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A Month In Italy…In A Castle…<\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n
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SYNOPSIS<\/strong> London, 1922. It\u2019s a miserable, rainy, dreary day in London and LOTTY WILKINS, a dowdy woman of about 30, is miserable and dreary in it.\u00a0 Longing for a respite from the rain, Lotty finds refuge in her women\u2019s club where she happens upon an ad in the \u201cAgony Column\u201d in the London Times that reads: “To Those who Appreciate Wisteria and Sunshine.\u00a0 San Salvatore, a small medieval Italian castle on the shores of the Mediterranean to be let furnished for the month of April.”\u00a0 Lotty longs to be basking in wisteria and sunshine and leave her drab and tedious life behind, if only for a month Lotty befriends ROSE ARBUTHNOT, a rigid, reserved and sad sort of woman in her 30s, who yearns for a rest from her stifling duties and distant husband as much as Lotty.\u00a0 But they can\u2019t possibly afford the castle by themselves, so advertise for companions to share the expense and are joined by two other ladies: MRS. FISHER a formidable and disapproving woman in her 60s, who wants only to sit in the sun to read and remember her receding youth; and LADY CAROLINE DESTER who longs for a place she can ponder life\u2019s questions without the distraction of adoring suitors. They all agree to rent the castle for a month of blissful privacy.\u00a0 But the castle is more than they bargained for,\u00a0 and it\u2019s wondrous enchantment affects Lotty immediately.\u00a0 Only in dreams has she dared to imagine such a place as she transforms from the mousey, stuttering housewife and blooms into a radiant, confident \u201cseer of all things.\u201d\u00a0 Wanting to share this \u201ctub of love\u201d she writes and invites her husband, MELLERSH, an ambitious solicitor, who finds himself charmed by not only \u201cthis place\u201d but by his wife.\u00a0 Meanwhile, Rose is tormented by the beauty of the place, for it only reminds her of the rift between her and her husband, FREDRICK, a middle-aged writer of lurid novels.\u00a0 While on a book tour, Fredrick serendipitously arrives at San Salvatore to visit Lady Caroline, not even aware that Rose is at the castle. Amid the blossoms of fragrant wisteria, the hazy heat and sensuous silence, Lotty innocently and lovingly guides each lady through this place and past their loveless lives to rediscover their hearts.\u00a0 Rose reunites with her husband she had distanced herself from after the loss of their child; Mrs. Fisher embraces the present and the love and kindness it affords as she lets go of her past; and Lady Caroline finds a soulmate who sees her for what she finally admits she is: a stunning, yet spoilt, sour, suspicious and selfish spinster, and loves her despite it.\u00a0 In just a month, one short Enchanted April, the lives and hearts of four women are transfigured by wisteria…sunshine…and a small medieval castle. The show is about the redemptive power of love and friendship; of believing in the people around us to be able to better their lives through introspection and through the confidence of our belief that they can be happier than they are.<\/p>\n

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CASTING \u2022 DETAILS<\/strong> (5w 3m)<\/p>\n

LOTTY WILKINS<\/strong><\/em> – (early 30s) – in the beginning is a mousey, dowdy, though, becoming woman who is a “seer” of things. She is candid, sincere and guileless, so much so that it both intrigues, charms and annoys. It’s her yearning for a respite from her dreary and loveless life that propels her toward the enchanted April where she blossoms into the confident, strong, desirable woman hidden beneath.<\/p>\n

ROSE ARBUTHNOT<\/strong><\/em> – (mid-30s) – is a rigid, reserved and sad sort of woman constrained by restrictions and duties. She and her husband, whom she is unable to approach, have grown apart since the death of their only child. She longs for a bit of beauty in her life, a rest from her self-imposed obligations.<\/p>\n

MRS. FISHER<\/strong><\/em> – (60s) – is a forthright and solid woman ensconced in a world of dark dusty old things and who is on the verge of being a “dusty old thing” herself. She does not “suffer fools gladly” and is intolerant of impertinence, idiocy and youth, and pines for a place she can sit and forget.<\/p>\n

LADY CAROLINE DESTER<\/strong><\/em> – (late 20s) – a ravishing, yet melancholy beauty who has sustained her despondency with liquor and men, and only the liquor does she embrace. She is tired of her station, her life, her parents, her…everything and aches for a place she can ponder the existential questions facing her.<\/p>\n

MELLERSH WILIKINS<\/strong><\/em> – (mid to late 30s) – is a handsome, distinguished an overbearing solicitor. Used to commanding his wife in all things, he has long since discounted her as a lost cause and had found an acceptable state of tolerance. Meticulous in his appearance and ambitious in nature, success and partnership is what he wants.<\/p>\n

FREDERICK ARBUTHNOT<\/strong><\/em> – (early 40s) – is an amiable man hovering on the precipice of middle-age. With a slight paunch and kind face, he is confused by his current relationship with Rose and a bit baffled by her and her “causes.” A successful author of lurid novels, Frederick misses his wife…the wife he remembers from their youth and wonders if she will ever return to him.<\/p>\n

THOMAS BRIGGS<\/strong><\/em> – (early 30s) – is a respectable-looking, bespectacled, solitary man. Wealthy, but unassuming, is smitten with Rose upon their first meeting. Assuming she is a war-widow, he wishes for the family and home he’s never had, and sees that possibility in Rose.<\/p>\n

FRANCESCA<\/strong><\/em> – (50s) – is San Salvatore’s housekeeper and cook. Long-suffering with visitors to Italy, she does her best to feed and understand these odd English people.<\/p>\n

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