phillips. Performance dates are March 4 thru 18, 2023. Fridays & Saturdays at 8pm, Sundays at 3pm. Rehearsals will begin in January with schedule TBA.

Cast of Characters:
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE (Bill): seems to act more like a child than the genius who penned some of the world’s greatest works of theatrical art.

CONSTANTINE STANISLAVSKY (Stan): The Russian scholar. Bill’s great friend.

SARAH BERNHARDT (Sarah): The greatest actress the stage has ever known.

ENSEMBLE MEMBER: Plays Stage Manager / House Manager / Playwright / Producer / Sound Designer / Light Designer / Set Designer / Costume Designer / Director / Stagehand
 
About the Show:
It’s opening night, and master playwright William Shakespeare, theatrical diva Sarah Bernhardt and the indelible intellectual Constantine Stanislavsky lead you on a wild and wacky journey through the history of theatre from Aristophanes to Emile Zola. This crazy cast of characters will transport you back in time as we relive the various elements of theatre from all parts of the globe. Explore the beginnings of Greek theatre, Aristotle’s Poetics, the fine art of Kabuki, the history of mime, the gladiators of Rome and speculation on the real author of Shakespeare’s plays. Along the way, the bumbling Shakespeare misquotes himself, Sarah Bernhardt can’t get over the sound of thunderous applause and Stanislavsky gets blown out of a cannon when someone says the name of “the Scottish play” in the theatre! Through a little perseverance and commedia dell’arte, the famous trifecta attempt to hold the show together, but when the producer appears onstage, things only get worse when the cast finds out they are trapped in a play within a play. With time running out on the theatre’s rental agreement, the trifecta pays homage to the world’s best-known and beloved plays and musicals by alluding to dialogue from Edward Albee, Bertolt Brecht, Samuel Beckett, Noël Coward, Anton Chekhov, Caryl Churchill, Henrik Ibsen, Arthur Miller, David Mamet, Harold Pinter, Sarah Ruhl, Sam Shepard, Neil Simon, August Strindberg, August Wilson, Thornton Wilder, Andrew Lloyd Weber, Oscar Wilde and many more all performed at breakneck speed. Near the play’s end, the cast realizes that the playwright hasn’t written an ending, wherein our iconic celebrities are forced to seek the audience’s help in finding a creative conclusion to the show.
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For more information, call 860-417-2505 or email info@phoenixstagecompany.org

Director
CHRIS EVANS

Stage Manager
TERESA ALEXANDRU

February 20, 2022 from 6:00-8:00pm

Seeking an actor of color to play the role of Marianne Angelle in their upcoming production of THE REVOLUTIONISTS.

​Marianne Angelle is a badass black woman in Paris. She is from San Domingue in the Caribbean, a free woman, tough, classy, vigilant, the sanest one of them all. 

No appointments are needed. Those auditioning will be reading from the script and pages will be provided.

Phoenix Stage Company is an inclusive community theater. We are a 100% volunteer company; no actor stipends are available. 

Proof of vaccination against Covid19 is required to audition and be considered for a role in the production.

Production dates are April 23rd thru May 7th, Fridays & Saturdays at 8pm, Sundays at 3pm. You must be available for all performance dates and Tech week rehearsals (April 18 thru 21) to be offered a role in the production.

More about the show:
Four beautiful, badass women lose their heads in this irreverent, girl-powered comedy set during the French Revolution’s Reign of Terror. Playwright Olympe de Gouges, assassin Charlotte Corday, former queen (and fan of ribbons) Marie Antoinette, and Haitian rebel Marianne Angelle hang out, murder Marat, and try to beat back the extremist insanity in 1793 Paris. This grand and dream-tweaked comedy is about violence and legacy, art and activism, feminism and terrorism, compatriots and chosen sisters, and how we actually go about changing the world. It’s a true story. Or total fiction. Or a play about a play. Or a raucous resurrection…

You can find more information by visiting our website at www.phoenixstagecompany.org or by calling 860-417-2505.

Sunday, February 6, 2022 from 7-9pm
Monday, February 7, 2022 from 7-9pm.

We are seeking 4 women for this drama/comedy. All roles are open to audition,  This is an open audition process.  Sides will be provided for readings, no monologues are required. 

Auditions will be held at the theater located at 133 Main Street, Oakville.

More about THE REVOLUTIONISTS by Lauren Gunderson:
Four beautiful, badass women lose their heads in this irreverent, girl-powered comedy set during the French Revolution’s Reign of Terror. Playwright Olympe de Gouges, assassin Charlotte Corday, former queen (and fan of ribbons) Marie Antoinette, and Haitian rebel Marianne Angelle hang out, murder Marat, and try to beat back the extremist insanity in 1793 Paris. This grand and dream-tweaked comedy is about violence and legacy, art and activism, feminism and terrorism, compatriots and chosen sisters, and how we actually go about changing the world. It’s a true story. Or total fiction. Or a play about a play. Or a raucous resurrection…

Production dates are April 23rd thru May 7th, Fridays & Saturdays at 8pm, Sundays at 3pm. You must be available for all performance dates and Tech week rehearsals (April 17 thru 21) to be offered a role in the production. 

For more information, call 860-417-2505.

Monday, February 24, 2020 at 7:00pm
Tuesday, February 25, 2020 at 7:00pm

Auditions will be held at the theater located at 133 Main Street, Oakville.

This is an open audition process.  Sides will be provided for readings, no monologues are required.  We are seeking 3 men and 5 women for this production.  The rehearsal schedule will be Sunday, Monday and Wednesday evenings.
Sweet-natured Lotty Wilton is suffering depression from the bleak London winter and from an oppressive relationship with her pompous solicitor husband.  When she sees an advertisement in the paper to rent a castle in Italy for the month of April, an idyllic spot "for those who appreciate wisteria and sunshine," she jumps at the chance to escape her downtrodden existence.  Sensing an instant kinship with fellow housewife, Rose Arnott, a severely angelic woman with sorrows of her own, Lotty persuades her along on the adventure.

Seeking to reduce the costs the two ladies find Caroline Bramble, a beautiful and exhausted socialite, and Mrs. Graves, an overbearing widow, to round out the party.  As the month passes, verdant sun-drenched San Salvatore works it magic on each sad and hardened heart, healing grief and bringing hope.  And with the arrival of two chastened husbands and one attractive young artist, romance blooms again.  

Matthew Barber's Enchanted April, based on Elizabeth Von Arnim's beloved novel of the 1920s is a gentle and romantic comedy of manners.  Against the backdrop of a country still reeling from World War I, Enchanted April offers to its characters, and viewers, a necessary balm of sunshine and renewal.
 
The rehearsal schedule will be Sunday, Monday and Wednesday evenings. For more information, call 860-417-2505 or email info@phoenixstagecompany.org

AVAILABLE ROLES:
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LOTTY WILTON – a Hampstead housewife. Sweet-natured, depressed from the bleak London winter, and from an oppressive relationship with her pompous solicitor husband.

MELLERSH WILTON – Lotty’s husband. A Solicitor.

ROSE ARNOTT – a Hampstead housewife. a severely angelic woman with sorrows of her own

FREDERICK ARNOTT – he husband, a writer.

CAROLINE BRAMBLE - a beautiful and exhausted socialite.

ANTONY WILDING – an attractive young artist.

MRS. GRAVES – an overbearing widow. The eldest of the women.

COSTANZA – an Italian housekeeper

Director
ED BASSETT​

Stage Manager
AMBER LYN DUNPHY

Director
ED BASSETT

Stage Manager
LAURIE PHILLIPS​

Sunday, June 30, 2019 from 7:00-9:00pm
Monday, July 1, 2019 from 7:00-9:00pm

​This is an open audition process. Sides will be provided for readings, no monologues are required. We are seeking a minimum of 8 men and 8 women for this madcap comedyActors of all ethnicities and experience levels are encouraged to audition. All roles are open.

Performance dates for the show are September 7-21, 2019. Fridays and Saturdays at 8pm and Sundays at 3pm. You must be available for all performance dates in order to be cast.  Rehearsal dates are to be determined and will be available at auditions.

AVAILABLE ROLES:
CLOUSEAU - Chief Inspector of the Surete
FRANCOIS -  Clouseau’s driver
CATO - Clouseau’s butler
DREYFUS -  Former Chief Inspector; Clouseau’s arch-enemy
DR. DUVAL  -  Dryfus’ psychiatrist
DRUMMOND - Inspector, Scotland Yard
MCLAREN -  Inspector, Scotland Yard
DR. FASSBENDER -  Inventor of the Doomsday Machine
MARGOT  -  Dr. Fassbender’s daughter
OLGA -  Russian agent; Clouseau’s love
JARVIS -  Dr. Fassbender’s butler
MRS. JAPONICA -  Dr. Fassbender’s maid
MRS. LEVERLILLY - Dr. Fassbender’s housekeeper
MRS. BULLOCK -  Dr. Fassbender’s cook
MR. SHORK - Dr. Fassbender’s gardener
MRS. STUTTERSTUTT - Dr. Fassbender’s beekeeper
TOURNIER - a bank robber
HINDU HARRY -  Dreyfus’ gangster cohort
CAIRO FRED - on of Dreyfus’ henchmen
MAFIA TYPE - another henchman / assistant
INMATE - “Indian” inhabitant of a lunatic asylum
ORDERLIES - at same asylum
WAITRESS -  female assassin
ITALIAN, POLISH, JAPANESE, CHINESE,
MEXICAN, SWEDE, NIGERIAN & ARABIAN - Assassins
CHUCK - head waiter at the Mirage Club
EMCEE - at the Mirage Club
COUPLES - at the Mirage Club
FRENCH LADY. FRENCH MAN -  lovers in a restaurant
WAITER - in same restaurant
TECHNICIAN  - in Dreyfus’ television studio
MESSENGER -  unfortunate bearer of news for Clouseau
DESK CLERKS - German, one male and one female
GERMAN GIRL - spy with a poisoned pretzel
PINK PANTHERS - Stage Hands / Actors

