Auditions
What Can I Expect?
We love discovering new talent! And everyone has an opportunity at our open auditions. Melodramas are not just badly acted pieces of material (a la William Shatner from the later part of Star Trek), but require some real comic timing and talent to pull it off well.
Melodramas also have the added dimension of interaction with the audience. Be prepared to think on your feet and keep the audience entertained. However, the melodrama also lends itself well to new actors, as it is an entirely different discipline than performing dramatic pieces.
So come on down and stretch your acting legs, you may find your inner ham.
The actual audition process occurs over a two day period and consist of completing registration forms and peforming cold readings from the script. Roles will be awarded after the close of the second session. Each participant is encouraged to attend each day if possible. All participants are encouraged to join our troupe and help the behind the scenes efforts such as making and selling popcorn, artwork, sound and or pre-show entertainment.
Next Auditions
We'll be hosting auditions at Puffabellys in Old Town on March 25th and 26th at 7pm. Rehearsals will start on Tuesday March 27th, 2012 and will be held Sunday at 5:00pm through Tuesday evenings starting at 7pm. The show is slated to run May 4th thorugh May 12th.
Email us at owmelodrama@gmail.com or call us at 713-364-9190 if you have more questions or would like to get a copy of some of the script sides used in auditions. We look forward to hearing from you!
Story Line
This murder mystery spoofs more than the Agatha Christie novels in this ‘play within a play’.
When half the cast of ‘Murder on the Oriental Rug’ bails out, the remaining performers are stuck with playing all the roles. During the show you’ll visit the clinic of Dr. Charles Ovary, renowned hot flash specialist who’s secretly treating a famous actress trying to regain her youth. You get to know the doctor’s coldly passionate wife, his female protege’, the actress’ hunky husband , a flighty French maid, a shifty handyman and Inspector Hercule Pierogi investigating the dead body on the Oriental Rug.
Will the play make it to Broadway? Will the performers remember their lines? One thing is certain, before the evening is over, someone will be ruthlessly murdered and you will be asked to solve the crime for prizes.
Available Parts
- DIRECTOR
- ASCOTT ST. JAMES: Who is playing Inspector Hercule Pierogi & Fifi, the French Maid
- DIRK VIAGRA: Who is playin Doctor Charles Ovary & Bruce Boulder
- THELMA THE STAGEHAND: Who is playing Duane Yokel & Emma Ovary
- DAKOTA MONTANA: Who is playin Miss Hormonia Jones & Shannon Stone
Scheduling
Rehearsals are usually held every Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday evenings starting promptly at 7:00 p.m.
This show will run on Friday, May 4th, Saturday, May 5th, Friday, May 11th, and Saturday, May 12th. Shows begin promptly at 8:00, but cast members will be expected to be at the facility and in costume well before. The exact time you will be required to be there will be communicated to you by Old West Melodrama Productions personnel.
More Information
For more information, including questions about the show or auditioning and sides, please e-mail us at auditions@oldwestmelodrama.com or feel free to call us at 713-364-9190.
