Moon Over Buffalo

Production Company
Vagabond Players
Producer(s)
Cindy Dean
Director(s)
Miles Lavkulich
Casting Director(s): 
Miles Lavkulich
Union Status
Non-Union
Project Type
Theatre / Live Performance
Student Production
No
Compensation Details

No compensation/non-equity

Audition Date(s)
Nov. 30 & Dec. 1 (7-9pm both dates)
Audition Location
The Bernie Legge Theatre, Queen's Park, New Westminster
Shoot / Performance Date(s)
Feb. 19 - Mar. 8, 2026
Shoot / Performance Location(s)
The Bernie Legge Theatre, Queen's Park, New Westminster
Submission Deadline
Sunday, November 30, 2025
Submission Instructions

- Auditions will be on a first come, first served basis.
- Auditions will be monologues provided at the audition.
- Please bring a résumé and head shot to the audition.
- If you have any questions, please contact the director at lavkulich@gmail.com.

Project Synopsis
In the madcap comedy tradition of Lend Me a Tenor, the hilarious Moon Over Buffalo centers on George and Charlotte Hay, fading stars of the 1950s. At the moment, they're playing Private Lives and Cyrano De Bergerac in rep in Buffalo, New York with five actors. On the brink of a disastrous split-up caused by George's dalliance with a young ingénue, they receive word that they might just have one last shot at stardom: Frank Capra is coming to town to see their matinee, and if he likes what he sees, he might cast them in his movie remake of The Scarlet Pimpernel. Unfortunately for George and Charlotte, everything that could go wrong does go wrong, abetted by a visit from their daughter's clueless fiancé and hilarious uncertainty about which play they're actually performing, caused by Charlotte's deaf, old stage-manager mother who hates every bone in George's body.
Additional Information & Safety Protocols: 

Actors cast are required to become members of Vagabond Players at table read ($20 membership fee).

www.vagabondplayers.ca

Character 1
George Hay
Age
50's
Gender
Male
Description
Very dramatic, a slapstick type, over-the-top actor. Must be able to do strong physical comedy, including pratfalls, running, stage combat (fencing), etc.
Character 2
Charlotte Hay
Age
40's
Gender
Female
Description
She helps to run the acting troupe and plays all the leads even those for which she is a bit too old. Must be able to do an upper-class British accent.
Character 3
Ethel
Age
60's
Gender
Female
Description
Charlotte's mother. Grumpy, trouble-maker, hard of hearing, leading to comic misunderstandings.
Character 4
Rosalind “Roz” Hay
Age
20-30
Gender
Female
Description
George and Charlotte's daughter, used to be an actress and a member of their acting troupe, but she decided that she wanted a real career, so she left – determined never to act again - or be like her parents. Must be able to do an upper-class British accent.
Character 5
Eileen
Age
early 20's
Gender
Female
Description
She is an aspiring actress, eager to please. She has a crush on George and has been having a fling with him.
Additional Characters

•Howard - (late 20s-early 30s) – a weatherman and Rosalind's fiancé. Must be able to do strong physical comedy.
•Paul - (late 20s-early 30s) is a member of the acting troupe, who used to be with Rosalind and still loves her and wants her back. Must be able to do strong physical comedy
•Richard - (50s) He is George and Charlotte's attorney, but he is in love with Charlotte always trying to get her to leave George.