GOODBYE CHARLIE
A comedy
By
GEORGE AXELROD
Directed
By
GARY ROBERTSON

 

SYNOPSIS
After being shot by a jealous husband, Charlie Sorel, (bon vivant, playboy and cad,) is reincarnated as a beautiful young woman.  As this 38-year-old bachelor begins to live life as a strikingly beautiful young lady, he/she starts to come to grips with who he was and who she is becoming.  The transition is anything but smooth, but the bumps along the way make for a hilarious and touching theatrical experience.  “…in a kind of jazzy, Old Testament way – you’re being punished for your sins, Charlie…there really is a God – and not only that – but the Old Boy has a sense of humor!”

 

AUDITION INFORMATION
All auditions will be held at:
The Conejo Players Theater
351 So. Moorpark Rd.
Thousand Oaks, Calif. 91361
Audition dates:
Sunday, Aug. 24, 2008 – 7:00 p.m.
Monday, Aug. 25, 2008 – 7:30 p.m.
Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2006 – 7:30 p.m.

Auditions will consist of  “cold readings” from the script, (“sides” will not be available prior to auditions.)   All roles are “open.”  As the Conejo Players Theater is a community theater, this is a “no pay” production.  Production staff, Tech crew and Running crew positions are available.  For additional information, please contact  Marianne Robertson (Producer) at : (805) 495-6510.

REHEARSAL INFORMATION
Rehearsals will be held on weekday evenings at the Conejo Players Theater.  Limited weekend  rehearsals may be called if needed.  A rehearsal calendar will be posted at auditions.

PREFORMANCE DATES
Nov. 14 – Dec. 13, 2008
Thurs, Fri & Sat  @ 8:00 p.m.
Sun. Nov. 16 & Dec. 7, 2008 @  2:00 p.m.
No performance conflicts will be accommodated.

 

 

 

CHARACTER BREAKDOWN

 

CHARLIE: (female)  mid – late 20’s
A ravishingly beautiful, tall young woman to play a 38-year-old playboy reincarnated as the kind of girl Charlie would have seen as a potential conquest.

 

GEORGE:  (male)   late 30’s
The long-suffering friend of the late Charlie Sorel.  George is the only one to figure out who the “new” Charlie is, and is the one who helps Charlie navigate the new waters he/she finds him/herself in.

 

RUSTY:  (female)   early – mid  30’s  (to play 34)
“pretty in a movie-starlet way.”  The wife of a powerful movie producer, and one of Charlie’s many conquests.  She knows what she has, and what she has to loose.  Rusty is a lady who “knows the score.”

 

FRANNY: (female)  30’s
A white gloves and Peter Pan collar kind of gal.  She is the wife of the Head of Production for a major motion picture studio, but still does her own grocery shopping.  A former Girl Scout, through and through.

The following three roles may be combined.

GREG MORRIS:  (male)  40’s – 60’s
Charlie Sorel’s lawyer.

 

IRVING:  (male)   40’s – 60’s
Charlie Sorel’s  agent.

 

MR, SHRIBER:  (male)  40’s – 60’s
Charlie Sorel’s C.P.A.