The Royalton Players will again be holding auditions for “The Face on the Barroom Floor or
"Glimpsed Through the Sawdust” on Monday, May 12 and Tuesday, May 13 at 7:30 pm. Auditions will be held at the Masonic Temple,
6320 Royalton Rd
in North Royalton
(on Rt. 82 across from Arby's). Production dates are in Friday and Saturday, July 11, 12, 18 and 19 with
a matinee on Sunday, July 13.
SUMMARY: The play is a Melodrama spoof set in the 1890’s in
the barroom of the Teller House, a hotel in Central City, Colorado. Insidious villains endeavor to separate
Madelaine Mockingbird, chambermaid turned singer, from the fortune left her by
an old miner and from her true love: Jack "Toulouse" Goodheart, painter turned tramp. Various other odd characters populate
the barroom, including a perpetually happy miner, a grim bar keep, and an
Arabic entertainer. The Face on the Barroom Floor features good character parts, hilarious sight gags, zany
action, and some really terrible (and very funny) jokes. THIS IS A VERY FUNNY SHOW!
There are 14 roles: 5 male
and 8 female and one either.
All roles are available.
- Annie Quackenbush - hotel owner
- Sweet Madelaine Mockingbird
– the “love interest”
- Roderick Rodent –
“the villain” but a real charmer
- Jack "Toulouse" Goodheart –
“our hero”
- Chick Dogtemper – a
miner
- Herbie Rainwater –
another miner
- Dusty Rhodes –
stagecoach driver
- Mrs. VanCleve – the
“high society” element
- Little Gloria and/or Roy VanCleve
- Mrs. Van Cleve’s daughter and/or son
- Bella Yukon – saloon girl
- Fatima – an Arabic
entertainer
- Judge Fleesum – every
small town has one
- Strange Lady – a widow
- Theda Swansong – a
singer
If you have questions or are interested in auditioning but
cannot attend the dates indicated, please contact the director, Marge Berke, at
216-661-1282