AUDITIONS
WHOSE WIVES ARE THEY ANYWAY?
By Michael Parker
Directed by John Kelleher
Sunday 25th May, 1:30p.m. at the Theatre
12 Spring Street, Onehunga
SYNOPSIS
When two Vice-Presidents of the Ashley Maureen Cosmetics Corporation get
together for a weekend’s golf they do not expect to meet their new CEO,
especially when she extols the virtues of spouses sharing their weekends
together. Quickly, “Wives” are found, but all is not seamlessly organised and
things start falling apart - especially when the real wives arrive.
Throughout, the club’s manager and her handyman contribute to the mayhem as
the laughter rolls on.
CAST REQUIRED
Ages quoted are only a general indicator. The Director will exercise tact
and discretion in the allocation of roles.!
JOHN BAKER (age 35-40). A vice president of the Ashley Maureen Cosmetics
Corporation, he is a successful business executive, who, because of his kind and
gentle nature, allows himself to be manipulated into compromising situations by
the more dominant personality of David. Alternating between the roles of himself
and David’s “wife”, he is caught up in a whirlwind of events beyond his control,
but nevertheless manages to show great strength of character and personality.
(Hardworking, honest, straightforward and full of initiative.)
DAVID MCGACHEN (age 45-50). A distinguished looking man, he has risen to
become a vice president of the Ashley Maureen Cosmetics Corporation more by
guile and cunning than ability and hard work. Relentless in his efforts to
impress his new boss, he attempts to manipulate all those around him. Even when
his plan to create two alternative wives begins to unravel, he never gives up
scheming and plotting, and always seems to come up with “one more idea”. (Clever
and cunning, a relentless schemer.)
TINA (age 20-30). The young, pretty country club receptionist. She is good at
her job, impressing the guests with her smile and personality. Once she has been
persuaded to impersonate John’s wife, she embraces the idea wholeheartedly.
After a little too much champagne, she seems to have difficulty keeping all her
clothes on, and ends up at the heart of many of the visual comic sequences.
(Bright, sexy, a bubbling personality.)
MRS CARLSON (age 45-55). The club manager. A straight-laced, severe woman
who, in a few years will no doubt become a typical “old battleaxe”. At this
stage in her life she prefers to take the moral high ground, and does not
hesitate to preach the evils of sex and adultery. She sees herself as a guardian
of morality for the country club, and makes sure all her guests know it.
(Dominant, bossy, efficient, yet rather likeable.)
WILSON (age 60+). The club handyman. He is the complete and total
hypochondriac. You name it, he suffers from it! An endearing and comic
character, he lights up the stage at his every entrance with his chronic
complaints. Never far from most of the comic sequences, he is a pivotal
character who observes all the madcap happenings going on around him. (Likeable,
funny, with a great sense of humour.)
D.L. HUTCHISON (age 45-50). The new president of the Ashley Maureen Cosmetics
Corporation. She is bright, smart and self-assured, with a “take charge” nature.
She is the “straight man” of the plot, for whose benefit the duplicate wives
have been produced. She is a somewhat overbearing character, serious in nature,
who, at all times, is all business. She is finally revealed as a duplicitous
hypocrite in the surprise ending. (Smart, attractive, efficient and personable.)
KARLY MCGACHEN (age 40ish). She is quite a strong character who reacts in a
positive and forceful way to the apparent infidelity of her husband David.
Determined to make him jealous, she is party to several hilarious scenes as she
makes a play for the reluctant Wilson. (Determined and calculating, yet with a
tender side.)
LAURA BAKER (age 30-40). A pretty little thing who is somewhat dominated by
the stronger character of Karly, she is a simple soul who just wants to love and
be loved by her husband John. She never quite understands what is going on
around her. She cries at the drop of a hat, and spends much of her time on stage
in tears. (Tender, loving, naїve).
Director – John Kelleher on 636 4966 or email
wives@dolphintheatre.org.nz
Season - Saturday 2nd August – Saturday 23rd August (not
Mondays)
Rehearsals - Tuesday and Thursday evenings and Sunday
afternoons.