THE DROWSY CHAPERONE
Winner of five Tony Awards, including Best Book and Best Original Score, The Drowsy Chaperone is a loving send-up of the Golden Age musical, featuring one show-stopping song and dance number after another.
With the houselights down, a man in a chair appears on stage and puts on his favorite record: the cast recording of a fictitious 1928 musical. The recording comes to life and The Drowsy Chaperone begins as the man in the chair looks on. Mix in two lovers on the eve of their wedding, a bumbling best man, a desperate theatre producer, a not-so-bright hostess, two gangsters posing as pastry chefs, a misguided Don Juan and an intoxicated chaperone, and you have the ingredients for an evening of madcap delight.
Hailed by New York Magazine as “The Perfect Broadway Musical,” The Drowsy Chaperone is a masterful meta-musical, poking fun at all the tropes that characterize the musical theatre genre – accompanied by non-stop laughs!
Performance Dates & Times
Production Crew
Randy Lake
Director
Josh Vreeland
Musical Director
Casting
AUDITIONS will be held at the theatre on Monday, May 19 and Tuesday, May 20 beginning at 7:00 each night. Come prepared to sing a brief musical number and to read from the script.
Character Breakdown
Man In Chair (Male) Musical theatre aficionado who mourns the end of the Golden Era. He narrates the show as he listens to the record on vinyl.
Mrs. Tottendale (Female - 50-80) The air-headed, proper, and bossy host of the wedding.
Underling (Male - 35-50) Mrs. Tottendale's savvy butler who is thrifty and stiff yet has an understated sense of humor.
Robert Martin (Male - 25-35) The dashing, ever-cheerful groom; played by matinee-idol Percy Hyman.
George (Male 35-50) Robert's anxious, dim-witted best man who has Robert's best-interest always at heart.
Feldzieg (Male - 30-65) Broadway producer who is desperate for his star to return to his show.
Kitty (Female - 25-45) Feldzieg's dim-witted companion who has hopes of being a star.
Gangsters (ages 25-40) Posing as pastry chefs, this duo is intending to collect from Feldzieg; played by the vaudeville duo Tall Brothers.
Aldolpho (Male - 35-65) European self-proclaimed "ladies man"; played by former silent movie star Roman Bartelli.
Janet Van De Graaf (Female - 25-35) The famous bride. Glamorous and talented star of Feldzieg's Follies; played by rising star Jane Roberts.
The Drowsy Chaperone (Female 45-65) Janet's alcoholic confidante and friend; played by well-established stage actress Beatrice Stockwell
Trix (Female - any age) The brave and brash female aviator who, by chance, is recruited to perform the wedding.
Ensemble & Staff Reporters