ABOUT THE SHOW
The world's most unusual criminologist, Chief Inspector Jacques Clouseau—a role originally created by Peter Sellers—fights for his life and for the future of all mankind in the most bizarre and dangerous caper of his brilliantly successful and utterly clumsy career. Paul Dreyfus, once his long-suffering boss, now turned into a raving lunatic, holds the world at bay with the ultimate weapon, the Doomsday Machine. Dreyfus is out to get Clouseau, the man whose undeserved success has driven him crazy, and he threatens to vaporize continents if the nations of the world don't deliver Clouseau to him—alive or, if at all possible, dead! Blissfully unaware that the army of deadly assassins is gunning for him, or that the beautiful girl who seeks him out is a Russian agent, Clouseau incredibly stumbles and slips by every attack. However, the world is running out of time because the increasingly frustrated Dreyfus, doodling with the Doomsday Machine, is running out of patience

Director
DONNA G. STORMS

Sunday, February 24, 2019 from 7:00-9:00pm
Monday, Monday 25, 2019 from 7:00-9:00pm

No appointments are needed. Those auditioning will be reading from the script and pages will be provided.

We are seeking 6 Women. Actors of all ethnicities and experience levels are encouraged to audition. All roles are open. 

Performance dates for the show are April 27-May 11, 2019. Fridays and Saturdays at 8pm and Sundays at 3pm. You must be available for all performance dates in order to be cast. Rehearsal dates are to be determined and will be available at auditions

ABOUT THE SHOW
​The action is set in Truvy’s beauty salon in Chinquapin, Louisiana, where all the ladies who are “anybody” come to have their hair done. Helped by her eager new assistant, Annelle (who is not sure whether or not she is still married), the outspoken, wise-cracking Truvy dispenses shampoos and free advice to the town’s rich curmudgeon, Ouiser, (“I’m not crazy, I’ve just been in a bad mood for forty years”); an eccentric millionaire, Miss Clairee, who has a raging sweet tooth; and the local social leader, M’Lynn, whose daughter, Shelby (the prettiest girl in town), is about to marry a “good ole boy.” Filled with hilarious repartee and not a few acerbic but humorously revealing verbal collisions, the play moves toward tragedy when, in the second act, the spunky Shelby (who is a diabetic) risks pregnancy and forfeits her life. The sudden realization of their mortality affects the others, but also draws on their underlying strength.

AVAILABLE ROLES:
TRUVY JONES
ANNELLE DUPUY-DESOTO
SHELBY EATENTON-LATCHERIE
M'LYNN EATENTON
OUISER BOUDREAUZ
​CLAIREE BELCHER

Director
LORI POULIN
Stage Manager
DEB CRYAN

Sunday, January 20, 2019 from 7:00-9:00pm
Monday, January 21, 2019 from 7:00-9:00pm

No appointments are needed. Those auditioning will be reading from the script and pages will be provided.

We are seeking 7 men and 4 Women. Actors of all ethnicities and experience levels are encouraged to audition. All roles are open. 

Performance dates for the show are March 16-30, 2019. Fridays and Saturdays at 8pm and Sundays at 3pm. You must be available for all performance dates in order to be cast. Rehearsal dates are to be determined and will be available at auditions

ABOUT THE SHOW
Sandy, the four-times-married-three-times-divorced owner of a wedding chapel in Las Vegas, has certainly seen her fair share of matrimonies! In the hilarious Four Weddings and an Elvis, we witness four of her funniest: Bev and Stan, who are getting married--by the King himself--as revenge on their exes; Vanessa and Bryce, two arrogant aging stars who are tying the knot as a publicity ploy, and are vexed by an aging Elvis who doesn't know who they are; and Martin and Fiona, a gentle postal-worker and a tough ex-con trying to get married before the police arrive! However, the final wedding is the funniest all: Sandy’s fifth and final wedding which reveals a hilarious twist! With simple scenic requirements and memorable characters, Four Weddings and an Elvis is a comedic treat certain to please audiences!

AVAILABLE ROLES:
​Bev & Stan: The Payback 
Bev - the angry bride
Stan - the angry groom
John - the Elvis minister
Sandy - the wedding chapel owner
 
Vanessa & Brice: The Comeback 
Vanessa - the bride, a fading actress
Bryce - the groom, a fading actor
Lou - the minister, 70s
Sandy
 
Fiona & Marvin: The Real Thing 
Fiona - the bride, tough ex-con
Marvin - the groom, gentle postal worker
Fist - scary friend of the bride
Sandy
 
Sandy & Ken: The Epilogue