Elgin Theatre Company to hold auditions for farce

The Elgin Theatre Company will hold auditions for the comedy "Run For Your Wife" from 6 to 8:30 p.m. Dec. 16 and 7 to 9 p.m. Dec. 17 at Wesley United Methodist Church, 1070 South St., Elgin. Use the parking lot entrance on the north side of the church.

The cast consists of six men and two women as follows:

• Mary Smith -- stage age late 20s, short, attractive blond.

• Barbara Smith -- stage age late 20s, tall attractive red head.

• John Smith -- an ordinary man whose appearance belies his eccentricity.

• Detective Sergeant Troughton -- slightly severe officer.

• Stanley Gardner -- bright appearing but not really.

• Newspaper reporter -- a large gentleman.

• Detective Sergeant Porterhouse -- middle-aged family man.

• Bobby Franlyn -- flamboyant dress designer, any age.

Auditions will consist of cold readings from the script. Rehearsals will be announced when parts have been assigned.

"Run for Your Wife," a British farce by Ray Cooney, is about cab driver John Smith, his wife Mary and his other wife, Barbara. The wives don't know of each other because he keeps to a very tight schedule -- until he is involved in an accident. He ends up in the wrong house at the wrong time.

For details, visit www.elgin-theatre.org.