Audition Info for ‘SIN, SEX AND THE CIA’
by Michael Parker Director: Rex Kelch
Open Auditions: January 5, 6, 8, 2016 @ 6:30 p.m. (or by appointment)
at the Friedlander’s Center, downtown Clarksburg WV.
Contact director Rex Kelch at 304-622-9638 if you need to schedule an alternative audition time.
Show dates are set for March 10-13, 17-20, 2016. Rehearsals will begin January 10.
If you know someone who might be interested in auditioning, please share this info with them.
Audition process for this show
Auditions for this show will be cold readings from the script. Sides will be provided at auditions. This is a traditional farce which means there will be a lot of interaction both verbally and physically. Though you may request a private audition, the director will need to see actors interact with each other during the audition process to make casting decisions.
The director also needs stage manager/production assistant, properties manager, lighting technician, sound technician, costumer, and run crew. So if you’re interested in helping in any of those off-stage roles, please contact him via the phone number above.
The story:
Here’s the description from publisher Samuel French:
“Huge oil reserves have been discovered in The Chagos Islands, a vast archipelago stretching for hundreds of miles across the Indian Ocean. O.P.E.C. is pressuring the Chagosians to join the cartel. The Chagosians, however, are interested in placing themselves under the protection of the U.S. A secret meeting between a representative of the islands and a U.S. under secretary of state, Margaret Johnson, has been arranged in a C.I.A. safehouse in the mountains of Virgina. Unfortunately, no one knows who the island’s representative really is. Concerned about possible O.P.E.C. interference, the C.I.A. has sent agent Luke James to secure the cabin. An eager beaver on his first field assignment, we are left to wonder how he ever got the job. He gets caught in all his own booby traps, manages to electrocute himself, sets himself on fire, gets a bucket stuck on his head, and if that isn’t enough, he finally locks himself in his own handcuffs! We discover that Daniel Warren is replacing the regular safe-house caretaker, Mr. Cole, who was having some medical problems. Daniel is an ex marine with a dry wit, who has little patience for Luke James or the C.I.A., which he calls the “Complete Idiots Academy”. To complicate matters, he finds himself the target of Margaret Johnson’s overactive libido. The stage is now set for the entrance of The Reverend Samuel Abernathy, a hell and damnation evangelist, who finds sin around every corner, even when there isn’t any. His car has broken down, not far from the cabin, and he is stranded. He seeks shelter for the night, for himself and Millicent, his dowdy and innocent (or is she?) secretary. Adding to the chaos is Heather Ann Faraday, the sexy, mysterious next door neighbor, who also needs to stay the night because her power went out in the storm.”
More info about the play is at http://www.samuelfrench.com/p/773/sin-sex-the-cia.
Characters with brief descriptions:
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Luke James – (25-30) CIA agent on his first fleld assignment. (How’d he ever get this job?)
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Daniel Warren – (50-60) Retired Marine Corps Sergeant. (Actually, he’s a mercenary hired by OPEC.)
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Margaret Johnson – (35-55) Assistant Secretary of State. Professional. (She also has a strong libido and is really interested in Daniel).
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The Reverend Samuel Abernathy – (50-60) Quintessential televangelist. (Doesn’t always practice what he preaches.)
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Millicent – (25-30) Reverend Abernathy’s secretary. (Shy and fumpy until she takes an interest in Luke then… bombshell!)
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Heather Ann Faraday – (30s) Says she’s the neighbor from the next cabin. She says she’s the representative from the Chagos Islands. (Really she’s Daniel’s mercenary partner and fellow OPEC agent.)
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Ranger Don – (any age) Park ranger where the CIA safehouse is located. (Really, he’s a she—Donna Yarid, the real representative from the Chagos Islands.)