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Title: Stage Door
Author(s): Edna Ferber and George S Kaufman
Licensing Agent: Dramatists Play Service, Inc.
Genre: Comedy
Length: Full Length
Male Roles: 11
Female Roles: 21
Extras: 0

Description: The play concerns a group of young girls who have come to New York to study acting and find jobs. The scene is Mrs. Orcutt's boarding house, where the hopes and ambitions of sixteen young women are revealed in scenes of entertaining comedy. Contrasted with this are the cases of the girl without talent and the elderly actress whose days are over. The central plot has to do with courageous Terry Randall, who fights against discouragement to a position in the theater where we are sure she will conquer. One of her fellow aspirants gives up in despair, one gets married, and one goes into pictures, but Terry, with the help of idealistic David Kingsley, sticks to her guns. Color and contrast are offered by Mattie, the maid; Frank her husband; a few young men callers, a movie magnate and young Keith Burgess, the playwright who "goes Hollywood." NOTE: Can be presented in a single setting. Direction on this and instructions covering slight alterations in the play appear in the back of the book.

Character Gender Role Size Min Age Max Age Description
Terry Randall F Lead 20 25 a born actress, striking but not conventionally beautiful.
Jean Maitland F Supporting 20 25 movie star quality, a better actress off stage than on
Judith Canfield F Supporting 20 30 actress, wise, cynical, quick wit
Madeline Vauclain F Supporting 20 30 actress, a languid beauty, shallow
Bernice Niemeyer F Supporting 16 22 a character actress but doesn't know it, comical
Mary Harper F Supporting 14 20 petite, boy crazy, nosey, paired with Little Mary, comical
Mary McCune F Supporting 14 20 tall, nosey, paired with Big Mary, comical
Ann Braddock F Supporting 16 22 very dramatic and serious
Kaye Hamilton F Supporting 20 25 big eyed, innocent new girl, serious role
Linda Shaw F Supporting 20 30 a diva, promiscuous
Bobby Melrose F Supporting 20 30 a southern belle
Louise Mitchell F Supporting 20 30 leaving acting to get married
Susan Paige F Supporting 14 20 an acting student
Pat Devine F Supporting 20 30 Night Club dancer, sassy, moves like a dancer
Kendal Adams F Supporting 16 22 comes from a wealthy family, and acts like it
Tony Gillette F Cameo 20 30 young actress
Ellen Fenwick F Caneo 20 30 young actress
Mrs. Orcutt F Supporting 40 50 the house matron, flamboyant former actress, mother to the girls
Olga Brandt F Supporting 20 30 pianist, Russian, dark and artsy
Mattie F Supporting 40 50 the maid, dry sense of humor
Mrs. Shaw F Supporting 40 50 upper class woman
Laura Westcott F Supporting 30 40 a publicity woman
David Kingsley M Lead 35 45 successful Hollywood film maker, handsome, and slick
Keith Burgess M Supporting 25 35 a playwright, bohemian but is seduced by success
Sam Hasitngs M Supporting 20 30 a young actor from texas
Jimmy Devereaux M Cameo 20 30 a young actor
Fred Powell M Supporting 30 40 a businessman
Lou Milhauser M Supporting 30 40 a businessman
Dr. Randall M Supporting 50 60 a country doctor
Adolph Gretzl M Supporting 50 60 a big wig in the movie business
Billy M Cameo 20 30 young photographer

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