Audition Info 

Pageant Play & Spooky Dog

AUDITION WORKSHOP: 

Monday, February 5th 3:15-5:00 

AUDITIONS:

Wednesday, February 7th 2:00-4:00 

CALLBACKS: 

Friday, February 9th, 3:15-5:00

Plot Description:

SPOOKY DOG:

Spooky Dog is an irreverent parody of Saturday morning cartoons – for adults only. Missing from a starring performance at a creepy county fair, a pop culture icon (suggested by the audience) can only be located by this familiar gang of teen sleuths: a butch, blond frat boy, an even more butch brainy gal with a trusty flashlight, a hot-to-trot diva in a miniskirt, a spaced-out hippie, and a talking dog. On a campy and comical quest to find their missing friend, they'll face the ghost of a dead country singer, a not-so-psychic fortune teller, and the sinister couple who run the fairground – and that's not all. Even more frighteningly, the Teen-Age Mystery Gang will also confront their own burgeoning sexual desires, tasty dog treats with unexpected side effects, and a surprise penchant for busting a move. Spooky Dog uncovers hilarious, hidden subtext with razor-sharp wit and affectionate homage. You'll never see Saturday morning the same way again!

PAGEANT PLAY: 

Welcome to the hilarious, terrifying and surreal world of child beauty pageants. Pinky Corningfield will do anything to make sure her little angel wins the ultimate title, Supreme Queen. When Marge, a newcomer to the pageant circuit, shows up and starts grabbing all the glory, Pinky and her minions, Bob and Bobby, use some unorthodox methods in order to ensure her darling, Chevrolet, is victorious. Glitz. Glamour. Kidnapping. Money. Really, really small false teeth. PAGEANT PLAY.

Character Breakdown: 

SPOOKY DOG CHARACTER BREAKDOWN: 

THELMA - the nerdy brainiac who wants to solve mysteries, even though she has a few of her own.

TIFFANY - the gorgeous, vapid, and sometimes catty rich girl who uses her sexuality to get what she wants.

SCRAGGLY - the hippie stoner who loves to eat, sleep, and hang out with his best friend, Spooky Dog.

TED - the all-American leader of the Teen-Age Mystery Gang, a handsome football player-type with a fey side.

SPOOKY DOG - a dog detective with a huge appetite and an uncanny ability to solve mysteries, perhaps because he's smarter than his human friends.

PHANTOM - aka the Fairground Phantom or Durpray Dupree, the ghost of a long-dead country singer who haunts the Creepola County Country Fair.

MRS. WOODHAVEN - the batty old lady who runs the Creepola County Country Fair with her weirdo husband.

MR. WOODHAVEN - aka BIG WOODY, the weirdo husband of the batty old lady.

FORTUANA - the lousy psychic fortune teller -- and Mrs. Woodhaven's identical twin sister.


PAGEANT PLAY CHARACTER BREAKDOWN: 


Pinky: 30s. Mother of "Chevrolet". Southern accent. A very forward, very competitive woman with a "do or die" mentality. Probably too into pageants, she lives vicariously through her daughter. Dramatic and cutthroat, Pinky is willing to do whatever it takes to win, even if that means lying about her daughter being disabled. Pinky is high-class, wealthy, and a pompous brat with a foul mouth.


Marge: 30s. Mother of "Puddle". Southern accent. New to the pageant industry, but winning comes easy to her daughter. She's trying to make money off of pageants to bail her husband, Buddy, out of jail. Marge lives a very trashy life. She smokes Virginia slims in her trailer, but tries to make it seem that she's classier than she really is. 


Bobby: 30s. Pageant coach. Southern accent. Flamboyantly gay, but denies it when prompted. Bobby is the "lead" coach, and will do just about anything if bribed. He's a drama queen in every sense of the term. With a broken moral compass, Bobby will do what it takes to get his girls to win. 


Bob: 30s. Also a pageant coach. Southern accent. Tired of living in Bobby's shadow, but very scared to stand up to him. He does as he's told until he realizes that maybe Bobby doesn't have his best interests at heart. Also flamboyantly gay.


Gunnar: 30s. Husband of Pinky. Southern accent. Will do whatever Pinky asks him to do, he's very scared of her. Probably has some sort of high-paying corporate job so that Pinky can live out her trophy wife fantasy. Overworked and exhausted, Gunnar is the husband that every man pities.


Buddy: 30s. Husband of Marge. Southern accent. Whiny. He's in jail and is counting on Marge to get him out. He gets excited when he learns of her financial endeavors.


Pinky's Mother: 30s. Drunk. Southern accent. Willing to do what it takes to get her daughter to win. Probably wins the "worst mother of the year" competition.


Young Pinky: 12. Southern accent. Terrified of her mother, but too scared to stand up for herself. "Underdeveloped" and petite, she reminds Pinky of why she's putting Chevrolet into pageants.


Emcee/Voiceover: Announces the ridiculous prizes that these toddlers win in Texas pageants. All smiles and full of energy, deep down, they despise their job.

Technical Roles/Jobs Available 

Assistant Stage Manager (1 Student) 

Costume Designer (1-2 Students) 

Props Designer/Master

Sound Designer

Light Board Operator 

Makeup and Hair Designer 

Backstage/Run Crew