Celebrate our 125th season
All the World’s a Stage… Bringing you the World since 1901!
Our community theater strives to bring the best productions to our audiences as well as our talented group of actors. If you are unable to attend in person you may submit an audition reel to info@lakewoodtheater.org. Please include a resume, headshot, video reel of a monologue or a scene with a partner. If you are interested in a role in one of our musicals, you must include a song reel. Be sure to include your musical range as well. We do not provide housing; however we do work with local homeowners for temporary housing at a reasonable cost within walking distance to the theater.
If you are attending auditions in-person please check out all of our audition information below. We’re excited for our upcoming 125th season and hope we see you soon!
You are hereby notified, urged and invited to join us for auditions for the 125th Season of Lakewood Theater. We are offering 2 farces, 4 comedies & 2 musicals & 1 mystery.
This year we are offering nine outstanding main stage productions with parts for 50 men, 54 women.
Auditions, Call Backs & First Call will all be held at the Margaret Chase Smith School. 40 Heselton Street, Skowhegan ME 04976
It is 6 pm and the Douglas family is busily preparing to be invaded by their quirky relatives for their traditional Christmas Eve dinner. After robbing a neighborhood liquor store, high strung and irritable Tony, and his dim-witted Vinny, find themselves in need of a place to briefly hide out. Using a ruse to gain entrance into the Douglas home, they suddenly find themselves in charge of an ever-growing list of family members that they are forced to hold hostage. From smart-aleck teenagers, to nosy neighbors, and bickering adults – the laughs are non-stop.
Performed May 22, 23, 24,25 & May 29, 30, 31.
Matinee & Evening May 28
Dad Middle aged father trying to pull Christmas Eve together while his wife is stranded in Vermont.
Beth His teenage daughter-typical rebellious teen not interested in having relatives visit.
Mrs. Draper Head of the local HCA and her agenda is the only agenda.
Bunny Aunt to Beth, typical New Jersey housewife.
Bud Bunny’s put upon husband.
Tracy Teenage daughter of Bunny and Bud.
Aunt Rose This part has been cast.
Uncle Leo This role has been cast.
Tony This role has been cast.
Vinny This role has been cast
Paul Gothic blue haired teenage son of Mrs. Wakowski. 17ish.
Emily Younger sister of Paul. 15ish.
Mrs. Wakowski Neighbor to Dad & Beth
Janet Wife of Dad
Officer Henley Local police officer
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Office Hours is a biting look at how people get by in the modern world. On a Friday afternoon we follow six different story lines set in six different offices in a big city, each unrelated to the next yet somehow connected by small details. This diabolically clever work is divided into six individually titled segments: "The Reporter," "The Pitch," "The Agent," "The Visit," "The Dismissal," and "The Analyst." The play's 16 characters are all intent on holding their lives together by keeping reality at bay, and the denials are achingly funny. A strong-willed female boss and a demoted TV news reporter; a slimeball agent caught cheating red handed by his wife; an insecure producer rejects the idea that his "original" script about a young Englishman raised by apes to become lord of the jungle just might have been done before; an entertainment lawyer has an eventful lunch with his parents and his domineering mother insists that she is not authoritarian; a 200-pound jockey refuses to admit the obvious; a psychiatrist is dealing with the jumper on the ledge outside her office window and she is eager to get him inside so she can leave on a much anticipated vacation!
Performed June 5, 6, 7, 8, & 12, 13, 14.
Matinee & Evening June 11
ACTOR #1 (male)
Warren Kimble, aTelevision news reporter Mark Young; an agent. Artie Barnes: a racetrack employee. Neil Penny: a psychiatric patient.
Actor #2 (female)
Gerard: A television news producer Ellen Young: Mark’s wife Sharon Freeman: a psychiatrist
Actor #3 (male)
One-armed man: a TV viewer. Bobby Holland: An American film director. Lloyd Penny: Neil’s father
Actor #4 (female)
Francine Majors: A Canadian film producer Rhonda Penny: Neil’s mother
Actor #5 (male)
Goron Blaine, a Canadian film producer Richard Penny: A lawyer Stan Thurber: A racetrack owner Man: a psychiatric patient.
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When Ren and his mother move from Chicago to a small farming town, he is prepared for the inevitable adjustment period at his new high school. But he’s not prepared for the rigorous local edicts, including a ban on dancing instituted by the local preacher, who is determined to exercise control over the town’s youth. When the reverend’s rebellious daughter sets her sights on Ren, her roughneck boyfriend tries to sabotage Ren’s reputation, with many of the locals eager to believe the worst about the new kid. The heartfelt story that emerges pins a father longing for the son he lost against a young man aching for the father who walked out on him.
Performed June 19, 20, 21, 22 & 26, 27, 28.
