Q & A About Honeymoon from Hell, Auditions, Rehearsals, Performances

Auditions: Sat 12/13 at 1 pm, Sun 12/14 at 1 pm, Mon 12/15 at 7 pm at the First United Methodist Church, 232 S. York Rd., Elmhurst. 

Singing:  Prepared songs [any genre, 16 bars, please] are suggested, but not required to audition. However, if you wish to audition for a singing role, you must prepare a song. There is no accompanist at auditions, but we will have a cd player available. Monologs are optional. Cold readings from the script will be used.

No appointments are required for auditions. No callbacks are expected.

Casting:  We will place calls to actors cast in the production as soon as possible between the end of auditions and before the first rehearsal. Everyone will either get a call or email about casting within one week after auditions.

Rehearsals:  We will schedule a read-through, if possible, before Christmas. Regular rehearsals will start Sun 1/4 or Mon 1/5, we will rehearse four days per week. Please fill out your info sheet completely so that we can pick best days for rehearsals. Usually, GreenMan rehearses Sun afternoon [1-4 pm], plus Mon, Wed, Thur night [7-10 pm]. We may rehearse Sat and/or Tue night if cast conflicts warrant for the other days.

Performances:  Five scheduled performances; two weekends Feb 20 through Mar 1, Fri/Sat at 7:00, Sun at 6:00 at Angelo’s Ristorante. There may be an opportunity for an added benefit performance during or after the scheduled run.

About the Play:  Honeymoon from Hell takes place shipboard on a honeymoon cruise. During a ‘Love-boat Idol’ talent contest, shots ring out. Is the murderer a jealous ex-, the crazy chef, the cruise director, or one of the other honeymooning guests? Fortunately there's an ex-cop on hand to lead the characters and audience in the investigation of this terrible crime.

Characters [ages listed are ranges/suggestions]:

Captain Giovanni de la Robbia – Italian, mid forties or older. Handsome, charming. Carefree and irresponsible, he takes nothing seriously. Also a drinker.
Gina Tuttimento – American, forties. Cruise Director on the S. S. Amore. Frazzled to the point of desperation, she tries to hold the honeymoon cruise events together, single-handedly.
Joey Carmine – Italian, forties. Acts like he is a mobster, but is really the owner of a shoe store in NY. Gina’s ex-boyfriend. Newly married to Bambi.

Bambi Carmine – American, twenties to thirties. Very attractive and not as dumb as she first appears. Newly married to Joey.

Fredo Gamboni – Italian, thirties or older. The chef aboard ship – obsessive to the point of being crazy.

Al Gillespie – American, sixties or older. A sweet older guy with an edge. On a ‘second honeymoon’ with his wife, Tillie.

Tillie Gillespie – American or English, forties to sixties plus. A sweet old girl, also quite deaf. On her ‘second honeymoon’ with Al.

Additional couples who are honeymooning on the cruise and participate in the ‘Love Boat Idol’ talent show. Back-stories and character traits will be developed in rehearsal.