WHEN: Sunday, July 5th at 7:00 PM
WHERE: Sutter Street Theatre Annex, 710 Figueroa Street, Folsom, CA 95630

REHEARSAL SCHEDULE: July 7th (read-through), July 13th-August 6th, Monday-Thursday 6:30 PM-9:30 PM
TECH WEEK: August 10th-13th, 6:00 PM-9:30 PM

PERFORMANCE DATES: August 14th-September 13th, 2026
Fridays & Saturdays at 7:30 PM
Sundays at 4:30 PM

Book by Michael Frayn

Director TBD

Rated: PG

SYNOPSIS: Called “the funniest farce ever written,” Noises Off presents a manic menagerie of itinerant actors rehearsing a flop called Nothing’s On. Slamming doors, on and offstage intrigue, and an errant herring all figure in the plot of this hilarious, high-energy comedy.

Called “the funniest farce ever written,” Noises Off presents a manic menagerie of itinerant actors rehearsing a flop called Nothing’s On. Slamming doors, on and offstage intrigue and an errant herring all figure in the plot of this hilarious, high-energy comedy. Mixing mockery and homage, Frayn heaps a hilarious melée of stock characters and situations into his side-splitting play-within-a-play. 

Content Warning: Mild Adult Themes

WHAT TO BRING:

• A headshot and resume if you have
• A complete list of any conflicts you have during the rehearsal schedule.

There can be no conflicts during tech week or performances.

The audition will consist of cold readings from the script. There may be a short movement/improv audition. Dress appropriately for movement. This includes bringing appropriate footwear.

CHARACTERS:

 Actors of all ages and experience levels are encouraged to audition!

DOTTY OTLEY / MRS. CLACKET – (Off stage Dotty) A late-middle-aged American actress. Forgetful. Dating a younger man. (On Stage Character: Mrs. Clackett): A Cockney Housekeeper for the Brent’s home in England. Hospitable, though slow.

BROOKE ASHTON / VICKI – (Off Stage: Brooke) A young inexperienced American actress. Pays no attention to other performers. Is always losing her contact lenses. (On Stage Character: Vicki): An English woman who works for Inland Revenue and is trying to woo Roger. 

BELINDA BLAIR / FLAVIA BRENT – (Off stage Belinda): Cheerful and sensible, a reliable American actress. (On Stage Character: Flavia Brent): Phillip Brent’s English wife. She is dependable, though not one for household duties. 

POPPY NORTON-TAYLOR – American Stage Manager. Emotional and over-sensitive, and envious of Brooke, whom she understudies. Carrying Lloyd’s child.  

LLOYD DALLAS – The director of the play, Nothing On. Temperamental. Garry Lejeune / Roger: (Off stage: Garry) An American actor with speech affectations that disappear onstage but are everpresent offstage. (On Stage Character: Roger): An English Real estate agent who is attempting to rent Flavia’s and Phillip’s home, but uses it for his own personal benefit.

 FREDERICK FELLOWS / PHILLIP BRENT / SHEIKH – (Off stage: Freddy) An American actor with a serious fear of violence and blood. (On Stage Character: Phillip Brent): An Englishman who lives out of the country with his wife Flavia to avoid paying taxes. On Stage Character: Sheikh): A Middle-Eastern man interested in renting Flavia’s and Phillip’s home and is the spitting image of Phillip.

 SELSDON MOWBRAY / BURGLAR – (Off Stage: Selsdon Mowbray): An elderly alcoholic Englishman who hides his bottles onstage. Is hard of hearing when he wants to be. (On Stage Character: Burglar): Old Cockney man in his seventies, breaking into the Brent’s home.

 TIMOTHY ALLGOOD –  An over-worked American Assistant Stage Manager. Understudies Selsdon and Freddy.