Fall Readers Theater Auditions
For this audition, please be prepared to cold read the audition sides found at the bottom of the page. Please plan to be there for 1.5-2 hours. The audition process is time consuming and we will do our best to stay on schedule..
For questions please contact Cole Butcher, Production Stage Manager, 239-434-7340 ext. 125 or [email protected].
DESCRIPTIONS:
Exit Strategies
Group Rehearsal: Sunday, 5 October @ 7:00p
Performance Date: Sunday, 12 October @ 7:30p
TITLES
It’s Your Funeral (2 women & 1 men) – Rachel the funeral director is doing her best to help Lee arrange his mother’s funeral, but there’s a slight drawback – she’s not actually dead yet.
Lenny & Jenny (1 women & 1 men) – On a stormy night, Jenny’s car breaks down, prompting her to duck into the bar where Lenny has just shot and killed the bartender. Lenny must decide what to do with the only witness able to identify him as the killer. Jenny prods Lenny hoping to talk her way out of her tough situation. In the course of their conversations, both Lenny and Jenny discover things aren’t always as they seem.
Jacked (1 women & 1 men) – Ellie’s car is highjacked and gives Zeke a ride of his life.
Hostile Take Over In Battery Park (2 women) – A company may be facing a hostile takeover. The boss sends his assistant to find the wife of an important employee, who also works for the company.
Between Us
Group Rehearsal: Sunday, 16 November @ 7:00p
Performance Date: Sunday, 23 November @ 7:30p
TITLES
Plan B (2 women & 1 men) – Richie’s had a bit of an accident while preparing the anniversary dinner, and he and his wife Susan are now waiting in the A&E department. Susan is more than a little disappointed, but perhaps some words from the eccentric Belinda will help?
Chances In the Rain (2 women & 2 men) – Edward and Michelle are waiting for their dates in the same park. Both seem to have been stood up, yet they aren’t very sympathetic to one another. But there are two other lonely people on hand, and things resolve neatly… eventually.
The Meeting (1 women & 1 men) – In a retirement community, two very forgetful old dears find themselves seated next to each other at dinner, and goofy conversation ensues. There are chuckles and laughs all along, with a surprise ending!
Jack & Jackie (2 women & 1 men) – Jack a recently retired has just moved into Happy Acres Assisted Living Home to find his room already occupied by Jackie, a women in her sixties who is willing to bend the rules.
Wish My Ego Well (2 women & 1 men) – A couple married 30 yrs. still don’t know each other or perhaps she knows him better
October/November Directors:
Casey Cobb – Wish My Ego Well
Ted DeGroot – Lenny & Jenny and The Meeting
Karen Ezrine – Hostile Take Over In Battery Park and Chances In the Rain
Darlyne Franklin – It’s Your Funeral and Plan B
Terry Libby – Jack & Jackie
Todd Potter – Jacked
Cast: Varying Sizes
Rehearsal & Performance Schedule: Rehearsals are set between Director and Casts and will have 3-4 rehearsals for each performance. Performances are listed under the Theme Title.
A Doll’s House Part 2 (Lucas Hnath) – Actor Studio Series
Nora’s back—15 years after walking out on her family—ready to confront the fallout of her iconic exit. Bold, provocative, and witty, Lucas Hnath’s Tony-nominated A Doll’s House, Part 2 dives into the messy reality of what it means to live as a woman on your own terms in 1894. This sharp, modern sequel to one of the most influential plays in theatrical history doesn’t require familiarity with the original title. All you need to know is that at the end of Ibsen’s play, Nora, a mother and wife, walks out on her husband and three young children. Slamming the door behind her—a moment frequently referred to as the slam heard around the world— which shocked 19th-century audiences and shook the foundations of modern drama. Now, Part 2 imagines what happens when that same woman returns.
Director: James Duggan
Stage Manager: Nancy Hayer
Cast [Age on all shows & parts is flexible]: See Below
Rehearsal & Performance Schedule: Actor Studio Series Conflict Sheet
Characters:
- NORA – 40-50s (left her husband Torvald and children 15 years earlier) she is impetuous, persuasive, independent, strong willed, spontaneous, possesses sardonic humor, and is savvy smart. A ‘free spirit’ focused on her immediate needs.
- TORVALD – 40-50s, (Nora’s husband, a banker) awkwardly rigid, control is safety, reputation is important, feelings are not to be indulged in, yet he possesses strong feelings beneath a veneer of stoic constraint.
- ANNE MARIE – 50-60s, (housekeeper to Torvald, who raised Nora’s children when she left her marriage) hard working, strong willed, no one’s fool, a ‘dry’ sense of humor, not easily intimidated by Nora, and possesses a heart of gold.
- EMMY– 18-early 20s, (Nora’s daughter, was 3-5 years old when her mother left) poised, intelligent, quiet determination, and underneath her graceful polite presence deep waters of emotion churn.
Select and reserve an audition slot below:
If you need to CANCEL your audition time, please contact Cole Butcher, Production Stage Manager, [email protected].
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