ABOUT
Auditions
DR. COOK’S GARDEN
by Ira Levin
AUDITION DATE: Saturday December 7 at 10am. PLEASE be on time. If you can't make this date, please email cbpaa.info@gmail.com and tell us the dates and times you can be available. We will schedule a private audition.
AUDITION LOCATION: Colonial Beach Playhouse, 108 Hawthorn Street, Colonial Beach
PERFORMANCE DATES: March 8-23, 2025*
ROLES AVAILABLE:*
3 MALE ROLES—
Dr. Leonard Cook (lead), nearing 70, energetic and pre-occupied, the only doctor in a small Vermont village. He is a bachelor.
Dr. Jim Tennyson (lead), a recent graduate of a med school in Chicago, who has come to visit the town he grew up in. He is an admirer of Dr. Cook, He is engaged to a girl from a small town in Michigan.
Elias Hart (minor), middle aged. Dr. Cook’s gardener who has just been elected Town Constable.
2 FEMALE ROLES—
Bea Schmidt (supporting), 50s. Dr. Cook’s secretary/nurse. Long-time, loyal employee.
Dora Ludlow (supporting), over 60. The housekeeper for Dr. Cook.
SYNOPSIS: It is 1966. Dr. Cook is a very competent and much-loved general practice doctor who works out of his home, which has a flourishing garden. He is the only doctor in an idyllic small New England town. He makes house calls. Everything seems to go right in this town, where good people live long and happy lives. The few cranks in the town have a habit of dying off. As the play progresses, we start to wonder if this is not a coincidence.
AUDITIONS will consist of cold readings from the script.
REHEARSALS will begin in January. Approximate dates and times will be announced at auditions.
QUESTIONS? Email the director, Roger Kovach, at rgrkovach@yahoo.com
* We would like to see persons of all ages, experienced or novice, including teens, at this audition. You will be considered for all productions in 2025.