Matinee & Evening, June 25
Ren Mccormack Teenage Boy From Chicago (Range: D3-C5)
Ethel Mccormack His Mother (Range: A3-D5)
Reverend Shaw Moore The Minister Of Bomont (Range: A2-F#4)
Vi Moore His Wife (Range: A3-Db5)
Ariel Moore Their Teenage Daughter (Range: G3-Eb5)
Lulu Warnicker Ren's Aunt
Wes Warnicker Her Husband
Coach Roger Dunbar The High School Gym Teacher
Eleanor Dunbar His Wife
Rusty Ariel's Best Friend (Range: A3-F#5 (Opt. F#6))
Urleen Ariel's Friend (Range: A3-D5)
Wendy Jo Ariel's Friend (Range: A3-E5)
Chuck Cranston Ariel's Boyfriend (Range: F#3-B4)
Lyle Chuck's Buddy
Travis Chuck's Buddy
A Cop
Betty Blast The Owner Of The Burger Blast
Willard Hewitt Ren's Friend, A Country Boy (Range: Bb2-Ab4)
Principal Harry Clark
Jeter Ren's Friend
Bickle Ren's Friend
Garvin Ren's Friend
Cowboy Bob The Lead Vocalist At The Bar-B-Que (Range: E3-C5)
Cowboy Bob's Band
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On a snowy evening, Inspector Ruffing is called to a remote house to investigate the headlong plunge of Patrick Roarke down the main staircase. He becomes involve in the lives of five alluring and dangerous women: Marcy, the Viennese governess with a past; Mrs. Ravenscroft, the flirtatious lady of the manor; Gillian, her charming but possibly demented daughter; Mrs. French, the formidable and passionate cook, and Dolly, a terrified maid. They lead him through a bewildering labyrinth of contradictory versions of Patrick’s demise and that of the late Mr. Ravenscroft. There are ghosts on the staircase, skeletons in the closet, and much more than the Inspector bargained for.
Performed July 3, 4, 5, 6, & 10, 11, 12.
Matinee & Evening July 9
Ruffing Police Inspector, well respected and seeker of the truth, or is he? 40+
Marcy Governess from Vienna, or is she? 25+
Mrs. Ravenscroft The lady of the house, elegant, proper in appearance, or is she? 45+
Gillian Her daughter, fragile and possible unstable, or is she? 17+.
Dolly The maid, emotional not to bright, maid, or is she? 20+
Mrs. French The housekeeper, impatient and bossy, or is she? 40+
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Young Oliver Adams is on the brink of a major success. His novel The Angel Next Door is set to be published, and famed Broadway playwrights (and married couple) Charlotte and Arthur Sanders have already adapted his book for what is sure to be a huge stage hit. And who do they have their eye on as the leading lady? Margot Bell, of course, the very person Oliver adores and about whom he has written his novel (though he hasn’t told her yet). When they all converge for a weekend in Newport, RI, the thin walls of the well-appointed mansion reveal that the angel may not be angelic, and only the power of theatre can save the play.
Performed July 17, 18, 19, 20, & 24, 25, 26
Matinee & Evening July 23
Charlotte Sanders A successful Broadway playwright. Quick-witted, resourceful, optimistic, the engine of the play. 50s to early 70s.
Oliver Adams A young novelist. Naïve, sincere: a romantic, with both the brilliant mind and unwary heart of a poet. Early to mid-20s.
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. 50s – early 70s.
Olga The housekeeper. A nebulous Eastern European accent from the Old Country; a proudly uncaring, unhelpful servant; intimidating, if not frightening. 40s – 70s.
Margot Bell A Broadway singer and actress. Easily cast as the sweet and beautiful ingenue but realizing she’s wiser and stronger than the characters she plays. Mid-20s to early 30s.
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. Mid-30s to 40s.
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The story concerns madcap antics aboard an ocean liner bound from New York to London. Billy Crocker is a stowaway in love with heiress Hope Harcourt, who is engaged to Lord Evelyn Oakleigh. Nightclub singer Reno Sweeney and Public Enemy Number 13, "Moonface" Martin, aid Billy in his quest to win Hope. Songs introduced that later became pop and jazz standards are "Anything Goes", "You're the Top", "All Through the Night", and "I Get a Kick Out of You".
