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Auditions

Upcoming Auditions

When signing up for an audition time, PLEASE CHOOSE ONE ONLY TIME SLOT.
Please bring a resume and current photo (professional headshots are not required). Walk-ins are welcome, but reserved times are preferred. There will be cold readings from the script. Please come prepared to list all conflicts. Absolutely NO conflicts accepted during tech week.

Audition for Let's Murder Marsha
by Monk Ferris
Directed by Rachael Lindley

Sunday, June 22, 2025, 6:00-8:30pm
Monday, June 23, 2025, 7:00-9:00pm
Callbacks (if necessary) Tuesday, June 24, 2025 at 7pm
Actors will receive a stipend and comp tickets
Audition Sign Up At: SignUp Genius

PERFORMANCES: October 10-November 2, 2025, Please note that this is a four-weekend run.
Fridays and Saturdays at 8:00 pm, Sundays at 2:00 pm and Thursdays at 7:30 of the second and third week. Fourth weekend performances are Friday, Saturday and Sunday.

REHEARSALS: Read through will be Tuesday August 19. Rehearsals start September 8, and will typically run Sunday-Thursday. ABSOLUTELY NO CONFLICTS DURING TECH WEEK.

CHARACTERS:
Marsha Gilmore: 30s – 40s (or thereabouts): A well-to-do socialite. A strong imagination. Fond of reading thrillers. Will need to scream and make excuses.
Tobias Gilmore: 30s - 50s (or thereabouts): Marsha’s husband (a Wall Street broker). Wealthy. Loves his wife. Planning a surprise. Will need to be able to look guilty and to bluff.
Virgil Baxter: 40s-60s (or thereabouts): The Gilmores’ neighbour and friend. A bit neurotic. Will be flummoxed.
Bianca: The Gilmores housekeeper. Practical, hardworking. Confidante to Marsha. A bit cheeky. Able to be deadpan.
Ben Quade: Bianca's boyfriend. Easy-going but no-nonsense (a police officer) Conscientious, but will do as Bianca instructs, when necessary.
Persis Devore: 20s-40s: A lady with a secret. Interior decorator. Highly competent and forthright.
Lynnette Thoren: “50ish” (but one should never ask): Marsha’s mother. An elegantly dressed and coiffed woman. Happy to share her opinions.

A happy housewife named Marsha, hopelessly addicted to reading murder mysteries, overhears her loving husband discussing her upcoming birthday surprise with an interior decorator. To her ears, though, it sounds like they are planning to murder her! With the assistance of her next-door neighbor, she tries to turn the tables on them with a poisoned potion. When her own mother shows up for her birthday a day early, Marsha thinks she is in on the diabolical scheme. When her maid’s date, a policeman, shows up to take the maid out, Marsha think he is on to her poisoning attempt. Well, finally, just when you would think all this would be cleared up, Marsha’s intended victims discover what she has supposed, and decide to teach her a lesson by actually pretending to be murderers. This is a terrific show for family audiences who like their comedy broad, fast, and nonstop.

Questions, please contact Richardson Theatre Centre at 972-699-1130 or email info@richardsontheatrecentre.net.