Audition dates: Friday 5/7 - 2 pm and Monday 5/10 - 2 pm (The cast was already chosen in 2020 but
changes may have to be made.
Full play - Full set and body microphones - requires a total of 7 men and 5 women
You must be a member of the VTC before auditions. Please contact us if you wish to join.
Play Summary:
After her husband forgets their 32nd wedding anniversary, Teresa Parliament sets out to find a life for herself
outside the home. She immerses herself in a wild journey through every kind of class or club she can find,
including Addicts Anonymous - even though she's not an addict. Playwright Norm Foster's inimitable sense of
humor shines through Mrs. Parliament as well as the many other characters in the story. Mrs. Parliament's life-
affirming adventure is sure to leave audiences both laughing and with the knowledge that life can always give
us second chances if we are willing to take that first step.
Performance dates: October 15 - 18, 2021 at 7 pm each night
Character descriptions:
Rehearsals: Play read through, Friday 5/14 - 12:30 pm. First rehearsal Friday, 7/30 from 12:30 to 4:50 pm then Mondays - 2 to 4:50 pm (except 9/20 ), Tuesday 10/12 - 11am to 12:50 pm, Wednesday 9/15 from 4:30 to 7:50 pm, Fridays from 12:30 to 4:50 pm: Saturday 9/4 - 1:30 to 4:50 pm)
Set building: Saturday 10/2 from 1:30 to 8:50 pm
Set Decorating and finishing: Sunday 10/3 from 4:30 pm to 7:50 pm
Light + Sound tech rehearsal: Wednesday 10/6 from 4:30 to 9:50 pm
Dress Tech: Sunday 10/10 from 4:30 to 9:20 pm
Dress Tech: Wednesday 10/13 from 4:30 to 9:50 pm
Set Tear Down: Tuesday 10/19 from 9:00 am to finish
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Performance dates: April 22 - 25, 2022 at 7 pm each night
Character descriptions:
Henry Flemming - Our hero. He is an unassuming man who is frustrated with his boring life. He decides to quit
his mundane investment job and buy a small detective agency. He starts the show looking for more meaning in
his life. At the beginning he's a little like Barney Fife and at the end he feels like James Bond.
Karen Flemming - his oblivious wife. She is very content with her comfortable upper middle class life and
Henry's mid life crisis rocks her world. She copes by drinking to a lot. She's always offering others drinks to
help justify all her drinking to herself. By the end of the play, she starts to better understand why Henry feels
more alive than ever and she tries to get on board with this new life.
Stan Spencer - The Flemming's pain in the neck neighbor. He's a psychiatrist who is pompous, arrogant,
smug, superficial and isn't very interested in his wife.
Suzy Spencer - Stan's long suffering wife who knows he's a pompous jerk. She is sarcastic and tries to bait
Stan to get a reaction from him. She has trouble hiding her disdain. Maybe that's why the Spencers are very
quick to take a drink when one is offered.
Small Roles:
Walter Larsen - Karen's father, a distinguished self impressed rich businessman.
Lieutenant Davis - A plainclothes cop who is a closet gay.
Miss Havenhurst - Secretary of Henry's detective agency. She's young, sexy and has had a tough life.
Vito Mardigan - Tough threatening hoodlum in a shiny suit
Contact: Mindy Danko at cmdanko22@yahoo.com
Rehearsals start: Friday, 1/29 from 12:30 to 4:50 pm then Mondays - 2 to 4:50 pm, Tuesdays 4/13 and 4/20
from 11 am to 12:50 pm, Wednesday 3/17 from 4:30 to 7:50 pm, Fridays from 12:30 to 4:50 pm, Saturday
4/17 from 1:30 to 4:50 pm
Set building: Saturday 4/10 from 4:30 to 9:20 pm
Set Decorating and finishing: Sunday 4/11 from 4:30 to 7:50 pm
Light + Sound tech rehearsal: Wednesday 4/14 from 4:30 to 9:50 pm
Dress Tech: Sunday 4/18 from 4:30 to 9:20 pm
Dress Tech: Wednesday 4/21 from 4:30 to 9:50 pm
Set Tear Down: Tuesday 4/27 from 9:00 am to finish