Auditions

 

Rehearsals will be held throughout the summer. (Most likely Sunday, Tuesday, and Thursday evenings until tech week). Please bring any conflicts to the auditions.

 

Please contact the director with any questions at jenniferwolfe70@gmail.com.

 

 

Johnny Hooker - a grifter

Henry Gondorff - a con man

Doyle Lonnegan - a shady businessman

Mrs. Vanderkieft - an older woman with memories

Billie - the owner of a Chicago dance hall (40's ish)

 

Groves - a butler

Cynthia Hastings - a writer

 

Mottola - a numbers runner in Joliet

Granger - manager of the numbers spot in Joliet

Fern - his secretary

Combs - his boss

Ginger - Combs's secretary

 

Erie - Hooker's friend and fellow grifter

Luther - Hooker's older friend, fellow grifter and mentor (preferably African-American)

Alva - Luther's wife  (preferably African-American)

Rolanda - Luther's granddaughter  (preferably African-American)

 

Four Star - a pawnbroker

Dawn - a Burlesque card girl

Crystal - a dancer

Jimmy - a Twenty-One dealer

 

Maxie and Digger - Lonnegan's bodyguards

Floyd - Lonnegan's assistant

 

Snyder - a detective from Joliet

Polk - special FBI agent

 

Kid Twist, Ivy Niles, JJ Singleton - Con artists

Curly Jackson - a grifter who does a decent English accent

 

Rhoda Garfield - a shady real estate agent

Countess Boudreau - Chicago gambling queen

 

Mr. Clemens - conductor on the Century Limited

Mr. Jameson, Mrs. Lombard, Mr. Clayton - poker players

 

Dolores, Roxie, Cigarette Girl, Fiskin and Cowan - Members of The Boost (part of the con)

 

Loretta - a waitress

 

Mr. Harmon - manager of a Western Union store

Miss Richmond - his secretary