Playhouse 615

03/27/2025

03/27/2025

Ray Cooney is the master of British Farce; his “Run For Your Wife” is his funniest and most physically-demanding play.

The story concerns bigamist John Smith, a London cab driver with two wives, two lives and a very precisely planned schedule for juggling them both, with one wife at a home in Streatham and another nearby at a home in Wimbledon.
Trouble brews when Smith is mugged and ends up in hospital, where both of his addresses surface, causing both the Streatham and Wimbledon police to investigate the case. His careful schedule upset, Smith becomes hopelessly entangled in his attempts to explain himself to his two wives and two suspicious police officers, with help from his lazy layabout neighbour upstairs in Wimbledon.

CHARACTER DESCRIPTIONS

John Smith - Male (40s)
Quick-witted and inventive, John is a taxi driver that seems very ordinary, except that he's a bigamist. The role requires excellent comic timing and physical versatility. An “ordinary guy" not afraid to lie to save himself. A sleaze-ball you don't want to hate.

Barbara Smith — Female (40s/50s)
Likable with genuine naivety. Thinks the best of people but has a tipping point. Happily married and unsuspecting (at first). Like the character of Mary, Barbara requires good comic timing and physicality.

Detective Sergeant Troughton - Male (30s-50s)
An earnest, severe, and somewhat intimidating police officer. Requires good vocal variety and the ability to be commanding physically and verbally. A bear who you want to hug, but don't want to p**s off.

Bobby Franklyn - Male (20s+)
Barbara's neighbour, an extremely over-the-top, flamboyant dress designer, who has no shortage of charm and wit (with the occasional flair for the dramatic). A role that especially requires good comic timing. [Best role in the show/audience favorite]

Reporter - Male or Female (20s and up)
Fun, tabloid-esque reporter, pushy to the point of being rude.

April 7, 8: 6:00pm - 8:00pm
11920 Lebanon Road, Mt. Juliet

Headshot/resume preferred/not required.

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0B49ADAE28A4FEC25-55894553-runfor

03/25/2025

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ STAGE MANAGER NEEDED ⭐️ ⭐️⭐️⭐️

Run For Your Wife By Ray Cooney

Pertinent Dates—
Auditions: April 7, 8
Readthrough: April 14
Blocking rehearsals begin: Monday, May 5
Performances: June 13 - 29

For more information or if interested, please email the theatre at [email protected]

03/25/2025

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ A U D I T I O N S!!!! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

What: RUN FOR YOUR WIFE

When: April 7, 8: 6:00pm - 8:00pm

Where: 11920 Lebanon Road, Mt. Juliet

Roles Available: John Smith, male lead; Barbara Smith, female lead; Detective Sergeant Troughton, male supporting; Bobby Franklyn, male supporting; The Reporter, walk-on.

Performances: June 13 - 29

Dialect: RP British

Please review the available slots below and click on the button to sign up. Thank you!

03/24/2025

In 2021, the Playhouse staged Ray Cooney’s “Run For Your Wife” as our first full length production. Unfortunately, it had an abbreviated run due to Covid. This June, we are reviving it for a full run, with some of the original cast returning.

This 1982 British comedy centers around John Smith, an "ordinary" London taxi driver who secretly has two wives in two different towns. When John inadvertently blows his own cover, the comic complications multiply.

Auditions will be held on Monday, April 7 and Tuesday, April 8 (6:00pm - 8:00pm), for the following roles: John Smith, Detective Sergeant Troughton, Barbara Smith, Bobby Franklyn, and The Reporter.
British dialects required.

11920 Lebanon Road, Mt. Juliet
Performances June 13 - 29
Further info: [email protected]

Directed by Joel Meriwether.

03/22/2025

Opening night was powerful! Tickets available at playhouse615.com. Don’t miss it!!

03/19/2025

⭐️ Getting to know the cast of The Whale by Samuel D. Hunter and directed by Bowd Beal. Produced by Special arrangement with Concord Theatricals⭐️

Running March 21 - April 6.

Tickets can be purchased through the theatre website, playhouse615.com

Ellie (Hannah Weinman)

Hannah Weinman (Ellie) is honored to be on the Playhouse 615 stage again bringing to life one of her favorite plays. Last year, she graduated with her BFA in Theatre Performance from Belmont University. There, you may have seen her as Leah Barnett (Trust), Bobbie (Cabin 12), Mom/Ensemble (The Aviator), Photographer swing (Kodachrome), Jennie Mae Layman (The Diviners), Foley Artist (Radio Plays), or in Belmont Dance Program’s Mixed Bill XIX and XX. She’d like to thank her friends and family for all their support.

