Description:

GALAXY THEATER COMPANY announces AUDITIONS for their upcoming production of BLITHE SPIRIT, written by Noel Coward, and directed by Laura Howell.

THE STORY:
Blithe Spirit is set at the house of writer, Charles Condomine, and his wife, Ruth. One evening, Charles invites a local eccentric medium, Madame Arcati, to hold a seance at his house. He asks along his friends, Dr. and Mrs. Bradman, intending to gather character inspiration from Madame Arcati for his latest book. Despite initially thinking the seance has been a failure, it soon becomes clear that Madame Arcati has unwittingly brought back Charles' first wife, Elvira, to haunt him. Once in his house, Elvira is unable to leave and, as she cannot be seen or heard by Ruth, she causes all kinds of mischievous trouble between the married couple. When Elvira unwittingly causes Ruth's death in her attempts to bring Charles over to be with her, Charles becomes haunted by both of his now-deceased wives. Frustrated by their odd situation, the threesome call on Madame Arcati once more to send Elvira and Ruth back to the other side. Intensely funny and character-driven, Blithe Spirit combines farce, emotion, and wit to great effect.

THEATER LOCATION:
The entrance to the theater space is located on East Cossitt Avenue. Enter through beige-colored, windowed, double-doors at the bottom of the stairs/ramp on the West side of the church. Free covered parking is available in the Public Parking Garage one half block North at 56 6th Avenue.

CAST OF CHARACTERS
(All speak with a British accent)

CHARLES CONDOMINE: Male, 30-45- Bright, sophisticated, articulate, and debonair but somewhat at the mercy of his wives, past and present. His interest in spiritualism as a subject for a novel leads Charles to ask Madame Arcati to dinner and a seance. He is skeptical but becomes a believer when the ghost of his first wife appears-and stays.

RUTH CONDOMINE: Female, 25-45- Charles's second wife. Like her husband, Ruth is witty and sophisticated, and she is quite a society matron. Ruth is a bit stuffy and a little predictable. She is convinced that Charles has lost his mind when Elvira appears. Ruth acts as a concerned wife, trying to restore Charles to normalcy.

ELVIRA: Female, 25-35- The ghost of Charles's first wife. Only Charles can see or hear her. In life, Elvira was spirited, outgoing, wild, and carefree. In death, she is no different; she socializes with Genghis Khan. She does love Charles, if somewhat casually, and is jealous of Ruth.

MADAME ARCATI: Female, 45-80- The local spiritualist and medium. Elderly but spry, Madame Arcati comes into the play talking to an eight-year-old contact on the other side. She truly is in contact with the other world and inadvertently is the "medium" through which Elvira is called back to this one. She is eccentric, effusive and boisterous.

DR. BRADMAN: Male, 45-60- A good friend of the Condomines who is invited to dinner and the seance. He is entirely skeptical of anything to do with the occult but tries his utmost to go along with the proceedings for the sake of Charles' research.

MRS. BRADMAN: Female, 40-55- Dr. Bradman's wife. Simple and naïve, she is quite excited about being in the presence of the medium, whom she finds fascinating.

EDITH: Female, 18-30- The Condomine's new maid. She is nervous and tears around at breakneck speed trying to do things right and make a good impression.