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Dearly Departed and Blithe Spirit-Reno, NV - Casting ID # 1508854 Project Type Live Event Submission Type Open Call Location Reno, NV Union Non-union Rate/Pay n/a Release Date 01-25-16 Audition Date 07-18-16 Submission deadline 07-17-16 Casting Category Theatre - Non-Equity Dearly Departed In the Baptist backwoods of the Bible Belt, the beleaguered Turpin family proves that living and dying in the South is seldom tidy and always hilarious. when the patriarch of the family keels over dead in the first scene, the struggle to get him buried involved the whole clan, including the not-so-grieving widow. The Turpins other problems keep overshadowing the solemn occasion. Amid the chaos, the Turpins turn for comfort to their friends and neighbors, an eccentric community of misfits who attempt to pull together and help each other through their hours of need. A hilarious, irreverent, dark, laugh out loud comedy. Blithe Spirit Charles is a successful novelist. Ruth is his charming, strong-willed wife. in order to conduct research for his latest book, they invite a medium to their home to perform a seance. After prancing about the room reciting nursery rhymes, the psychic summons a ghost from Charles' past: his deceased first wife. Charles can see her, but no one else can. What follows is a darkly funny competition between two women, one dead, one living. As the haunting and hollering continue, Charles begins to wonder if he wants to be with either woman at all. Role # 1 Bud Turpin Seeking 1 talent(s) for this role (Dearly Departed) - An elderly man who dies at the start of the production. Searchable talent specs : Gender: Male Age: from 61 to 85 Role # 2 Raynelle Seeking 1 talent(s) for this role (Dearly Departed) - Bud's wife Searchable talent specs : Gender: Female Age: from 61 to 85 Role # 3 Ray-Bud Seeking 1 talent(s) for this role (Dearly Departed) - Bud and Raynelle's son, who has a drinking problem because he's stuck with the funeral bill. Lucille Ray-Bud's wife, who keeps Ray-bud sane. Searchable talent specs : Gender: Male Age: from 18 to 60 Role # 4 Junior Seeking 1 talent(s) for this role (Dearly Departed) - Bud and Raynelle's other son, who's a failure. Searchable talent specs : Gender: Male Age: from 18 to 60 Role # 5 Suzanne Seeking 1 talent(s) for this role (Dearly Departed) - Junior's wife, who never lets Junior forget he's a failure. Searchable talent specs : Gender: Female Age: from 18 to 60 Role # 6 Junior's Children Seeking 1 talent(s) for this role (Dearly Departed) - Junior and Suzannes' bratty children. Searchable talent specs : Gender: Female Age: from 5 to 12 Role # 7 Marguerite Seeking 1 talent(s) for this role (Dearly Departed) - Bud's sister, who loves to quote scripture and sing hymns. Randomly. Searchable talent specs : Gender: Female Age: from 18 to 60 Role # 8 Royce Seeking 1 talent(s) for this role (Dearly Departed) - Marguerite's son, a wayward freeloader. Searchable talent specs : Gender: Male Age: from 18 to 60 Role # 9 Delightful Seeking 1 talent(s) for this role (Dearly Departed) - Bud and Raynelle's only daughter, overweight, mute and likes her junk food. Alot. Searchable talent specs : Gender: Female Age: from 18 to 60 Role # 10 Rev. Hooker Seeking 1 talent(s) for this role (Dearly Departed) - The pastor, fire and brimstone type. Searchable talent specs : Gender: Male Age: from 18 to 60 Role # 11 Veda Seeking 1 talent(s) for this role (Dearly Departed) - an elderly woman, overbearing Searchable talent specs : Gender: Female Age: from 61 to 85 Role # 12 Lucille Seeking 1 talent(s) for this role (Dearly Departed) - Ray-Bud's wife, who keeps Ray-bud sane. Searchable talent specs : Gender: Female Age: from 18 to 60 Role # 13 Norval Seeking 1 talent(s) for this role (Dearly Departed) - Veda's husband, aged Searchable talent specs : Gender: Male Age: from 18 to 60 Role # 14 Nadine Seeking 1 talent(s) for this role (Dearly Departed) - a young woman Searchable talent specs : Gender: Female Age: from 18 to 35 Role # 15 Clyde Seeking 1 talent(s) for this role (Dearly Departed) - He is a friend Searchable talent specs : Gender: Male Age: from 18 to 60 Role # 16 Charles Condomine Seeking 1 talent(s) for this role (Blithe Spirit) - An author married to Ruth doing research on the occult. He is energetic, charismatic, pithy and sometimes spoiled and dense. Searchable talent specs : Gender: Male Age: from 25 to 45 Role # 17 Ruth Condomine Seeking 1 talent(s) for this role (Blithe Spirit) - The wife of Charles Condomine. She is cultivated, capable, smart and outspoken. Searchable talent specs : Gender: Female Age: from 18 to 45 Role # 18 Elvira Condomine Seeking 1 talent(s) for this role (Blithe Spirit) - Charles' first wife, a ghost. Younger than Ruth. Beautiful, coquettish, witty and spiteful. Used to being the center of attention while alive and expects this even now that she is dead. Searchable talent specs : Gender: Female Age: from 18 to 45 Role # 19 Madame Arcati Seeking 1 talent(s) for this role (Blithe Spirit) - She is the local psychic as well as a writer of children's novels and royal biographies. She is direct, confident and full of energy. She is intuitive, quick-minded and eccentric. Searchable talent specs : Gender: Female Age: from 30 to 80 Role # 20 Doctor Bradman Seeking 1 talent(s) for this role (Blithe Spirit) - A friend of Condomine's, invited to dinner and a seance. He is social and likes to have a good time. He also is devoted to order and normalcy. Searchable talent specs : Gender: Male Age: from 20 to 50 Role # 21 Mrs Bradman Seeking 1 talent(s) for this role (Blithe Spirit) - Wife of Dr. Bradman who also attends the dinner and seance. Bored housewife, eager to believe in the seance, reads romance novels on the sly. Searchable talent specs : Gender: Female Age: from 20 to 50 Role # 22 Edith Seeking 1 talent(s) for this role (Blithe Spirit) - The Condomine's earnest maid. She is not a very good maid but she tries hard. She is well-meaning and enthusiastic. Searchable talent specs : Gender: Female Age: from 18 to 60