Lettice and Lovage

By Peter Schaffer
Directed by Kathryn Stirling

Sunday, October 18, 2026, 2 to 5 PM
Monday, October 19, 2026, 7 to 10 PM
Callbacks: Wednesday, October 21, 7 to 10 PM

Auditions and Callbacks will be at the Pump House Community Center:
401 S Horners Lane
Rockville, MD 20850

Please sign up for an audition slot here.

Please fill out the audition form and conflict calendar, print it and bring it with you.

Auditions will consist of cold readings from the script. All of our shows use Open Casting, with no roles pre-selected. RLT is committed to diversity, open to non-traditional casting, and actors of all ethnicities are encouraged to audition.  All roles are unpaid.  

About the Play:

Lettice Duffet is an indefatigable but daffy enthusiast of history and the theatre. As a tour guide at one of the least stately of London’s stately homes, she theatrically embellishes its historical past. Lotte Schon, a stoic inspector from the Preservation Trust, is neither impressed nor entertained by Lettice’s freewheeling history lessons. What follows is a battle to the death of all that is sacred to the Empire and the crown.

Characters:

Lettice Douffet: A flamboyant, theatrical tour guide at Fustian House who loves history, Elizabethan cuisine, and medieval weaponry, and who constantly embellishes dull historical facts to make things more exciting. Age: 50s

Lotte Schoen (Schon): A stern, straight-laced, and rule-abiding inspector from the Preservation Trust. Age: 50s

Miss Framer: Lotte Schoen’s efficient, proper, and somewhat anxious secretary/office assistant. Age: 20s

Mr. Bardolph: Lettice’s traditional, stiff-upper-lip defense lawyer who eventually gets swept up and charmed into Lettice’s theatrical historical re-enactments. Age: 40s

A Surly Man: A disgruntled visitor/tourist who reacts to the environment and events
around Fustian House. Age: any

Visitors to Fustian House: The various members of tour groups who are initially bored
by dry history, but become mesmerized by Lettice’s grand stories. Age: any