AUDITION DATES & TIMES

Saturday 8th November - 9.00 am - 12.00 pm
Wednesday 12th November - 7.00 pm - 9.30 pm

SYNOPSIS

Three New York widows meet once a month for tea before visiting their husbands’ graves. Ida is sweet-tempered and ready to begin a new life. Lucille is a feisty embodiment of the girl who wants to have fun, and Doris is priggish and judgmental, particularly when Sam the butcher enters the scene, along with that other woman! A story filled with laugh-out-loud humour and pathos about love, navigating grief and the challenges of moving on.  

CHARACTERS – ALL characters require New York accents.

Ida (F 50+)

Ida is not used to being alone after being married to Murry, but she doesn’t feel ready to start dating again, at least not until she runs into an old friend who recently lost his wife. 

Lucille (F 50+)

Lucille is eager to get her feet back in the waters of dating, partly as a revenge against her late husband Harry, who often cheated on her, and partly because she’s very lonely. She is quite the flirt and is very concerned about her appearance. 

Doris (F 50+)

Doris remains fiercely loyal to her late husband, Abe, and takes her responsibilities as a widow very seriously. She is not interested in a new relationship and is appalled when one of her friends starts dating again. Doris has heart issues and is not very adventurous. 

Sam (M 50+)

Sam is the local owner of a butcher shop. He knows Ida and Doris because they have been his customers. Sam is recently widowed, a bit lonely and very shy. Over the course of the play, he and Ida slowly become a pair. 

Mildred (F 50+)

Minor role with a brief onstage appearance. She plays the “plus one” date of Sam at a friend’s wedding. A good-looking woman who can cause a bit of jealousy in Ida and Lucille.

LOCATION:

All auditions, rehearsals and performances are at The Mountview Theatre, 56 Smith St, Macedon

PERFORMANCE DATES:

9 shows over 3 weekends 20th February - March 7th, 2026.

Performance times each weekend are:

Friday and Saturday, 8.00 pm 

Sunday, 2.00 pm

REHEARSAL DAYS:

Rehearsals are on Tuesday and Thursday evenings, 7.30 pm - 10.00 pm and Saturdays, 2.00 pm - 4.00 pm

BOOK AN AUDITION:

Individual audition times. For bookings and further details, contact George Benca via email georgebenca@gmail.com or 0419 591 517.