Kirkwood Theatre Guild
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Join Us For Our 79th Season
The Excitement of Live Theatre is waiting for you at the
Kirkwood Theatre Guild
Audition Information for
High Society
Lyrics & Music by Cole Porter
Book by Arthur Kopit
Sunday, March 14th at 2 PM
On the Stage of the Robert G. Reim Theatre
At the Kirkwood Community Center
111 South Geyer Road 63122
Production Dates:
April 30, May 1, 6, 7 & 8, 2010 at 8 pm and May 2, 2010 at 2 pm
Director: Jim Arnet
With a few exceptions, rehearsals will be every Monday, Wednesday and Thursday from 7-10 PM and Sundays from 1-6 PM beginning March 15th at the Kirkwood Community Center. Tech week begins Sunday, April 26 , 2010.
Be prepared to list all conflicts at the audition. Please do not audition
if you are unable to attend all performances and tech week rehearsals.
Synopsis:
Tracy Lord is ecstatic about her impending marriage to George Kittredge, a successful industrialist. Soon, her ex-husband, Dexter, bounds in and informs the family that unless Tracy agrees to be photographed by two reporters from a celebrity magazine, they will print a story about Tracy's estranged father, who is carrying on an affair with an exotic dancer. Later, the reporters, Mike and Liz, arrive to be greeted by a very strangely costumed Dinah. Tracy joins her, also dressed outrageously, and together they perform a bizarre song and dance routine.
To further perplex the reporters, Tracy introduces her Uncle Willie as her father and her newly-arrived father as her uncle. Later, at Tracy's pre-wedding ball, Tracy hides from George and invites Mike to go skinny-dipping with her in the pool. Meanwhile, Dexter has a heart-to-heart with Liz, who is fleeing the amorous uncle Willie, and she admits that she's in love with Mike, even though he doesn't know it. She promises Dexter that neither she nor Mike will write any stories about the Lords, even if it costs them their jobs.
Then, George witnesses Mike carrying the comatose Tracy up to her room, and assume the worst. The wedding day dawns with the bride hung over and the groom furious. George confronts Tracy and Mike, but Mike swears that he did nothing wrong. Tracy decides that she can't marry George, no matter what. In the end, she and Dexter decide to re-marry.
Roles Available:
Tracy Lord:
Dexter Haven:
Mike Connor:
Margaret Lord:
George Ketteridge:
Dinah Lord:
Seth Lord:
Uncle Willie:
male 60 - 75, supporting role
Chester:
Sunny:
female, cameo role
Patsy:
Edmund:
Stanley:
Polly:
Arthur:
