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Simon Says
at Long Run Productions ACT
Long Run Productions and The Street are presenting Simon Says by Bruce Hoogendoorn at Street 2 from 18 March until 28 March 2009 (ten shows). The play will be directed by PJ Williams.
Auditions will be held at The Street on the 18th and 19th of January 2009 from 4pm (Sunday & Monday).
Interested actors please contact Bruce Hoogendoorn at bruce.hoog@hotmail.com or 6231 5021 to book a time, or to get more information about the production.
Roles
Harry: Exit counsellor. Late forties, early fifties. Overweight, patient and kind.
Caroline: Cult member. Eighteen and very fit and attractive. Angry and confused.
Sandra: Caroline's mother. Forties, businesswoman and tough.
Paul: Member of Harry's team (security). Twenties, fit and idealistic.
Marlene: Member of Harry's team (cooking, general duties). Late forties, frumpy, underconfident and kind.
Chris: Cult leader. Late thirties, early forties, handsome, seriously fit, alternately kind and cruel.
Sharon: Former cult member. Twenty, overweight, lacks self-control.
Synopsis
Caroline is eighteen and has just been 'rescued' from a cult by her mother, and is being held in a farmhouse near Tharwa. She is being held there so Harry, an exit counsellor, can convince her to leave the cult. But this is no ordinary religious cult - it's a weight loss cult.
Caroline had been seriously overweight coming up to her year 12 exams the year before when she suddenly quit school and went to live and work at a weight loss retreat near Tharwa. She cut off contact with her mother, refusing all attempts at communication.
The main problem Harry faces is the cult has delivered on its promise and made Caroline thin and beautiful and loved. How will he get her to leave it? Especially since she is convinced she is a sugar addict and that if she returns to mainstream society she will die. Worse still, when everyone involved in the counselling begins to fall under the spell of her beauty things get right out of control.
Simon Says is a comedy drama.
Auditions will be held at The Street on the 18th and 19th of January 2009 from 4pm (Sunday & Monday).
Interested actors please contact Bruce Hoogendoorn at bruce.hoog@hotmail.com or 6231 5021 to book a time, or to get more information about the production.
Roles
Harry: Exit counsellor. Late forties, early fifties. Overweight, patient and kind.
Caroline: Cult member. Eighteen and very fit and attractive. Angry and confused.
Sandra: Caroline's mother. Forties, businesswoman and tough.
Paul: Member of Harry's team (security). Twenties, fit and idealistic.
Marlene: Member of Harry's team (cooking, general duties). Late forties, frumpy, underconfident and kind.
Chris: Cult leader. Late thirties, early forties, handsome, seriously fit, alternately kind and cruel.
Sharon: Former cult member. Twenty, overweight, lacks self-control.
Synopsis
Caroline is eighteen and has just been 'rescued' from a cult by her mother, and is being held in a farmhouse near Tharwa. She is being held there so Harry, an exit counsellor, can convince her to leave the cult. But this is no ordinary religious cult - it's a weight loss cult.
Caroline had been seriously overweight coming up to her year 12 exams the year before when she suddenly quit school and went to live and work at a weight loss retreat near Tharwa. She cut off contact with her mother, refusing all attempts at communication.
The main problem Harry faces is the cult has delivered on its promise and made Caroline thin and beautiful and loved. How will he get her to leave it? Especially since she is convinced she is a sugar addict and that if she returns to mainstream society she will die. Worse still, when everyone involved in the counselling begins to fall under the spell of her beauty things get right out of control.
Simon Says is a comedy drama.
Published 06-01-2009