03/18/2025

⭐️ TRIVIA TIME! ⭐️

For your chance to win two free tickets to opening night of The Whale, be the first to answer the question below:

Charlie (played by Joel Meriwether in our production opening Friday, March 21) went to University of Utah. What’s the mascot of that school?

First to comment wins!

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03/17/2025

⭐️ Getting to know the cast of The Whale by Samuel D. Hunter and directed by Bowd Beal. Produced by Special arrangement with Concord Theatricals⭐️

Running March 21 - April 6.

Tickets can be purchased through the theatre website, playhouse615.com

Noah Bryant, Elder Thomas (Saturdays and Alternating Sundays)

Noah Bryant, 23 years old, grew up in Hawaii. Since studying in film school, his love for both expression and storytelling has only expanded. He's acted in a dozen short films, classes and workshops, and this is his third professional theater production.
His current short-term goal is to learn how to use parts of himself to transform into different human beings, and to learn a proper process in tackling a role. His long-term goal is to make a living off of acting— aspiring to get better at the craft every day. During downtime, he is a cinephile, loves reading plays and novels, exercising, and playing sports, and is always thrilled just to come home to his wife.

03/16/2025

⭐️ Getting to know the cast of The Whale by Samuel D. Hunter and directed by Bowd Beal. Produced by Special arrangement with Concord Theatricals⭐️

Running March 21 - April 6.

Tickets can be purchased through the theatre website, playhouse615.com

Nathan Basner (Elder Thomas, Fridays and rotating Sundays)

Nathan Basner is more than thrilled to be in his first Playhouse 615 show. You may have seen him previously at The Larry Keeton in Noises Off!, or at Franklin's Pull-Tight Theatre in All My Sons and The Book of Will, or most recently in Spirit: The Authentic Story of the Bell Witch at The Bell Witch Festival. He has also worked with The Nashville Shakespeare Festival to some extent over the past two summers. Nathan is incredibly grateful for all who have taught him, directly or otherwise, and asks that we fix our hearts or die.

03/15/2025

⭐️⭐️⭐️REGIONAL PREMIERE AUDITIONS ⭐️⭐️⭐️

DEATH OF A STREETCAR NAMED VIRGINIA WOOLF

Story by Tim Ryder & Tim Sniffen Written by Tim Sniffen

Auditions: DATES AND TIMES:
Monday, March 24 - 6:00-8:00pm
Tuesday, March 25 - 6:00-8:00pm

Performances: May 2 - 18

LOCATION:
Playhouse 615 11920 Lebanon Road Mt. Juliet, TN 37122

THE STORY:

When a mysterious invitation brings Blanche DuBois back to New Orleans, she finds herself once again face-to-face with the smoldering Stanley Kowalski. They are soon joined by luckless salesman W***y Loman and hard-drinking, hard-fighting couple George and Martha, and suddenly all bets are off. Add a folksy Stage Manager and the comic genius of The Second City team, and the question quickly becomes: Will the American theatre ever be the same?

This hilarious result of collaboration between Writers Theatre and Chicago's world-renowned comedy theatre, The Second City, asks the intriguing question: What happens when the most recognizable characters from some of the greatest American plays of the 20th century suddenly find themselves sharing the same stage — a deliciously satirical mash-up of A Streetcar Named Desire, Death of a Salesman, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? and Our Town.

DIRECTED BY ABBY WADDOUPS.

Questions? Please email the theatre at [email protected]

CHARACTER BREAKDOWN/all roles available

The Stage Manager [50ish], the folksy, omniscient narrator of New England descent.

Blanche DuBois [early 40s], an anxious, fragile, secretive Southern woman.

Stanley Kowalski [30ish], a sexually aggressive, blue-collar hothead.

W***y Loman [late 50s], a defeated, down-on-his-luck salesman.

George [50ish], a jaded, henpecked university professor.

Martha [50ish], George’s brassy, equally jaded wife.

SIGN UP FOR YOUR AUDITION SLOT HERE:

THE STORY: When a mysterious invitation brings Blanche DuBois back to New Orleans, she finds herself once again face-to-face with the smoldering Stanley Kowalski. They are soon joined by luckless salesman W***y Loman and hard-drinking, hard-fighting couple George and Martha, and suddenly all bets ar...

