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RECENT AUDITIONS (not a complete list)

'The Sum of Your Experience'

by Trace Crawford

SUMMARY:

A man confronts a mugger but refuses to give up the one

thing he doesn't hold dear...his own self.

PLAYWRIGHT BIO:

Trace's plays have been published in six collections and produced in NYC, LA, Chicago, London, Edinburgh, throughout most the US and on a total six continents - Antarctica remains elusive. A member of the Dramatists Guild, his horror-comedy screenplay Dead (Re)Tired has received honors from 25 competitions and festivals including the Nashville Film Festival. Trace's book, Absolutely Everything** You Need to Know about Teaching and Performing Improv is available on Amazon in paperback or for Kindle. He lives with his beautiful wife and son in Ohio. www.tracecrawford.com

CHARACTERS:

Thief -- Male or Female, probably mid to late 30s.

Man -- Male in his late 30s to early 50s

THE PLAY'S SETTING:

A metropolitan street corner at night.

THE PLAY'S TIME:

The Present

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THURSDAY, JULY 5th, 2018; 7-8 p.m. (PT)

The Petaluma Radio Players are auditioning a new play:

'You’re Right—I’m Dead'

by Peter Marino & Tom Ecobelli

SUMMARY:

In this doctor's office turned upside down by

the toughest patient who's ever lived, we're left

to wonder who's examining whom?

PLAYWRIGHT BIO:

(coming soon)

CHARACTERS:

GRANDMA MARY PESCEFUNGO (Pesh-uh-fun'-go) A ninety-three-year-old Italian. A demanding matriarch with wild mood swings from violent hatred to intense loyalty and love. Can be played by a man or a woman.

ANTHONY DEFICIENTE (Duh-fish-ee-en'-tay) GRANDMA's virgin grandson and primary

care giver. An overweight, success challenged, gay man. (late 30's)

DOCTOR GOLDSTEIN Handsome, serious, young doctor.

BERNADETTE Impatient, bald and overworked.

THE PLAY'S SETTING:

Doctor's office examination room.

THE PLAY'S TIME:

The Present

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THURSDAY, JUNE 21st, 2018; 7-9 p.m.

'CHEKHOV's REVENGE' by Roy Proctor

SUMMARY:

A dark one-act radio play based on the short stories off Anton Chechov that captures the flavor of Chekhov without all the mess.

PLAYWRIGHT BIO:

Roy Proctor wrote his first play in 2012 after retiring from a

30-year career as the staff theater critic on the two daily

newspapers in Richmond, Va. Since then, he has completed 89 short plays that have been fully produced, accorded staged readings and/or produced as podcasts more than 200 times in 23 American states and in 10 countries on four continents. His plays have been produced on the stage in an arc extending from Los Angeles to Chicago, New York, London, Stuttgart. Bangalore, Misawa (Japan) and Sydney. Proctor writes all kind of plays, but specializes in short-play adaptations of classic short stories in the public domain, especially stories by Anton Chekhov. He lives in Richmond and is a member of the Dramatists Guild of America.

CHARACTERS:

Host

Scene 1: Settling the Score

FYODOR FYODOROVITCH SIGAEV, 30ish, fit, frazzled

SHOPKEEPER, any adult age, Frenchified, eager to please, both obsequious and snooty

Scene 2: The Hussy

NIKOLAY PETROVITCH KOLPAKOV, an upper-level government bureaucrat; late-40ish

PASHA, his mistress, slightly younger, a perpetual chorus girl

OLGA, his wife, younger and beautiful

THE PLAY'S SETTING:

Scene 1: A gun shop in a provincial city

Scene 2: The living room of a modest villa in the Crimea

THE PLAY'S TIME:

Late 19th Century

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THURSDAY, MAY 31st, 2018; 7-9 p.m. (PT)

The Petaluma Radio Players are auditioning two (2) plays:

THE FIRST PLAY:

'PSYCHO SANTA?' by Vivian C. Lermond

SUMMARY:

Delusion and illusion hit a Christmas Eve cross-current, and Santa must face off with his conflicted reality.

