Entertainment : \'Plaza Suite\' audition take place this weekend

While ACT 1 cast and crew and director Tony Bopp are putting the final touches on 'Picnic' as they prepare for the show's opening this Friday, the Area Community Theater is already looking ahead to the next ACT 1 show, "Plaza Suite."

Auditions take place this Sunday and Monday.

Following are summary descriptions of the characters in Plaza Suite. You can get an idea of the general age of a character and a bit of the personality. Remember, it is not necessary to actually BE the age described as long as you can pass for an age reasonably close. Also, the director may use wide discretion when reaching a decision. Halane Cummings from Center Point is directing this play.

Auditions for "Plaza Suite" are March 13 from 2-6 PM and March 14 from 7-9 PM at the ACT I Studio above Clingman Pharmacy.

Act One
Karen Nash
Forty eight years old and fine with it. A pleasant and affable woman, Karen has allowed herself to look middle aged because she knows she is middle aged. She is witty, and down to earth. She is also secretly hoping the visit at the suite will bring her and her husband closer together. (It is their Anniversary, she thinks)
Sam Nash
Sam is Fifty years old but can not come to terms with it. He is trim, incredibly neat and well tailored. Sam needs to know he looks good, and also that others know he looks good. He goes to great strides to keep the years at bay, with exercise and a meticulous diet. Sam is a workaholic, but not just because he likes to work.
Jean Mc Cormack
Jean is Sam’s secretary and highly efficient. She is well groomed, attractive, and bright and cheerful at 28 years of age. She is also Sam’s mistress.
Waiter
He’s a waiter, trained to be friendly and please customers.
Bellhop
Younger man, eager to please and will visit as long as he needs to get his tip.

Act Two
Jesse Kiplinger
A confident Forty year old Hollywood producer who has made his success but still feels his life is missing the kind of relationship he had in his teens with Muriel. He has one purpose in seeing Muriel.
Muriel Tate
In her late thirties, very attractive and still seems somewhat naïve. She is warm, and generous, and very impressed with Jesse. She is unsure of meeting with him, and yet can’t seem to make a decision to stay or go. She claims to be happily married…..
Waiter
He’s a waiter, he delivers food.

Act Three
Norma Hubley
Dressed as mother of the bride and trying to appear calm in a crisis with every one EXCEPT her husband. Married to a Type A personality, she sways from trying to keep him in calm and in control while passively and aggressively taking a stand for herself.
Roy Hubley
The father of the bride with the bills to prove it. A competitive business man, out of his league when dealing with emotions and marrying off his daughter.
Borden Eisler
The young confident groom, a man of few words. (Literally)
Mimsey Hubley
A nervous bride, afraid of having her marriage turn out like her parents’ marriage.