Performed July 31, August 1, 2, 3, & 8, 9, 10
Matinee & Evening, August 7
PRINCIPALS
Reno Sweeney A Brassy Evangelist Turned Nightclub Singer
Hope Harcourt A Well-Known Debutante
Lord Evelyn Oakleigh A Wealthy Englishman
Elisha Whitney A Google-Eyed Tycoon
Billy Crocker Whitney’s Young Assistant
Moonface Martin A Hapless Gangster, Public Enemy No. 13
Erma A Tough Gangster’s Moll
SUPPORTING ROLES
Evangeline Harcourt Hope’s Mother, A Widow [Non-Singing]
Spit And Dippy Two Rascally New York City Street Toughs
Captain Of The S.S. American
Purser Aboard The S.S. American
Purity Showgirl Angel #1 With Reno’s Act
Chastity Showgirl Angel #2 With Reno’s Act
Charity Showgirl Angel #3 With Reno’s Act
Virtue Showgirl Angel #4 With Reno’s Act
Quartet Four Sailors
Fred A Bartender
Henry T. Dobson A Minister
2 Reporters
News Photographer
2 FBI Agents
Old Lady In A Wheelchair
ensemble
Sailors
Passengers Men & Women
Ship’s Crew Male Chorus/Dancers
Ship’s Passengers Men & Women, Singers/Dancers
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Norman Davenport feels he was born in the wrong century. Disappointed that he is forced to cater to more current tastes when he opens a brand new clothing store, Norman makes a wish that changes his life—and the lives of his two loyal employees—forever.
Performed August 14, 15, 16, 17 & 21, 22, 23.
Matinee & Evening August 20
Norman Davenport A well-dressed older gentleman. He wears a suit that could very well have been in fashion in the late 1800s.
Sophie Tomesko Around 25. Very punk looking spiked hair etc. Wears a funky outfit. A lesbian. Very hip.
Alisha Sparrow Attractive and very wealthy. Over 45. Bored socialite.
Patrick Markham 30s +. A widower, down on his luck, in desperate need of a job. Good hearted, not the sharpest tool in the shed.
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Ever wondered what would happen if you took Bram Stoker’s legendary vampire tale and put it into a blender with Mel Brooks, Monty Python, and The 39 Steps? That’s just what happens in this lightning-fast, laugh-out-loud, gender-bending romp. When her sister Mina falls ill with a mysterious disease of the blood, Lucy Westfeldt and her fiancé, Jonathan Harker, enlist the help of famed female vampire hunter Doctor Jean Van Helsing. Their hunt for the dangerous and sexy Count Dracula abounds with clever wordplay and quick-change antics. Five actors play over a dozen roles in this bloodcurdlingly hilarious send-up of the literary classic.
Performed August 28, 29, 30, 31, & 4, 5, 6.
Matinee September 3
Actor #1
Jonathan Harker, prim and proper and obsessive-compulsive real estate agent, frightened of his own shadow. Engaged to Lucy and enamored of her fearlessness. Once bitten he loosens up…a lot… and becomes a Tom Jones style rock star in leather pants.
Suitors Lord Cavendish; a Scottish dolt.
Lord Windsor; Lucy’s suitor; posh, British and petulant.
Lord Havemercy; – Lucy’s arrogant suitor from Memphis A la Elvis
Bosun: a scurvy seaman who goes down with the ship in a storm.
Gravedigger: a drunk gravedigger with a secret.
Actor #2
Dr. Westfeldt: Lucy and Mina’s father, a blowhard: self-important misogynist given to proclamations. He has recently lost his wife to consumption.
Renfield: insane patient of Dr. Westfeldt who lives to serve and loves to eat bugs. Has salivary issues.
Captain: The salty captain of a doomed ship caught in a raging storm.
Actor # 3
Lucy Westfeldt: Brilliant plucky earth scientist daughter of Dr. Westfeldt, she is full of energy and the spirit of adventure and often underestimated because of her beauty. Engaged to Jonathan, but when Dracula moves to Whitby, she is curious about his strange ways and impressed by their similar interests
Kitty: A dotty kleptomaniac patient of Dr. Westfeldt’s, she serves as a maid in his house. Think Mrs. Lovett but servile and easily distracted.
Driver: Carriage Driver
Actor #4
Mina Westfeldt: the less attractive, less intelligent Westfeldt daughter she live in her sister Lucy’s shadow and is desperate for attention. She is immediately receptive to Dracula’s charms.
Dr. Van Helsing: German dialect. Brilliant and sturdy German vampire hunting doctor from the university of Schmutz. Deadly serious in the way Germans can be, she is accustomed to people not believing she is a real doctor. Strong, shmart, unt bold, she is a woman of action.
Actor #5
Dracula: Hugely sexy, magnetically handsome, rock star presence with a killer body, he is a narcissist whose greatest love is himself – and his leather pants. Bored with women falling all over him, he becomes obsessed with Lucy when he hears of her strength and adventurousness. The less she needs him, the more interested he is. He travels to Whitby to find her and make her his bride for eternity.
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Charlie Bump is so disillusioned with modern-day America (with its mass shootings, corporate greed, conspiracy theories, and governmental dysfunction) that he decides to leave the only home he’s ever known and emigrate to another country in hopes of finding a better future for himself and his son. It’s a comedy!
Performed September 11, 12, 13, 14 & 18, 19, 20.
Matinee September 17
Charlie Bump 40 years old
Dewey Bump his father
Midge Bump his mother
Russell Bump his younger brother
Lindsey his girlfriend
Jimmy Bump his 10 – year-old son
Burt Kurkle a homeless stranger