Auditions for Enchanted April will be held April 16 & 17

Due to a personal emergency, auditions have been postponed until April 16-17

Redlands Footlighters will be holding auditions for Enchanted April, written by Matthew Barber and directed by Christopher Diehl.  Auditions will be held at Redlands Footlighters Theatre on Monday, April 16, at 7 pm and Tuesday, April 17, at 7 pm.

Headshot and resume is not required but recommended, particularly if you have not auditioned at this theater before. Auditions will consist of cold reading from the script. All roles are open. There is no pay.

Rehearsals will generally be Monday through Thursday 7-9:30 pm. A more detailed rehearsal schedule will be provided at auditions.

Performance dates:
8:00 PM — June 2, 8, 9, 15, 16, 22, & 23
2:00 PM — June 3, 10, 17, & 24

Plot synopsis:
Feeling lost in the shadows of marriage and post-WWI society, two frustrated London housewives decide to rent a villa in Italy for a ladies-only holiday away from their bleak marriages. They reluctantly recruit two very different English women to share the cost and the experience. There, among the wisteria blossoms and Mediterranean sunshine, all four bloom again—rediscovering themselves in ways that they, and we, could never have expected.

Character breakdown:

LOTTY (Lead): Female, 30’s, a Hampstead housewife, embodies openness, uncertainty and vulnerability, brings joy and hope to the mix of the women and is most attuned to the transformation possible in this process.

ROSE (Lead): Female, 40’s, a Hampstead housewife, severe, emotionally taut and deeply sad, the loss of a child still haunts her, and she restrains her feelings constantly – until she is in Italy, and she finds her footing again with her husband and her life.

LADY CAROLINE (Lead): Female, 20’s, a classic 1920’s flapper, also a young woman haunted by loss and the exhaustion of the London social scene, she is of the manor born and a heralded beauty, she is also used to being pampered and petted, Italy changes Caroline’s resistance to real relationships and allows her another chance at love.

MRS. GRAVES (Lead): Female, 70’s, a London matron of high moral standards and expectations, Mrs. Graves walks with a stick and clings to the past with fervor and stubborn intention, Italy allows her to open up, connect to others and show a softer, kinder side.

MELLERSH (Supporting): Male, 30’s, Lottie’s husband and a solicitor, forceful and respectful and thinks too much of himself, thrifty about household matters, Mellersh is extravagant about food and lacks patience for his wife’s “foolishness”, Italy gives him a new vantage point on her charms and re-establishes a kindly streak within him. (Actor should be comfortable showing some skin, as Mellersh has a scene clad in only a towel).

FREDERICK (Supporting): Male, 40’s, Rose’s husband and an author, writes salacious novels under a nom de plume, spends a great deal of time away from his wife and knows Lady Caroline in his “other” world, Italy returns Frederick to his wife and re-establishes the romance of their relationship.

ANTONY (Supporting): Male, 20’s, an artist and the owner of the villa, Wilding is initially smitten with Rose, whom he assumes is a war widow, eventually he finds love with Lady Caroline, he is a kind and good man, though insecure.

COSTANZA (Supporting): Female, 50’s, the Italian housekeeper, required to perform her role in Italian, she is feisty, funny, and full of fire. (It is not necessary to already know Italian for this role, but it helps!)

Any questions regarding the show and / or auditions that aren’t answered here, please email director Christopher Diehl: chriwillid@hotmail.com.