MANDATE FOR MURDER - The Barnstormers Theater Non Equity Auditions

Auditions

Mandate for Murder

at The Barnstormers Tonight!

Auditions for MANDATE FOR MURDER (or TAKING A STAB AT POLITICS) 6/25, 6/27 at 7 P.M. AT BARNSTORMERS THEATER (cold readings)

It's election night and the supporters of Mathew Kensington are throwing him a birthday/election party. All is going great until an Aide shows up with the cake knife in his back. And suddenly all the guests, friends and family find themselves suspected of murder. The audience members get to vote for one of two candidates and change the end of the show! Characters (*Ages are only suggested; casting is based on matching actors):

Show runs September 7-9;14-16;20-22; 2012. Contact
LisaPanzer@aol.com

Characters:

**Note: Ages are only suggested, all ages and types should come audition as parts will be cast based on matching those who audition.

Joan Sedgewick: Young aide to Professor Kensington, mid-20’s,* a bit naïve.

Dolores MacDonald: Society hostess, mid-50’s,* flits from one subject to another without ever getting involved.

Macauley Tarleton: Too-smart editor in chief of the Chronicle, the local newspaper. About 45,* knows all the tricks.

Estelle Murchison: Old “war horse,” 50’s,* makes politics a way of life.

Monroe Lafferty: University archaeology professor, late 40’s.* His dry demeanor is betrayed by his easy going wit.

Eileen Lafferty: Wife to Monroe, late 40’s,* has a wonderful repartee with her husband.

Billy Jack Hopkins: 30-year-old* campaign manager to Kensington.

Millie Kensingtion: Mousey, 40-year-old* wife to Matt. Has about her a conniving quality and a suspicious nature.

Matt Kensington: Political science professor, mid -40’s,* handsome and easy going. So it would seem.

Kathleen Donavan: Television reporter, mid-30’s,* always on the lookout for a “scoop.”

Commissioner Doggerty: A bumbling city official, late 40’s