Sex Please, We’re Sixty!

~ AUDITION CALL! ~

Are you ready to take the stage? Our upcoming winter production is a captivating collection of one-act plays — featuring two comedies and one gripping drama, all exploring the chaotic, hilarious, and dark sides of greed, power, and confusion.

AUDITION DATES:

Tuesday, 1 July & Thursday, 3 July 2025 at 7:30pm

PERFORMANCE DATES:

Friday, 26 September 2025

Saturday, 27 September 2025

Friday, 4 October 2025

Saturday, 5 October 2025

Sunday, 6 October 2025

REHEARSALS:

weekly rehearsals on Tuesdays & Thursdays from 7:30pm

Synopsis

Mrs. Stancliffe’s Rose Cottage Bed & Breakfast has been successful for many years. Her Guests (nearly all women) return year after year. Her next door neighbor, the elderly, silver-tongued, Bud “Bud the Stud” Davis believes they come to spend time with him in romantic liaisons. The prim and proper Mrs. Stancliffe steadfastly denies this, but really doesn’t do anything to prevent it. She reluctantly accepts the fact that “Bud the Stud” is, in fact, good for business. Her other neighbor and would-be suitor Henry Mitchell is a retired chemist who has developed a blue pill called “Venusia,” after Venus the goddess of love, to increase the libido of menopausal women. The pill has not been tested.

Character Personae

Bud Davis  Age 70+. Weak and frail looking with ‘one foot in the grave’ is known as ‘Bud the Stud’ among many of the female guests at Rose Cottage. He enchants all with his silver tongue and sexual prowess. Elderly, somewhat infirm, chauvinistic, brazen but likeable.

Mrs Stancliffe Age 65+. The owner of Rose Cottage Bed and Breakfast. A severe woman, precise in speech and punctuality. Efficient and competent. Sensible, practical, business-like, menopausal hiding radiance and sensuousness.

Henry Mitchell Age 60+. A retired pharmaceutical research chemist and Mrs Stancliffe’s Gentleman Caller and has proposed to her every afternoon for 20 years. The ‘perfect gentleman’ who shows respect for all women. Gentle, caring, thoughtful and loveable.

Victoria Ambrose Age 50+. A renowned author of ‘steamy romantic’ novels. She seeks what she writes for her life but cannot find it. Serious, intelligent, menopausal, yearning for love.

Hillary Hudson Age 50+. Well educated, articulate and sophisticated in manner and dress. A former co-worker and friend of Henry. ‘A touch of class, intelligent and menopausal.

Charmaine Beauregard  Age 50+. Hails from Sydney, North Shore. Her life has been and is run by her overactive libido. Voluptuous, out- going, gushing, demonstrative, menopausal.

Whether you’re a seasoned performer or new to the stage, this is your chance to be part of a bold and entertaining production that will challenge, entertain, and delight.

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