Sierra College Theater Arts – Open Call for Auditions: Noises Off
Sierra College Theatre Arts Department will hold auditions on Sept. 9 and 10 for its fall production of Noises Off by Michael Frayn, directed by Debra Hammond. They will begin at
Auditions will consist of cold readings from the script. Auditioners are encouraged to prepare a one-minute modern, comedic monologue from any published play. Monologues should best portray
Callbacks (by invitation only): Wednesday, Sept. 11,
Rehearsals: September 16 through Oct. 24, 2019, Mondays through Fridays at
Performance Dates: Oct. 25, Nov. 10, 2019, Fridays and Saturdays at
Audition Workshop: Wednesday, Sept. 4 and Thursday, Sept. 5, 2019, in the Dietrich Theatre at
Workshop presenters are Sierra College Theatre Professors Debra Hammond and Scott Adams.
Casting (All Ages Welcome to Audition)
5 male roles, 4 female roles
- Dotty Otley: A late-middle-aged actress. Plays Mrs. Clackett, the housekeeper for the Brents' home in England in Nothing's On.
- Lloyd Dallas: The director of a play-within-the-play, called Nothing's On.
- Garry Lejeune: A stuttering actor, easily fired up. Plays Roger, the estate agent looking to let
the Brent's house in Nothing's On. - Brooke Ashton: A young inexperienced actress from London. Plays Vicki, who works for the tax authorities and is trying to woo Roger in Nothing's On.
- Poppy Norton-Taylor: Assistant Stage Manager.
- Frederick Fellowes: Has a serious fear of violence and blood. Plays Phillip Brent, who lives out of the country with his wife Flavia to avoid paying taxes and is on a secret visit in Nothing's On.
- Belinda Blair: Cheerful and sensible, a reliable actress. Plays Flavia, Philip Brent's wife, who is dependable, though not one for household duties in Nothing's On.
- Tim Allgood: - An over-worked Stage Manager.
Selsdone Mowbray: Elderly and with actorly mannerisms. Plays Selsdon, a burglar and an old man in his seventies, breaking into the Brents' house in Nothing's On.
Contact: publicinformation@sierracollege.edu / (916) 660-7000