PLAYWRIGHT BIO:

Vivian is an award-winning playwright who has penned 60 one-act plays and monologues that have entertained audiences in the US, Mexico, England, Scotland and Australia. Her full-length drama/comedy, Back to Bethlehem (PA), premiered Off-Broadway in 2006 at the Manhattan Theatre Club. In addition to her stage plays,Vivian has also written two full length screenplays that were awarded first place in two highly competitive screenwriting contests.

She has taught playwriting at a local college and has facilitated playwriting workshops at writing conferences. Vivian currently lends her talents to Gallagher Literary, an LA talent management company, where she evaluates pitches and screenplay submissions. She also freelances for afilmwriter.com, where she is a script analysis specialist for stage plays. Vivian has been a proud member of The Dramatists Guild since 1998.

CHARACTERS:

SAUL ROSENBLUM - a patient, dressed in a Santa suit

DOCTOR K - middle-aged or older

DOCTOR RAMOS - female, any age

THE PLAY'S SETTING:

A doctor's office in a psychiatric clinic.

THE PLAY'S TIME:

Christmas Eve

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THE SECOND PLAY:

'NOT HERE YET' by William Ivor Fowkes

SUMMARY:

If the trains run on-time, well, most of the time, why would the world's busiest subway system need a stay-at-home spouse to reassure would-be passengers that one is coming along any minute now? Is there something in her own life that seems to be stuck in-transit? Is it perhaps too late for this empty housewife to get her relationship back on track?

PLAYWRIGHT BIO:

William Ivor Fowkes is a playwright and author based in New York and Connecticut. He has been a FINALIST for the Reva Shiner Comedy Award and the W.Keith Hedrick Playwriting Contest and a SEMIFINALIST for the Playwrights First Award, the Promising Playwright Award, and the Princess Grace Playwriting Award. His plays have been presented in 14 states. Several have been published. For more information about the playwright and his works, please see my website, www.williamivorfowkes.com.

CHARACTERS:

ELEANOR: A woman of indeterminate age. Well educated,

articulate, and sensitive. A lonely woman.

CHARLENE: A woman of indeterminate age. Scrappy and full of

personality. A survivor.

RICHARD: A businessman of indeterminate age. Superior in

attitude and bearing. A confident man.

VOICES of various passersby.

SETTING:

One summer afternoon.

THE PLAY'S SETTING:

The entrance to a subway station in a sunken plaza in midtown

Manhattan.

THE PLAY'S TIME:

Present

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Thursday, May 10th, 2018

7-9 p.m. (PT)

THE PLAYS:

'THE MISADVENTURE OF THE MALEVOLENT MATHEMATICIAN'

by Vince Stadon

and

'THE MISADVENTURE OF THE INJUDICIOUS JURIST'

by Vince Stadon

The latest installments from the portfolio of 'The Misadventures of Sherlock Holmes' comedies, three of which were first recorded live-on-stage December, 2017 during the Petaluma Radio Players 'Holmes for the Holidays' radio theatre show at Hotel Petaluma.

PLAYWRIGHT BIO:

U.K. playwright, Vince Stadon, has graced the airways of the Petaluma Radio Players live-on-stage and recorded broadcasts since December 2017. His collection of comedies have been performed on stage at cities throughout the world. Most recently, Petaluma, California and somewhere in Mississippi.

'THE MISADVENTURE OF THE MALEVOLENT MATHEMATICIAN'

SUMMARY (in Doctor John Watson's own words):

Summer; 1895. Following the events of 'The Substitute Secretary', Lord Salisbury regains office of Prime Minister; H.G. Wells publishes "The Time Machine"; The Lumiere brothers hold public film exhibitions in London and Paris; Rontgen discovers X-rays; Gillette invents the safety razor; the Sino-Japanese War breaks out...and Mr. Sherlock Holmes and Dr. John H. Watson have lodged together, as friends and companions, for eleven years. Eleven long years. Tempers are beginning to fray.

