Blithe Spirit by Trina Williamson - Show Details

What To Know About This Production

A smash comedy hit in London and New York, this much-revived classic from the playwright of Private Lives concerns fussy, cantankerous novelist Charles Condomine, who has remarried but finds himself haunted (literally) by the ghost of his late first wife, Elvira. Clever, insistent and well aware of Charles' shortcomings, Elvira is called up by a visiting “happy medium,” the eccentric and flighty Madame Arcati. As everyone's personalities clash, Charles’ current wife, Ruth, is accidentally killed. She “passes over” and joins Elvira, allowing the two “blithe spirits” to haunt the hapless Charles into perpetuity.

Performance Dates

Nov 1 Friday 7:30 PM
Nov 2 Saturday 7:30 PM
Nov 3 Sunday 2:30 PM
Nov 8 Friday 7:30 PM
Nov 9 Saturday 7:30 PM
Nov 10 Sunday 2:30 PM
Nov 15 Friday 7:30 PM
Nov 16 Saturday 7:30 PM
Nov 17 Sunday 2:30 PM
Nov 22 Friday 7:30 PM
Nov 23 Saturday 7:30 PM
Nov 24 Sunday 2:30 PM

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Auditions For Blithe Spirit

What To Expect At Auditions

Auditions will be held at Bremerton Community Theatre on Sunday 9/8 and Monday 9/9 from 6:30-9:00pm. Please arrive early enough to fill out your audition forms. Auditions are open and those wishing to observe should be seated in the back of the auditorium. Monologues are NOT required. The scenes listed on the website will be used during auditions. For those planning to audition it is recommended that you familiarize yourselves with them. They are in pdf format and can be downloaded by clicking on respective the links.

Audition Times

Sep 8 Sunday 6:30 PM
Sep 9 Monday 6:30 PM

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Cast List For Blithe Spirit

Available Roles

Charles Condomine - (mid 40’s to early 50’s) – a novelist. Charles is bright, sophisticated, articulate, and debonair but somewhat at the mercy of his wives, past and present. His interest in spiritualism as a subject for a novel leads Charles to ask Madame Arcati to dinner and a séance. He is skeptical but becomes a believer when the ghost of his first wife appears—and stays.
Ruth Condomine - (mid 30’s to late 40’s) – Charles’s second wife. Like her husband, Ruth is witty and sophisticated, and she is quite the society matron. Ruth is a bit stuffy and a little predictable. She is convinced that Charles has lost his mind when Elvira appears. Ruth acts as a concerned wife, trying to restore Charles to normalcy.
Elvira Condomine - (early 30’s-mid 40’s ) – the ghost of Charles’s first wife. Only Charles can see or hear her. In life, Elvira was spirited, outgoing, wild, and carefree. In death, she is no different; she socializes with Genghis Khan. She does love Charles, if somewhat casually, and is jealous of Ruth.
Madame Arcati - (60+) – the local spiritualist and medium. Elderly but spry, Madame Arcati comes into the play talking to an eight-year-old contact on the other side. She truly is in contact with the other world and inadvertently is the “medium” through which Elvira is called back to this one. She is eccentric, effusive and boisterous.
Dr George Bradman - (55+) – a good friend of the Condomines who is invited to dinner and the séance. He is entirely skeptical of anything to do with the occult but tries his utmost to go along with the proceedings for the sake of Charles’ research.
Violet Bradman - (50+) – Dr. Bradman’s wife. Simple and naïve, she is quite excited about being in the presence of the medium, whom she finds fascinating.
Edith - (20–30) – the Condomine’s new maid. She is nervous and tears around at breakneck speed trying to do things right and make a good impression.

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Blithe Spirit by Trina Williamson in Bremerton, Washington