We will be holding an informational meeting on Tuesday (09/08) at 3pm. I am very excited for this production and to see what you all bring to auditions. For now please start looking at anything available to you online while we await the full show packet.
There seems to be a full version online with ads available in the interim
( www.scribd.com/document/980050929/TPTGW-HS-Edition-Organized)
Suggested grades for auditions are 9-12. There are no slots active later in the afternoon on 09/11. We will be leaving that time open until around 5:45/6 for callbacks on the 11th. We ask that you try to sign up for a spot on the 10th if possible. We will be calling people back on the 11th (and the 14th if you have a conflict on 09/11.)
Audition link: www.signupgenius.com/go/20F0D4FA4AC23A7F5C52-65533578-hsfall
audition QR code:
There seems to be a full version online with ads available in the interim
( www.scribd.com/document/980050929/TPTGW-HS-Edition-Organized)
Suggested grades for auditions are 9-12. There are no slots active later in the afternoon on 09/11. We will be leaving that time open until around 5:45/6 for callbacks on the 11th. We ask that you try to sign up for a spot on the 10th if possible. We will be calling people back on the 11th (and the 14th if you have a conflict on 09/11.)
Audition link: www.signupgenius.com/go/20F0D4FA4AC23A7F5C52-65533578-hsfall
audition QR code:
A PDF of the entire official script will be up shortly. PLEASE READ IT!
Audition sides:
Chris/ Christine:
docs.google.com/document/d/1vWwY9Dbyz_6WGN9fRhG15sEqMNkUChdeTGigxZrhpaM/edit?tab=t.0#heading=h.xxw6e33w1omg
Dennis/ Denise
docs.google.com/document/d/1vWwY9Dbyz_6WGN9fRhG15sEqMNkUChdeTGigxZrhpaM/edit?tab=t.0#heading=h.xxw6e33w1omg
Robert/ Rachel
docs.google.com/document/d/1kDiYJJrJGPl6tInsoYQ8tMkVdicpmBKoSkKie9qiH6k/edit?tab=t.0
Max:
docs.google.com/document/d/1lZqbcJwPGlDFfPCLMbWJ7bsVp-OPTk9ng4rbGwr8Ecw/edit?tab=t.0
Sandra:
docs.google.com/document/d/1lZqbcJwPGlDFfPCLMbWJ7bsVp-OPTk9ng4rbGwr8Ecw/edit?tab=t.0
Annie:
docs.google.com/document/d/10T8Aa0X-nUaAX_TNYxJBvFp5DYXkCf7oAXxVJ-zB87Y/edit?tab=t.0
Trevor/ Taylor:
docs.google.com/document/d/10T8Aa0X-nUaAX_TNYxJBvFp5DYXkCf7oAXxVJ-zB87Y/edit?tab=t.0#heading=h.hprkb0uv5cob
Jonathan:
docs.google.com/document/d/11ILm5TLjshsPeTikgM4wTHjLITu8fFNcboqbCBzBCaw/edit?tab=t.0
Character breakdown:
In The Play That Goes Wrong (High School Edition), characters operate on two levels: their real identity as members of the hapless Cornley Drama Society, and the character they are attempting to portray in their murder mystery play, The Murder at Haversham Manor.
The High School Edition features flexible gender options (e.g., Robert can be Rachel, Trevor can be Taylor)
Chris (or Christine)
- Cornley Role: Head of the Drama Society, director, set designer, costume designer, and box office manager.
- Play Role: Inspector Carter.
- Character Breakdown: High-strung, rigid, and desperate for the production to succeed. Chris treats the show like a life-or-death scenario, growing increasingly frantic, stressed, and irritable as the set and performance fall apart around them.
- Cornley Role: An enthusiastic actor who takes himself very seriously.
- Play Role: Charles Haversham (the murder victim).
- Character Breakdown: Suave, dramatic, and eager, Jonathan spends a large portion of the play trying to remain motionless as a "dead body". He frequently gets knocked around, misplaced, or forced to corpse-walk offstage when the set or prop transitions fail.
- Cornley Role: A bombastic, melodramatic actor who believes they are a theatrical prodigy.
- Play Role: Thomas Colleymoore (or Mary Colleymoore).
- Character Breakdown: Unfazed by errors, Robert powers through every mistake with booming vocal projection and intense, theatrical gestures—blissfully ignorant of the chaos around them. Performs heavy physical comedy, including leaning off unstable set platforms.
- Cornley Role: Joined the drama club mainly to make friends rather than out of a passion for acting.
- Play Role: Perkins the Butler.
- Character Breakdown: Easily confused and terrible at remembering lines. Dennis writes complicated vocabulary phonetically on his hands (and mispronounces them anyway) and gets flustered whenever the audience reacts.
- Cornley Role: An inexperienced actor taking the stage for the first time.
- Play Role: Cecil Haversham and Arthur the Gardener.
- Character Breakdown: Utterly delighted by the audience. Whenever Max gets a laugh or applause, he breaks character immediately to smile, bow, and play to the crowd. Very expressive and eager to please.
- Cornley Role: The dramatic division's resident diva with eyes set on Hollywood.
- Play Role: Florence Colleymoore (the female lead/femme fatale).
- Character Breakdown: Vain, overly dramatic, and fiercely protective of her position as the leading lady. When she is knocked unconscious mid-show, a chaotic rivalry brews as she fights to reclaim her role from the stage manager.
- Cornley Role: Stage Manager.
- Play Role: Steps in as Florence Colleymoore after Sandra gets knocked out.
- Character Breakdown: Starts out shy, terrified, and clutching the script onstage. As the play progresses, Annie develops a taste for the spotlight, ultimately engaging in a full-contact physical brawl with Sandra to keep playing the part.
- Cornley Role: Lighting and Sound Operator.
- Play Role: Unwillingly forced to fill in as Florence Colleymoore when Annie and Sandra are unavailable.
- Character Breakdown: Cynical, uninterested in acting, and easily distracted by missing items (like Duran Duran heavy metal CDs) or their phone. Trevor reads lines completely flatly off the script without removing sound-booth headphones.
- Cornley Role: Behind-the-scenes tech hands.
- Character Breakdown: Seen throughout the show attempting (and failing) to hold props together, fix falling walls, replace missing set pieces, and carry off incapacitated actors while trying to remain "invisible" to the audience.