Rumors

written by
Neil Simon

directed by Mackey Skinner

Description
Several affluent couples gather for a dinner party celebrating their hosts' tenth anniversary. However, they discover there are no servants, the hostess is missing, and the host 13 Charley, the deputy mayor of New York City, has shot himself through the earlobe. Comic complications arise when, given everyone's social status (lawyer, CPA, psychiatrist and a politician), they decide they need to do everything possible to conceal the evening's events from the local police and the media. However, the police do arrive demanding to see the host and Lenny (pretending to be Charley) comes downstairs to "explain everything." Lenny invents a ludicrous, rambling explanation for everything. The police, partly out of exasperation, buy the story and leave the house. The guests, elated at their success, begin to troop upstairs to confront Charley and find out the real story once and for all, when an incredible development occurs!

Auditions will be readings from the script and will be held at 7PM on September 15 and 16 at the Baytown Little Theater, 4328 Hugh Echols Blvd., Baytown, TX 77521.

PRODUCTION DATES
November 8, 9, 10, 15, 16, 17, 22, 23, 24

AUDITIONS
September 15, 16; 7:00 PM

Several affluent couples gather for a dinner party celebrating their hosts' tenth anniversary. However, they discover there are no servants, the hostess is missing, and the host 13 Charley, the deputy mayor of New York City, has shot himself through the earlobe. Comic complications arise when, given everyone's social status (lawyer, CPA, psychiatrist and a politician), they decide they need to do everything possible to conceal the evening's events from the local police and the media. However, the police do arrive demanding to see the host and Lenny (pretending to be Charley) comes downstairs to "explain everything." Lenny invents a ludicrous, rambling explanation for everything. The police, partly out of exasperation, buy the story and leave the house. The guests, elated at their success, begin to troop upstairs to confront Charley and find out the real story once and for all, when an incredible development occurs!

Auditions will be readings from the script and will be held at 7PM on September 15 and 16 at the Baytown Little Theater, 4328 Hugh Echols Blvd., Baytown, TX 77521.

CAST

Chris Gorman
Age 30-40, female, upper middle class, high-strung lawyer
Christine Jones

Ken Gorman
Age 40-50, male, lawyer, well-groomed and also high strung
Ryan Marshall

Claire Ganz
Age 30-40, female, yuppy housewife type
Dawn Daily

Lenny Ganz
Age 30-50, male, not the smartest, but very likeable
Kenny Wade

Cookie Cusack
Age 40-50, female, gaudy dresser, very dramatic
Tammy Calaway

Ernie Cusack
Age 40-55, male, psychologist, wants everyone to be happy
John Shrader

Cassie Cooper
Age 25-40, female, neurotic, overly excitable
Chelsea Denard

Glenn Cooper
Age 30-50, male, professional, with political ambitions
Mitchell Craft

Officer Welch
Age 30-50, male, imposing burly type
Will Myers

Officer Pudney
Age 22-30, female, no nonsense type
Koni Hovater

CREW

Director
Mackey Skinner

Assistant Director
Mark Fleming

Production Manager
Kenny Wade

Production Secretary
Georgie Skinner

Costumes
Georgie Skinner

Makeup
Frannie Poole

Lighting
Gary Smith

Props
Saundra Smith

Sound
Sterling Wadzinski

Set Design
Mackey Skinner

Set Decoration
Gary & Lea Ann Gardner