06/19/2026
We continue with the remaining two dates for auditions on Thursday, June 25th and Tuesday, June 30th, for Alain-Rene Lesage's "Turcaret," a wickedly funny food chain of deceit, of characters who spend the entire play fleecing one another. Performances will be the first two weekends of November 2026 at the Levittown Public Library.
NON-EQUITY. No pay as everyone is a volunteer and our FREE performances are a form of public service.
Auditions start at 7 p.m. on the ground floor of the Levittown Public Library, 1 Blue Grass Lane, Levittown, and end at 10 p.m. As the library locks all doors at 9 p.m., no one will be admitted thereafter. The staff-only parking lot is restricted to library staff.
DO NOT CONTACT THE LIBRARY REGARDING AUDITIONS OR THE PLAY. Send any inquiries to this FB page.
All roles remain open until the end of auditions.
Turcaret: an unscrupulous financier who woos the Baroness, a charming widow. Deeply enamored, he lavishes gifts on her, little realizing that she is passing on his funds to the Knight.
The Knight: a foolish dandy who consistently loses at cards. He pursues the Baroness for the money and expensive gifts that she receives from Turcaret.
Frontin: initially the Knight's valet, he approaches the Baroness to report his employer's gambling losses and to ask that she bail the Knight out. Based upon the Baroness' recommendation, Turcaret hires him to cook the books. He is a master of fraud and ably shows that he is even better at trickery than any of the other characters.
After starting to work for Turcaret, he keeps the funds flowing from Turcaret to the Baroness and from her to the Knight, but all the while secretly taking monies for himself. By the play's end, he has accumulated enough of Turcaret's ill-gotten gains to comfortably retire and settle down.
The Marquise: a friend of the Knight another dandy who has depleted his family legacy at cards and is now deep in debt. He starts a flirtation with the "Countess.,"
Flammand: Turcaret's first valet, hired by Turcaret to be a clerk and who is posted as chief porter / gatekeeper where he can make more money than just his salary by controlling the keys to the city gate.
Rafle: Turcaret's loan shark, actively supporting Turcaret's various financially shady dealings.
Furet: an extremely courteous bailiff serving a summons upon the Baroness for an outstanding debt she co-signed for her late husband's stable of horses and carriages, etc.
Jasmin: servant to the Baroness.
The Baroness: a widow and a coquette. She has exhausted the inheritance from her late husband, but ignores the good advice of Marine, her lady's maid. She is besotted with the Knight, who dupes her as she dupes Turcaret.
Marine: The Baroness' lady's maid. A loyal servant, she is exasperated that the Baroness ignores all the sensible financial advice she provides.
Lisette: a lady's maid recommended by Frontin to the Baroness to replace Martine. Lisette willingly assists Frontin in seeing that the funds the Baroness receives from Turcaret go straight to the Knight.
Madame Jacob: Turcaret's sister, a dealer in lady's accessories. She resents that her wealthy brother has never assisted her family financially.
Mme. Turcaret: Turcaret's estranged wife who has come to track him down to get the arrears he owes her for non-payment of 15 months of spousal support and will not return to the country until she receives her money.