03/14/2025

COMING SOON TO PLAYHOUSE 615

The Whale, a gripping and emotional drama directed by Bowd Beal. This deeply moving production runs March 21 – April 6, bringing raw humanity and unforgettable performances to the stage. This production contains adult language and content; it is intended for mature audiences.

On the outskirts of Mormon Country, Idaho, an obese recluse named Charlie hides away in his apartment, eating himself to death. As his health declines, he desperately seeks to reconnect with his estranged teenage daughter, Ellie, a sharp-witted and deeply unhappy young woman. The Whale is a deeply moving and unexpectedly funny story of redemption and finding beauty in the most unexpected places.

The production stars Joel Meriwether, Playhouse 615’s Artistic Director, in the lead role of Charlie. He is joined by a talented cast including Memory Strong as Liz, Charlie’s devoted nurse; Hannah Weinman, a recent Belmont University graduate, as Ellie; Sidney Michelle Grey as Charlie’s ex-wife, Mary; and Nathan Basner and Noah Bryant, alternating performances as Elder Thomas.

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03/12/2025

⭐️ Getting to know the Cast of The Whale by Samuel D. Hunter. ⭐️

Running March 21 - April 6.

Tickets can be purchased through the theatre website, playhouse615.com

Memory Strong (Liz)

After an almost two-year hiatus from the stage, Memory is thrilled to join the talented cast and crew of Playhouse 615's The Whale. Memory has been seen as all kinds of characters in all kinds of shows throughout the Nashville area over a long enough time period that we don't really need to talk about it. When not rehearsing for a show, or working her full-time job as a Senior Exemption Specialist with The Foundation Group helping nonprofit organizations get their tax exempt status, you might find her singing with Rewind Nashville, a classic rock band, or at Sid Gold's Request Room, her Third Place (IYKYK). Memory's First Place will always be with her husband and BFF who has given her both roots and wings - wherever you are is home. IFLY.

03/10/2025

⭐️⭐️⭐️REGIONAL PREMIERE AUDITIONS ⭐️⭐️⭐️

DEATH OF A STREETCAR NAMED VIRGINIA WOOLF

Story by Tim Ryder & Tim Sniffen Written by Tim Sniffen

Auditions: DATES AND TIMES:
Monday, March 24 - 6:00-8:00pm
Tuesday, March 25 - 6:00-8:00pm

Performances: May 2 - 18

LOCATION:
Playhouse 615 11920 Lebanon Road Mt. Juliet, TN 37122

THE STORY:

When a mysterious invitation brings Blanche DuBois back to New Orleans, she finds herself once again face-to-face with the smoldering Stanley Kowalski. They are soon joined by luckless salesman W***y Loman and hard-drinking, hard-fighting couple George and Martha, and suddenly all bets are off. Add a folksy Stage Manager and the comic genius of The Second City team, and the question quickly becomes: Will the American theatre ever be the same?

This hilarious result of collaboration between Writers Theatre and Chicago's world-renowned comedy theatre, The Second City, asks the intriguing question: What happens when the most recognizable characters from some of the greatest American plays of the 20th century suddenly find themselves sharing the same stage — a deliciously satirical mash-up of A Streetcar Named Desire, Death of a Salesman, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? and Our Town.

DIRECTED BY ABBY WADDOUPS.

Questions? Please email the theatre at [email protected]

CHARACTER BREAKDOWN/all roles available

The Stage Manager [50ish], the folksy, omniscient narrator of New England descent.

Blanche DuBois [early 40s], an anxious, fragile, secretive Southern woman.

Stanley Kowalski [30ish], a sexually aggressive, blue-collar hothead.

W***y Loman [late 50s], a defeated, down-on-his-luck salesman.

George [50ish], a jaded, henpecked university professor.

Martha [50ish], George’s brassy, equally jaded wife.

SIGN UP FOR YOUR AUDITION SLOT HERE: https://tinyurl.com/4dvwk7kt

03/10/2025

Almost a full reunion of the cast of Steel Magnolias, our third production, after a performance of SAYRE, written by Bel Stuart and directed by Abby Waddoups.

03/10/2025

⭐️ Getting to know the Cast of The Whale by Samuel D. Hunter. ⭐️

Running March 21 - April 6.

Tickets can be purchased through the theatre website, playhouse615.com

Sydney Michelle Grey (Mary) has had the pleasure of performing in both the Hollywood Fringe and the Short & Sweet Festival. This is her first Nashville production. She studied with the late great actor James Caan. You might also catch her in the friendly skies where she has been a flight attendant for 20 years.

03/07/2025

I think I’ve found my next pair of shoes! 😂