About the Show

Run Time

Approximately 90 minutes. No intermission.

Content Advisory

Some mild adult language.

Auditions

Audition Days

Auditions are at Dakota Stage on Sunday, March 23rd and Monday, March 24, 2025 with callbacks by invitation on Tuesday, March 25th, 2025. Auditions are from 6:00PM to 8:00PM. If you cannot make it to these auditions but would like to audition before Thursday, March 26th, 2025, please contact stage manager Lex Belile at lex.belile@dakotastage.org to arrange a time.

Rehearsals are planned to be March 30-May 7, Mondays through Thursdays starting no sooner than 6:30PM and ending no later than 9:30PM, with the occasional Sunday rehearsal as needed at times to be determined. Performances are May 8-18, 2025. When filling out an audition form, please be sure to note any known scheduling conflicts during these times.

It is unlikely that every cast member will need to attend every rehearsal for the full duration during the period of regular rehearsals.

All auditions will consist of cold/lukewarm readings of the script together with other auditioners, but you are welcome to bring prepared material if you desire.

Singers and piano players of all skill levels and experience are strongly encouraged to audition, but no musical experience is required.

Dakota Stage Limited greatly values all our volunteers’ time and talents. Any implications about gender or age of characters from the descriptions or in the script should be considered flexible. If you grace us with an audition, we may consider you for any role and you may be offered a role you were not expecting to be offered.

Roles

Seeking a group of nine wonderful humans to fill the following roles for Dakota Stage Limited’s production of Suite Surrender:

BERNARD S. DUNLAP
A dapper man in his 50s, he is the General Manager of the Palm Beach Royale. He is beautifully dressed and has all the attitude of someone of his position. Yet, somewhere under the surface of his polished demeanor and perfectly pressed suit, is a hysteric screaming to come out.

CLAUDIA MCFADDEN
America’s Beloved Matron of Song. She is an impressive woman. Larger than life. Every word, every gesture is an exclamation point.

ATHENA SINCLAIR
A Great Star of Stage and Screen. She is quite beautiful, elegant and every inch the diva Claudia McFadden is.

MURPHY STEVENS
Athena’s personal secretary. Young, pretty, and very efficient.

MR. PIPPET
Claudia’s private personal male secretary. Compared to his employer, he is a tiny man.

DORA DEL RIO
The quintessential gossip reporter. She is Hedda Hopper on speed.

MRS. EVERETT P. OSGOOD
She is President of the Palm Beach Ladies for Unity and a dozen organizations like it. She is matronly and stylish and always a bit daft. One of the First Ladies of Palm Beach Society, she looks at the War Effort as if it were one of her cotillions.

FRANCIS and OTIS
The comic relief duo of bellhops responsible for plenty of hijinks while retaining their good natures.

Volunteers

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Ushers are responsible for scanning tickets, helping patrons to their seats, and cleaning the theater after the show. As a thank you, you can enjoy the show for free!

Production Team

Production Staff to be announced at a later date