THE UNINVITED
auditions
Act 3 Galveston is pleased to announce auditions for our upcoming presentation of The Uninvited by Tim Kelly. This classic thriller, adapted from the acclaimed novel The Uninvited by Dorothy Macardle, was made into a highly successful Paramount film starring Ray Milland, Cornelia Otis Skinner, Ruth Hussey and Gail Russell (synopsis).
It is a concert presentation (performed onstage at music stands). There is no memorization required, and there will be seven (7) rehearsals. The performer must commit fully to the rehearsals and the two presentations. There is a small stipend upon completion of the performances.
Auditions will be Sat Sep 13, 4-8PM, rescheduled from date posted earlier
The performance dates are Sat Oct 18 and Sun Oct 19, at the Scottish Rite Cathedral in Galveston. Direction is by Cailín Heffernan. Production Stage Manager is Kathy Pero.
Rehearsal and performance schedule below.
The performance on Oct 18 will have a 6:30PM call with a cocktail hour mix (to break the veil between performers and audience) from 7-8PM, and an 8PM start. The Oct 19 performace will have a 1 pm call with house opening at 1:30 for a 2PM start. Immediately following the Oct 19 performance there will be a 15-20 talk back with the audience.
Auditions will be by appointment, and will be a cold read from the script. Please bring a hard copy of photo/résumé.
Audition time and place:
Sat Sep 13, 4-8PM
15 Park Lane
Galveston, Texas
by appointment, please
Email - mandanthea@gmail.com to request an appointment slot.
Rehearsals:
Sat Oct 11, 1-4PM - Table read
Sun Oct 12, 1-4PM
Mon Oct 13, 6-9PM
Tue Oct 14, 6-9PM
Wed Oct 15, 6-9PM
Thu Oct 16, 6-9PM
Fri Oct 17m 6-9PM
Performances:
Sat Oct 18 - call 6:30 pm; cocktail hour - mixing with audience 7-8, downbeat 8 pm
Sun Oct 19 - call 1 pm, half hour 1:30, downbeat 2 with 15-20 minute talkback afters
CAST OF CHARACTERS
4 men / 6 women
English accent preferred for all roles
(N.B., the roles of RODDY and PAMELA FITZGERALD are already cast.)
STELLA MEREDITH - charming but vulnerable
PAMELA FITZGERALD - intelligent and enthusiastic
RODDY FITZGERALD - Pamela's older brother, an aspiring playwright
COMMANDER BROOKE - Stella's grandfather, stern and overprotective
LIZZIE FLYNN - Pam and Roddy's housekeeper, loyal but superstitious
MRS. JESSUP - a neighbor and gossip
WENDY - a vivacious actress
MAX HILLIARD - a painter, friend of the Fitzgeralds
DR. SCOTT - pleasant village doctor
MISS HOLLOWAY - Stella's former nurse and governess, cold and slightly sinister
THE UNINVITED
by Tim Kelly
Pam Fitzgerald and her brother Roddy, an aspiring playwright, discover an abandoned but charming house in the west of England overlooking the Irish Sea. The house is Cliff End and they are able to purchase it at a suspiciously low price from crusty Commander Brooke, the village curmudgeon. The reason is quickly apparent. The house has an unsavory reputation. Fifteen yeqrs earlier a murder may or may not have occurred by the gnarled tree that can be viewed from the parlor window. Slowly, the Fitzgeralds bein to sense the evil spirit that announces its presence by permeating the house with a bone-chilling cold. The housekeeper's cat will not enter the nursery where the sound of a weeping woman adds to the tense atmosphere, and the scent of a flowery, exotic perfume called mimosa comes and goes. The village doctor, the local gossip, and a former governess visit with strange stories of the beautiful Mary Meredith who once lived in the house and the unstable Carmel who posed for a painting that destroyed her. With the help of Mary's daughter Stella, a beautiful young girl whose mysterious birth is the puzzle's key, and a seance arranged by an actress friend of the Fitzgeralds, who has mediumistic gifts, Cliff End is forced to reveal its darkest secrets. The action eventually guilds to a truly terrifying climax when the ghost ios discovered to be not only real but dangerous.