MOONLIGHT AND MAGNOLIAS

By Ron Hutchinson, directed by Carryn McLean

A reading of the play ‘Moonlight and Magnolias” will take place at 2pm on Sunday 27 November at Limelight Theatre, Civic Drive, Wanneroo.   The audition will take place at 2pm on Sunday 4 December.

CHARACTER LIST  ( NOTE: Ages are stage ages only)

David O Selznick     (Producer)          late 30’s early 40 ‘s

Ben Hecht                (Script Writer)    late 40’s

Victor Fleming         (Director)            late 40’s

Miss Poppenguhl    (Secretary)         late 40’s plus

American Accents required.

NOTE : The Selznick and Hecht characters appear on stage for the entire play and Fleming appears on stage for the majority of the play.  Miss Poppenguhl appears intermittently throughout the play.

Rehearsals  would commence in the first week of January 2017

PERFORMANCE DATES

23, 24, 25 and 26 Feb 2017

1, 2, 3,and 4 March 2017

Copies of the script will be available at the reading.  Audition pieces from the script will be made available at this time for those intending to audition.

If you are interested in auditioning but cannot attend the reading or audition times as listed, please contact me using the form at the end of this page.

SYNOPSIS 

Hollywood 1939 – Semi –independent mogul David O Selznick has just shut down the film production of Margaret Mitchell’s bestselling novel “Gone With The Wind” after three weeks of shooting.  His reputation (not to mention his bank balance) is on the line and he is determined to have the rewrites completed in five days.  He engages a somewhat reluctant script doctor Ben Hecht – possibly the only person in the US not to have read the novel.  Together with his new director, Victor Fleming, (poached from the set of  The Wizard of Oz  where he has been squabbling with the Munchkins and coming to blows with Judy Garland) the three are locked in Selznick’s office for five days with nothing to eat but a stockpile of bananas and peanuts to sustain them.  What follows is a hilarious clash of egos as they endeavour to complete the script within the time frame.

 Carryn McLean – Director