Auditions

Audition Notice -

Spring 2026 Production

Renovations for Six by Norm Foster

Directed by Harold Swaffield [contact: swaff39@gmail.com]

Produced by Jorie Basque [contact: basquejorie@gmail.com]

Please contact us (at the emails above) with the date you would like to audition so that we can prepare a roster ahead of time. Any questions are also welcome. Sides will not be released prior to the auditions but we may be able to share the script for those who wish to read it in advance.

Audition Dates/Times:

Sunday Dec 14, 2025 from 1:30 to 4:00
Tuesday Dec 16, 2025 from 7 to 9:00
Thursday Dec 18, 2025 7:30 to 9:00 (call back if necessary)

Audition Location:

Manotick Place Retirement Residence in the basement multi-purpose room. 1145 Bridge St. Manotick, Ontario K4M 0G8
There is NO parking at the Residence but ample parking at the corner of Rideau Valley Drive and Bridge St. in the strip-mall with the RBC and Creekside Bar & Grill.
You may also use the street parking near Watson’s Mill.

Rehearsals will be held at Manotick Place Retirement Residence beginning on Tues. Jan. 6th. Rehearsals will run Tues-Thurs-Sun evenings from 6:30-9:30 pm.

The show will move into the performance space upstairs at the Stuart Holmes Arena/Community Centre on Osgoode Main St. approximately two weeks prior to opening. Performance dates are April 24-26 (matinee on the 26th) and May 1-3 (matinee on the 3rd).

Play Summary:

Shayna and Grant Perkins are new in town. Eager to make friends the young couple decide to host a dinner party. The guest list includes Billie and Wing Falterman who abandoned their song-and-dance act and show biz to raise their daughter. Rounding out the party are haughty psychiatrist Veronica Dunn-Dudet and her husband Maurice Dudet, an engineer who has left his high-paying job to write a novel. All three couples are undergoing house renovations and could use a little fix-up in their relationships too! All hell breaks loose at the dinner party in this fast-paced comedy as secrets are revealed and cultures clash.

Audition Format:

Everyone should be prepared to stay for the full time.
Please arrive about 15 minutes early so that you have time to fill out the audition form.
All readings will be done “cold” though there will be some opportunity to work with the sides (in groups) before being asked to read for the production panel.
All people auditioning will be given the opportunity to read several scenes.
Wear comfortable clothing as you will be asked to move

Character Descriptions:

(The below ages are ‘Stage Ages’)

Shayna Perkins -- Early thirties - A bright, positive young woman, new in town, who feels lonely and misses her old friends. She arranges the dinner party to make new acquaintances and promote her husband's business. She wants to be loved and romanced by her husband, not just "serviced".

Grant Perkins -- Early to mid-thirties - Shayna's husband and the manager of a successful furniture store. He prefers quick, hurried intimacy with his wife and is sometimes distant, which causes Shayna discomfort.

Billie Falterman – Mid fifties to early sixties - An energetic woman with a "sass" who, with her husband, abandoned a show business career to raise a daughter. She is eager to get back into show business.

Wing Falterman – Mid fifties to early sixties - Billie's husband and a salesman at Grant's furniture store. He still gets jealous about a possible affair from years ago and secretly feels he should have received the manager promotion that Grant got. He is more excitable than Billie.

Veronica Dunn-Dudet -- Mid forties - A haughty, on-edge psychiatrist whose comments are often sarcastic and insulting, though her unpleasant attitude may stem from inner pain. She is now the primary earner in the family.

Maurice Dudet – Mid forties - Veronica's husband, an engineer who left his high-paying job to pursue his dream of becoming a writer. He has a weary patience and still loves the woman Veronica used to be, hoping her current unhappiness will pass.

*Dudet is pronounced Do-Day.