AUDITION INFO
Hilda’s Yard by Norm Foster
Synopsis Imagine yourself sitting in your backyard, enjoying the breeze on your face, and anticipating cracking open a cold one. It's quiet. The kids—the thirty something kids— have finally moved out and you're free to enjoy your new alone time with your spouse. But this sense of calm is fleeting because suddenly your kids have literally fallen over the fence into the yard and they need help. This is just the beginning of Norm Foster's hilarious Hilda's Yard, which features the family Fluck in the 1950s. There's Hilda, the mother, Sam, the father, and their adult children Gary and Janey. Gary is on the run from an angry bookie, Beverly, and Janey has suddenly left her husband. To top it all off, Gary’s girlfriend, Bobbi the trombonist, drops in for dinner. Sam is not too pleased since he just bought a new television set, his quiet evening with his wife is ruined, and he found out he might be losing his job! And that's just the start of his day.
Presented by Calliope Muses and Directed by Cheryl McClennan
On stage: August 17-27, 2023 at the Erindale Theatre, UTM
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Character Descriptions:
Hilda Fluck Female, mid 50’s. Hilda tells it like it is and wears her emotions on her sleeve. Hilda has a great strength about her. She’s inquisitive and looks for details in her conversations with family. Hilda is very protective of her family.
Sam Fluck Male, mid 50’s. Hilda’s Husband. Proud. Sam is the family breadwinner and works at a paper products manufacturing plant. Sam feels unappreciated by his employer. He’s excited to finally become an empty nester with Hilda.
Gary Fluck Male, age mid-30’s. Hilda and Sam’s oldest child. WWII veteran. Affected by the war, he has made many poor choices. Hilariously irresponsible.
Janey Fluck Female, early 30’s. Hilda and Sam’s youngest child. Dramatic and pretends to be a vegetarian. Married and comes across as spoiled but her true self is much deeper. She recently separated from her husband.
Bobbi Jakes Female, early 30’s. Gary’s love interest. Jazz Musician who plays the trombone. She’s hip, free spirited and speaks her mind.
Beverly Woytowich Male, around 40. A nefarious gangster-type. Gary has an outstanding gambling debt with him. Intelligent, well spoken, and secretly kind for a “thug”. Beverly is smitten with Janey.
Show Tickets $25
Hilarious and poignant! “Laugh till you cry!