CHARACTERS:

Mr. Sherlock Holmes

Doctor John H. Watson

Mrs. Hudson

Miss Violet Spedding

Professor Jake Moriarty

Professor Moriarty

Inspector Lestrade

Stamford

Receptionist

Reverend

Barman

THE PLAY'S SETTING:

London

THE PLAY'S TIME:

Summer; 1895

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'THE MISADVENTURE OF THE INJUDICIOUS JURIST'

SUMMARY (not available)

CHARACTERS:

Mr Sherlock Holmes

Dr John H. Watson

Inspector Tobias Gregson

Miss Georgina Arrowsmith

Mr Samuel Dallimore:

Henry Gaisford Gibbs Ludlow

Mrs Hudson

Emma Arrowsmith

Sergeant Major

Reporter

Clerk of Court

Newspaper Boy

Man

2nd Man

Woman

Constable Cribb

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AUDITIONS - Tuesday, Feb. 12th, 2019 -- 7-9 p.m. (PST)

'The Waning Moon' by Kathleen Allison Johnson

SUMMARY: Moldering away in a retirement home is one way to spend your golden years. Seeing

the world from aboard The Waning Moon is another. But when the elegant old cruise ship faces decommissioning, three still-lively passengers resolve not to go so gently into that good night. There's more life in Gladys than her workaholic daughter notices. Destined to end her days in a retirement home, Gladys is not looking forward to her return to America after a cruise to England aboard The Waning Moon. But two elderly Brits aboard propose an alternative.

CHARACTERS:

LOUDSPEAKER, British, Captain of The Waning Moon, 40-60s

GLADYS, American, passenger, 70-80s

CAROL, American, Gladys' daughter, passenger, 40-50s

DOROTHY, British, resident passenger, 70-80s

HUGH, British, retired lieutenant in Royal Navy, passenger, 70-80s

CREW MEMBER, Russian, 20-60s

FRANCESCA, American, owner of The Waning Moon, 50s

'THE HALL OF MIRRORS: NOT ANOTHER WORD'

by Jennie MacDonald

CHARACTERS:

ANNOUNCER: Your guide in The Hall of Mirrors

ANN BENNETT: Scriptwriter for Adam Heart: Private Detective

CHARLIE SNOW: Sound man for Adam Heart: Private Detective

BABS MARTIN: Receptionist for WRDS

OLIVIA EVANS: Actress playing Gloria Smith for Adam Heart: Private Detective

COLLINS in Adam Heart: Private Detective

JONATHAN WILD: Actor playing Adam Heart in Adam Heart: Private Detective

JIM SCOFIELD: Actor in Adam Heart: Private Detective

JACK WINTERS: A policeman

Summary: When real murders begin to emulate the dramatized ones on a 1948 radio serial,

the staff at station WRDS wonders if life or death is imitating art.

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THURSDAY, November 1st, 2018; 7-9 p.m. (PT)

The Petaluma Radio Players present their holiday show:

'HOLMES...ALONE!'

Playing and recording LIVE ON STAGE at Hotel Petaluma's 'Goldman Ballroom' Thursday, Friday, Saturday; Dec. 13, 14, 15, 2018

The plays:

'PSYCHO SANTA' by Vivian C. Lermond [Fully Cast]

'THE MISADVENTURE OF THE MALEVOLENT MATHEMATICIAN'

by UK playwright, Vince Stadon

'THE MISADVENTURE OF THE DEVIL'S WHISPER'

by UK playwright, Vince Stadon

('Psycho Santa' is fully cast.) As many actors from the Company will be reprising

their roles, quite a few of the characters in 'The Misadventure of the Malevolent Mathematician' and a few of the characters in 'The Misadventure of the Devil's Whisper' have been cast. However, there are still many roles to be cast. So we encourage you to turn out and audition. These are very high quality scripts that

are over-the-top funny! And we play to three nights of S.R.O. audiences every year.

THE TROUPE IS CURRENTLY VETTING SCRIPTS. NEXT AUDITIONS COMING UP: FALL 2019