Casting Call: 'A Flea in her Ear'

Yardley Players will hold auditions for "A Flea in Her Ear" late next month.

Set in 1920s Paris, this riotous, broad comedy by Georges Feydeau is complete with marital mixups, secret rendezvous, physical humor, sight gags and split-second timing. Take suspicious spouses, a perfumed love letter, a jealous husband with a pistol, mistaken identities, a well-meaning nephew with a speech impediment, a dimwitted, drunken bellboy, the naughty and notorious Frisky Puss Hotel, slamming doors and a revolving bed; and you have the perfect setting for hijinks, slapstick and confusion

Auditions will be held from 1 to 5 p.m. June 29 and June 30, at Kelsey Theatre, Mercer County College, 1200 Old Trenton Road, West Windsor. No roles are pre-cast and no monologue is required.  Readings will be from the script. Please bring an updated picture and resume.  Audition sheets are available at the Yardley Players web site.

The show is adapted by David Ives, and directed by Mike DiIorio.

The show will run from Sept. 20-29, with shows at 8 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays, and at 2 p.m. Sundays.

Call (215) 968-1904 to schedule an audition.

Cast

Victor Chandebise	30-50 years old	Upperclass with little sense of humor. Stiff. Has business savvy. Suspected by wife of having an affair. Actor also plays Poche, a dimwitted, uneducated drunken bellboy at Frisky Puss Hotel.
Raymonde Chadebise	25-45 years old	Victor's wife. Elegant, charming and insecure. Flirtatious to Tournel. Doubts her husband's fidelity, and decides to take matters into her own hands, with her friend's help.
Camille Chandebise	20-30 years old	Victor's nephew. Has a cleft palate, which prevents him from pronouncing consonants. Good-hearted. Sexually active. Having affair with Antoinette, the maid. A regular at the Frisky Puss Hotel.
Dr. Finache	45-55 years old	Medical officer of Victor's company and confidant. Rogue. Lecherous. Frisky Puss regular.
Romain Tournel	35-45 years old	A trusted friend of Victor. Bachelor. Gigolo. No morals. Infatuated with Raymonde.
Lucienne Hominides de Histangua	25-45 years old	Raymonde's dearest friend. Conniving. Witty. Married to the fiery and jealous Carlos De Histuagua. (Spanish a plus, but not necessary.)
Carlos Hominides de Histangua	40-55 years old	Husband of Lucienne and potential client of Victor. A fiery, jealous, macho Spaniard. Carries a pistol, just in case it's needed. Thick Spanish accent. (Spanish a plus, but not necessary.)
Antoinette	22-30 years old	Chandibise's maid. Married to Etienne but is having an affair with Camille. Sly, pert, flirtatious.
Etienne	30-40 years old	Chandebise's valet. Arrogant. Self-important. Married to Antoinette.
Ferrallion	45-60 years old	Proprietor of the Frisky Puss. Former military, he runs his hotel with precision and discipline. Tall. Not very tolerant toward people. ("Basil Fawlty" type)
Olympia	40-50 years old	Wife of Feraillon and co-owner of Frisky Puss. Former courtesan. Flirty with customers. (Old habits die hard.)
Eugenie	20-35 years old	Hotel chambermaid. Independent. Not happy with job or her boss (Ferraillon).
Baptiste	60-70 years old	Feraillon's uncle. He serves hotel "decoy" to ensure privacy of the hotel patrons.
Rugby	any age	An English guest at French hotel. Stood up on numerous occasions. Doesn't understand French. Easily angered.