The Kitchen Witches

Written by Caroline Smith​

Directed by Cindy Baker           Produced by The Lakeway Players

Performance Dates:   Oct. 3-5, 2024      @ 7:30 pm        Lakeway Activity Center

Rehearsals begin in mid-August, 2024

Lakeway Players is holding open auditions for The Kitchen Witches

Lakeway Activity Center      105 Cross Creek     Lakeway

Saturday, July 27 from 1:00 - 3:00 pm   Room F

Monday, July 29   from 6:30 - 8:30 pm    Room C

Open Audition Instructions

Auditions consist of cold readings

from the script.  Unpaid

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​THE STORY:   Isobel Lomax and Dolly Biddle are two “mature” cable-access cooking show hostesses who have hated each other for thirty years, ever since Larry Biddle dated one and married the other. When circumstances put them together on a TV show called The Kitchen Witches, the insults are flung harder than the food! Dolly’s long-suffering TV-producer son, Stephen, tries to keep them on track, but as long as Dolly’s dressing room is one inch closer to the set than Isobel’s, it’s a losing battle, and the show becomes a ratings smash as Dolly and Isobel top both Martha Stewart and Jerry Springer!

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  CASTING: 1m, 2f         Although characters have general age guidelines, casting is flexible as to age and

                  1m or f         race.  In the descriptions below, ages listed are the stated ages of the characters. 

DOLLY BIDDLE (50s):  a little cherub of a woman, prone to overweight but always going at top speed. She indulges herself with anything life has to offer whenever possible -- even if it's not good for her!? -- and her creative imagination knows no bounds. She is intensely proud of her son Stephen, loves to dispense advice along with recipes for cabbage rolls and borscht and hates Isobel Lomax with an intensity usually reserved for detonating nuclear devices.

STEPHEN BIDDLE (30s):  a nervous, prematurely balding but decent young man who actually enjoys producing low-budget cable TV shows, even when his Mom is the star. Bright and capable, if somewhat shy, but always reluctant to confront Dolly on her many shortcomings. He's not a fighter -- he'd rather be a lover, but nobody's asked him yet.

ISOBEL LOMAX (50s):  thinks Martha Stewart could learn something about homemaking from her. She trained at the Cordon Bleu and enjoyed a successful career, including her own show "Busy Izzy." Isobel likes people to think she has a much classier background than reality supports; she would never go without being properly accessorized. At heart, she is a bright funny and articulate woman who has come to terns with the choices she made early in life.

ROB THE CAMERA GUY (or ROBERTA THAT CAMERA CHICK):  Non-speaking role (except for one line!). a young "Goth" inspired person; Stephen is a little afraid of him/her. He/she cleans up the sets, resets props, carries around the portable camera during "live broadcasts" and despite appearance, is generally efficient and precise. (Can be played by an actual ASM or production assistant.)
“The Kitchen Witches” is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals on behalf of Samuel French, Inc.  www.concordtheatricals.com  ​​​