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Ole Olsen Memorial Theatre auditions announced

PERU, IN- Ole Olsen Memorial Theatre announces auditions for their next play 'The Crimson Cap Ladies Take on Vegas'. Auditions will be held at the Peru Depot on Sunday, September 22nd from 2-4pm. The four members of a small-town ladies social club called the Crimson Cap Ladies head to Vegas and get mixed up with a gang of diamond smugglers with one of the suspects their new friend, Louisa, the head of Crimson Cap International. Along the way, ditsy, aging Millie gets kidnapped, as Esther, the group’s uber-serious leader, struggles to keep Grace and Leona out of the hoosegow in a plot with numerous twists, surprises and belly-laughs throughout. Needed are 7 women and 2 men of any ages. The following is a list of the characters, so you can see which you match up with the best:
  • Esther: uber-serious group leader who lives for Crimson Cap activities
  • Grace: snarky widow with more opinions than tact
  • Leona: rich, meek, easily led astray; secret tequila enthusiast
  • Millie: ditzy, half-deaf octogenarian hippy
  • Mrs. Garnet: strict, no-nonsense Regional Director of the Crimson Cap Nation
  • Dewey: hapless henchman/stooge/undercover agent
  • Daphne: henchperson/undercover agent
  • Detective Gruber: NSA agent disguised as an LVPD detective/Scandanavian hotel maid
  • Louisa: Capo di Tutti Capi of the Crimson Cap Nation/undercover agent
If you have any questions, would like to see a script, or can't make it on Sept 22nd but would like to audition, contact Director Debby Myers through Facebook messenger or at debra.myers922@yahoo.com  

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