Audition Listings

FILTHY RICH
by George F. Walker

Directed by Mike Hiller
Producers: Anne Harper and David Nicholson

ON STAGE: November 7 to 29, 2025
 (Non-union, non-paying. We are unable to cast equity or ACTRA members.)

AUDITIONS will be held on zoom at the following dates and times:

• Thursday, August 7 at 6:30pm to 10:00pm
• Friday, August 8 at 6:30pm to 10:00pm
• Saturday, August 9 at 11:00am to 4:00pm

CALLBACKS will be in person at the theatre on Tuesday, August 12 in the evening

REHEARSALS & PERFORMANCES will be held at the Village Playhouse, 2190E Bloor St. West (around the corner from Runnymede subway station) .  Rehearsals will start on Sunday, August 17 and will be typically held on Tuesday and Thursday evenings (7pm to 10pm) and Sunday (1pm to 5pm) but can be flexible depending on actor availability.

Actors must be available for all of Tech Sunday, November 2 and for Tech week rehearsals Monday through Thursday November 3 to 6, and for all performances:
• Friday, November 7 – Saturday (matinée), November 8
• Wednesday, November 12 – Sunday (matinée), November 16
• Thursday, November 20 – Sunday (matinée), November 23
• Thursday, November 27 – Saturday, November 29

Actors are also expected to stay for a short wine & cheese reception with the patrons after Opening Night (Friday, November 7) and the short Audience Talkback after the show on Thursday, November 27.

THE PLAY: Tyrone Power, a tough guy stereotype, is drunkenly writing a novel when he is swept up into the kidnapping of Michael Harrison, a prominent politician and the murder of an investigative reporter. Two very rich sisters insist he is the only one to find the politician; a detective suspects he is involved in the crime; and a mafioso fears he knows too much. Will Tyrone find his man before it is too late? Who really are the good guys?

For more information about FILTHY RICH click on the name of the play.

CHARACTERS:

• Tyrone Power 40s to 50s. Washed up alcoholic ex-columnist, failed novelist and reluctant “Private Eye” mixed up in a confusing missing person and murder case involving politics and lots of money.
• Jamie McLean 18 to 25. Part-time messenger boy and janitor. Would-be partner who inserts himself into the investigation. He sees himself as a ‘positive force’ in Power’s life.
• Anne Scott 30+. Wealthy and attractive, wants to hire Power to find Michael Harrison.
• Susan Scott 20s. Anne’s younger sister. Also wealthy and attractive and also looking for Harrison for reasons of her own.
• Detective Stackhouse 40s. Tough cop. Also looking for Harrison and for Power’s former partner Fred Whittacker, but not necessarily for police reasons.
• Henry “The Pig” Duvall 40s. Successful gangster and killer. His involvement with the case includes one of the Scott sisters, but which one?

PREPARATION: Auditionees must read the play (available on request, or at the Toronto Public Library). Please prepare a 1-2 minute monologue. You may be redirected.  There will be cold reads from the play.

TO BOOK AN AUDITION: Please email a copy of your headshot and resume to villageplayersauditions@gmail.com with your preferred date, time, interested role(s), and contact information. Once we receive and confirm your details, we will give you a day and time for your audition and provide access to a script if requested.