Auditions
IMPROBABLE FICTION by Alan Ayckbourn
Director: Angela Mason- angela53@sbcglobal.net
Performances: February 6th - March 1, 2026
(Fridays and Saturdays at 8:00 pm, Sundays at 2:00 pm, one Thursday evening at 8:00 pm)
Auditions: Saturday, September 13th, 12:00 pm – 4:00 pm.
NON-AEA. Appointments are scheduled in 30 minute sections for four auditioners at a time. Indicate conflicts. Include your headshot and resume. If a later appointment is needed, please request by email to-
Auditions Location:
Masquers Playhouse, 105 Park Place, Pt Richmond
Audition Requirements:
Reading from the script and additional specific cold readings from Act Two (sides available at audition). British accents required.
Callbacks:
September 15th , 7:00-9:00 pm at the Masquers Playhouse
105 Park Avenue, Pt. Richmond.
Actors not cast will receive an email by September 19th. Those cast will be provided scripts the following week.
Character Breakdowns:
Arnold: Factual writing – late 40s-50s; a bachlor, shop assistant, mild-mannered, lives with mother
Jess Bales: Historical romance - 30s - 50s; a lesbian farmer, cheerful, ‘salt of the earth’ type
Grace Sims: Children’s fiction - 40s-50s; a nervous housewife, a worrier
Vivi Dickins:: Crime fiction - 30-45; single, a journalist, effusive, attractive
Clem Pepp: Science fiction -35-55; single, a local council worker, silent, awkward, a bit of a nerd
Brevis Winterton: Musical adaptations; early 60s, retired schoolteacher, divorced, bad tempered, impatient
Ilsa Wolby: Local village girl who helps out with Arnold’s mum; 18-25, has a boyfriend, a shop assistant, a cheerful country lass; In Act 2 she plays a Victorian damsel in distress, a Cockney maid, a goblin
Rehearsals: Start Monday, December 1- December 19th, then a holiday break. Resume rehearsals Monday, January 5th . Monday-Thursday and one 4 hour slot on the weekend (tbd by the cast and crew). Not necessarily all 4 evenings.
Table read at the director’s home in Richmond one evening sometime before Thanksgiving.
COME PLAY WITH US!
