Willoughby Summer Theater Festival

The Willoughby Summer Theatre Festival
is proud to announce auditions for its 2024 season.

Shows:
You Can't Take It With You by George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart
(YOU CAN'T TAKE IT WITH YOU is presented by special arrangement with Broadway Licensing, LLC, servicing the Dramatists Play Service collection. www.dramatists.com) 

The Gin Game by Donald L. Coburn
(THE GIN GAME is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals on behalf of Samuel French, Inc. www.concordtheatricals.com)

The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde


Sign up for an audition appointment here:
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0B4FABAB29A7F4C52-47528673-willoughby

• Martin Vanderhof (Grandpa) - Martin Vanderhof is mainly called “Grandpa” in the play; he is the head of the family in every way.
• Penelope Sycamore - Penelope -- or Penny, as everyone calls her -- , is married to Paul, and is the daughter of Martin
• Paul Sycamore - Paul Sycamore is Penny’s husband, and Essie and Alice’s father.
• Essie Carmichael - Essie is the eldest daughter of Penny and Paul Sycamore, and granddaughter to Grandpa
• Alice Sycamore - Alice is the younger daughter of Penny and Paul Sycamore and granddaughter of Grandpa Vanderhof.
• Ed Carmichael - Ed is Essie’s husband and son-in-law to Penny and Paul.
• Tony Kirby - Tony is Alice’s boyfriend and eventual fiancé. He is the Vice President of Kirby and Company
• Mr. Anthony Kirby - Mr. Kirby is Tony’s father and the head of the Wall Street firm Kirby and Company
• Mrs. Miriam Kirby - Mrs. Kirby is the wife of Mr. Anthony Kirby and mother to Tony
• Boris Kolenkov - Russian. Kolenkhov is Essie’s ballet instructor. He admits that she is a horrible ballet dancer
• Donald - Donald is Rheba’s longtime boyfriend who frequently visits her where she works,
• Rheba - Rheba is the maid for the Vanderhof/Sycamore family, but she is treated like one of the family.
• Mr. De Pinna - Mr. De Pinna is a close friend of the family, who has lived with them for the last eight years.
• Wilbur Henderson - Mr. Henderson works for the IRS and comes to talk to Grandpa about owing 22 years of back taxes
• Gay Wellington - Gay Wellington is an actress who Penny invites to the house to read her plays.
• Grand Duchess Olga Katrina - Grand Duchess Olga Katrina was one of the Grand Duchesses of Russia before the Revolution
• G-Men - 3-5 actors who arrest the family at the end of Act 2