Auditions

A Romantic Comedy/Farce

by Paul Slade Smith

On Stage: February 12 - 27, 2027

AUDITION Date: Monday, December 7, 2026 starting at 6:00pm

@ Warehouse Theatre

1610 S. 24th Avenue

Directed by Sandy Jennings - Produced by Keila Scott

The Story: Young writer Oliver Adams is on the brink of real success. With the help of playwrights Charlotte and Arthur Sanders, his novel -The Angel Next Door - is going to be adapted for Broadway. The three rendezvous at a Newport, RI mansion to finalize plans. Unbeknownst to Oliver, his secret muse, Margot Bell, has also been invited to join them and is staying in the room next door. But the thin walls of the mansion reveal secrets, egos, and romantic confessions that threaten to derail everything. Can the power of theatre save the play—and Oliver’s heart?

Needed for our cast of characters: 3 men, 3 women ages 25 to 75

The CAST:

CHARLOTTE SANDERS, a successful Broadway playwright. Quick-witted, resourceful, optimistic, the engine of the play. Female fifties to early seventies.

ARTHUR SANDERS, Charlotte's husband and co-playwright. A pessimist to her optimist who delights in being her foil; a skilled writer of quips, both on the page and in life. Male, fifties to early seventies.

OLIVER ADAMS, a young novelist. Naive, sincere; a romantic with both the brilliant mind and unwary heart of a poet. Male, early twenties or thirties

MARGOT BELL, a Broadway singer and actress. She is a beautiful, not so angelic angel, but wise and stronger than the characters she plays. Female, mid-twenties to early thirties.

VICTOR PRATT, a Broadway leading man--and an idiot. Impressively self-involved; the handsomest, sexiest, manliest man on Broadway according to him; always a beat behind. Male, mid-thirties to forties. 

OLGA, the housekeeper. She is from the “Old Country,” which is somewhere in Eastern Europe.  She is proudly uncaring, she is unhelpful as a servant; she is intimidating but not frightening, and she is a hoot.  Female, thirties to seventies.

No special preparation is necessary. Auditions will consist of reading excerpts from the play. 

Those cast will have one meeting December 10 for read through and paperwork. Full rehearsals will begin January 4, 2027. Rehearsals are Monday through Thursday evenings with a couple of Friday rehearsals as needed. The show opens Feb. 12 and closes Feb. 27.  Contact Sandy Jennings for questions at [email protected].