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AUDITION NOTICE
July 20, 21, 22, 2009 • 7:00 P.M.
In this comedy by the authors of “Something’s Afoot”, Jackie Kennedy is very nervous on an afternoon in January, 1962. She has completed the restoration of the White House and has invited Eleanor, Bess, Mamie, Pat and Lady Bird to give their opinions. And do they ever! They criticize the way she runs the White House and take her to task for being uninvolved politically. When Mrs. Roosevelt commands her to head the crusade for women’s rights, a hilarious political hurricane ensues. Each discovers something about herself, her relationship with her husband, and how touching and funny it can be to hold the highest non paying job in the U.S.A.
Cast of Characters
Maureen: Age 20, a new maid, recently arrived fro Ireland.
Hannah: Age 55, a White House maid since the Roosevelt adminstration
Marie: Age 28, Jackie's secretary. Efficient, ambitious, friendly with Jackie.
Jacqueline (Jackie) Kennedy: Age 32. Determined. Born to rule ten years from now. Her voice is breathy until she wants to make a point. Jackie is dressed by Chanel.
Mamie Eisenhower: Age 65. She looks ten years younger. Gregarious, with strong opinions. Mamie is petite and wears a suite that emphasizes her tiny waist. Her hat is pink.
Bess Truman: Age 76. Dry, shrewd. Bess wears a small, flowered hat and a good, belted, flowered dress and sensible shoes.
Lady Bird Johnson: Age 49. Small, effusive, with a Texas accent. Lady Bird is hatless and her hair is teased. Her dress is from Neiman-Marcus.
Pat Nixon: Age 48. Sleek, blonde, cool. Pat is hatless and wears a becoming American suit.
Eleanor Roosevelt: Age 77. Dynamic. She wears a dark, two-piece dress and a hat. These and her fox-skins are all years out-of-date.
Time: January 1962, A weekday afternoon
Place: The Yellow Oval Room, The White House, Washington, D.C.
The events in the play are fictitious.
Fundraiser to Fix the Floor of Little Theatre of Norfolk.
It's the first meeting of C.A. - Cougars Anonymous. Seven divalicious older ladies are gathered when in enters their group moderator - a strapping 20-something year old young man. The meeting turns into a musical revue of feral women trapping their prey with Broadway-style song and dance.
Friday, July 31, 2009 at 8:00pm
Saturday, August 1, 2009 at 8:00pm
Tickets: $10
Little Theatre of Norfolk
801 Claremont Ave
Norfolk, VA
Reservations: No reservations required just show up.
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All proceeds benefit the Little Theatre of Norfolk "Fix-the-floor" fund
THIS PRODUCITON MAY CONTAIN SOME QUESTIONABLE MATERIAL NOT SUITABLE FOR ALL AGES.
Little Theatre of Norfolk has been awarded at $75,000 challenge grant from The Norfolk Foundation for our “Fix the Floor Fund”. This means that for every dollar we raise this year we will receive a matching dollar from The Norfolk Foundation. We are so close to our goal now of fixing the floor more than ever. Let us all work to keep one of the oldest continuously running community theatres in the nation alive!
