Upcoming Auditions
Seven Keys to Baldpate
By George M. Cohan
Directed by Warren Schader
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Tuesday, November 19th at 6pm
Saturday, November 23rd at 2pm
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At the Brewery Arts Center
449 W King St
Carson City, NV 89706
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Seven Keys to Baldpate will have open auditions, with cold reads from selections of the script. Prepared monologues are welcome but should be a maximum of three minutes. All parts are open to all ages, sex and race. Auditioners may be invited to callbacks for further selection.
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Seven Keys to Baldpate is a fun-filled romp filled with laughs, gunshots, and a clash of interesting characters, all of whom have secrets and motives left to be revealed onstage!
Characters
Elijah Quimby: The Caretaker of Baldpate Inn.
Mrs. Quimby: The Caretaker's wife.
William Magee: The novelist.
John Bland: Hayden’s right-hand man.
Mary Norton: The newspaper reporter.
Mrs. Rhodes: The charming widow.
Peters: The Hermit of Baldpate.
Myra Thornhill: The Blackmailer.
Lou Max The Mayor's man "Friday."
Jim Cargan The Crooked mayor of Reuton.
Thomas Hayden President of the R.E. Suburban Railroad.
Jiggs Kennedy: Chief of Police of Asquewan Falls.
Owner: The Owner of Baldpate
Synopsis
In this melodramatic mystery, Novelist Magee has made a bet that they can write a ten-thousand-word story in just 24 hours with the owner of Baldpate Inn. (A lonely summer resort atop a mountain in the dead of winter.) To accomplish this task, Magee retires to Baldpate to be alone. Given the ONLY key to Baldpate from the
local caretakers Magee locks themselves into the resort, not to be disturbed by anyone. Throughout the night they are visited by a succession of mysterious characters, including a corrupt politician, a ghost, a feisty reporter, a police chief and a gang of criminals. It appears there is more than meets the eye to Baldpate
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