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TheatreFor is excited to announce auditions for the upcoming production of “Something Fishy” by Marcia Kash and Douglas E. Hughes. In this timely political farce, presidential candidate Raymond Bream comes back to his hometown of Port Pilchard to make a major announcement that will likely win him the election.Meanwhile, the incumbent, President Weever, has sent a couple of henchmen to town to prevent Bream from making his
speech – by any means necessary. The showdown takes place on the stage of the local community center where an amateur theatre troupe is about to open their latest production, The Vicar’s Knickers.
As the world of politics encounters its natural cousin – the world of farce – everyone is forced to don disguises and take on numerous
roles, and suddenly no one is who they appear to be. Will Bream get to the podium to make his speech, or will the president’s hatchet men win the day?
In this production, each actor will play several different characters. Director Mike Cote is seeking performers for the following roles:
ACTOR 1
RAYMOND BREAM – Mid-40s to mid-50s; a successful career politician running for office; handsome and charismatic.
ROLAND BREAM – Raymond’s identical twin brother; an actor in the Port Pilchard Players (PPP); a shaggy,
unkempt but likeable loser.
DR. ZINGEL – 60ish; a stereotypical German scientist in a lab coat and Einstein hair.
ACTOR 2
LORENA – Late 30s; Raymond’s campaign manager; attractive, Puerto Rican, speaks English fluently but with a
pronounced accent.
MOLLY – 30s; stage manager for the PPP; quintessential stage manager type: overworked and undervalued, but
good at her job.
JUDY – 40ish; one of the PPP actors; opinionated, very full of herself, has an air of superiority about her.
ACTOR 3 (This role has already been cast)
PENELOPE – 50s; a Southern belle and artistic director of the PPP; warm, outgoing, a mother hen.
MANDY – Older than Penelope but trying desperately to look 25 years younger; an actor in the company; vain,
voluptuous, oversexed.
WEEVER – 50 to 60; an unscrupulous, power-hungry, buttoned-up politician and Bream’s opponent in the
election.
ACTOR 4
GILL – Late 40s to 50s; Weever’s hatchet man, a hard-boiled, old-school backroom political operative.
COLIN – 50s; an affable, enthusiastic actor in the PPP.
ACTOR 5
SHARKEY – 30s; Gill’s partner in crime, new to the political game but an avid pupil.
WHITING – Late 20s; cub reporter for a right-wing news website, tenacious, ambitious, cynical.
CLARK – 30s; another PPP stalwart; a mild-mannered, good-natured, loyal friend of Colin’s.
Auditions will be held at TheatreFor, 1863 N. Highland Ave., Clearwater, FL 33755 on January 5th and 6th, 2026
at 7 pm, and will consist of cold readings from the script. The production dates are Fridays, Saturdays and
Sundays beginning March 13th and ending March 29th. If you have any questions, email Mike at
[email protected].
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