Audition Form: Drinking Habits
Thank you for your interest in auditioning for Duck Creek Players’ Drinking Habits. Please click on the link below which will re-direct you to the Audition Form. This show is directed by Bill Smith.
*We will not consider anyone who cannot attend all dress rehearsals during the week of our performances.*
AUDITIONS:
Auditions for DRINKING HABITS will be January 11th, 2026 at 2:00pm at The Elwood Opera House. Each person needs to prepare a 30 second comedic monologue. Video submission are allowed, but in-person auditions increase the likelihood of being cast in a role. The videos will need to be submitted no later than Saturday, January 10th, 2026 at 11:59 pm. These can be sent to wm.smith.2@gmail.com.
Rehearsals:
Rehearsals will be Sunday afternoons from 1:30 pm - 4:30 pm and Thursday nights from 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm. at the Historic Elwood Opera House. Tech Week (Dress Rehearsals) will be MARCH 9-11, 2026 with PERFORMANCES on Thursday, MARCH 12-13, 2026. FINALLY, if you state on your AUDITION APPLICATION that you would be willing to accept any role, please keep your word. If you have a preferred role, please list it. However, withdrawing from a production after the cast list has been announced will make it difficult for you to be cast in future productions. Thanks for understanding!
Summary:
Accusations, mistaken identities, and romances run wild in this traditional, laugh-out- loud farce. Two nuns at the Sisters of Perpetual Sewing have been secretly making wine to keep the convent’s doors open, but Paul and Sally, reporters and former fiancees, are hot on their trail. They go undercover as a nun and priest, but their presence, combined with the addition of a new nun, spurs paranoia throughout the convent that spies have been sent from Rome to shut them down. Wine and secrets are inevitably spilled as everyone tries to preserve the convent and reconnect with lost loves.
Character List – 5 Women, 3 Men
The stage age ranges listed will be tightly observed, due to relationships revealed at the end of the play.
Sister Philamena (F) — age range 20s-mid-50s
One of the three nuns who lives at the Sisters of Perpetual Sewing. Has secretly been making wine for several years with Sister Augusta in order to keep the convent open. Devout and dedicated to her calling. Joyful and humorous. Incapable of lying. Must have excellent comic timing and move well.
Sister Augusta (F) — age range 20s-mid 50s
One of the three nuns who lives at the Sisters of Perpetual Sewing. Has secretly been making wine for several years with Sister Philamena in order to keep the convent open. Devout and dedicated to her calling. Joyful and humorous. Must have excellent comic timing and move well.
George (M) — age range 20s-30s
Caretaker and gardener at the convent. George isn’t dumb, but he is a little slow. Must have excellent comic timing and move well.
Mother Superior (F) — age range 40s-60s
Has been in charge of the Sisters of Perpetual Sewing for many years. Hates alcohol, especially wine. Someone wily. Must have excellent comic timing and move well.
Paul (M) — age late teens -20s
Newspaper reporter. Co-worker and former fiancé of Sally. Paul is an orphan. He’s a good writer, but his conscience sometimes gets in the way of his reporting. Must be a master of comic timing and move well and quickly.
Sally (F) — age range late teens -20s
Award-winning newspaper reporter. Used to be engaged to Paul. Left him standing at the altar on their wedding day in order to cover an important story. Quick-witted and sometimes sharp- tongued. Must have excellent comic timing and move well.
Sister Mary Catherine (F) — age late teens -20s
A novice nun sent to the convent to finish her training. Meek & timid. Must have excellent comic timing and move well.
Father Chenille (M) — age range 40s-60s
Priest of the local parish next door to the convent. Patient, understanding, and a little clumsy.
