"On Golden Pond" Audition for the Theater
Looking for performers for the "On Golden Pond" show. Please see the details below. About the project: "On Golden Pond" is a classic American comedic drama that’s every bit as touching, warm, and witty today as when it debuted off-Broadway in 1978. Retired couple Ethel and Norman Thayer are spending their 48th summer at their vacation home on Golden Pond, in the woods of Maine. Their delightful summer routine–fishing, picking strawberries, enjoying old mementos, listening to the loons call–is given a bitterly comedic edge by Norman’s unreliable memory and cantankerously morbid statements. When their daughter Chelsea visits for Norman’s 80th birthday, bringing her boyfriend Bill and Bill’s teenage son, Billy Jr., the whole family must come to grips with Norman and Chelsea’s mutual bitterness, while Norman blossoms with his chance to mentor young Billy. The turbulent relationship between father and daughter, the generation gap between young and old, and the difficulties of a couple in the twilight years of a long marriage, all combine in a play that effortlessly illustrates the hilarious, heartbreaking, human moments of which life is made. Additional info: Auditions will consist of readings from the script and are open to all experience levels. Excerpts of the script are attached. Please bring your calendar with all conflicts between the time of auditions and the opening of the show. You will be asked to fill out an audition form at the time of your audition. REHEARSALS will begin on September 16 at 6 PM and will be scheduled according to actor availability on Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday evenings. SHOW DATES are November (2024) 7, 8, 9 at 7 PM and November 10 at 2 PM. All actors who are cast must be available for all show dates, as well as tech week (Sunday, November 3 through Wednesday, November 6). If interested, please apply.
5 roles
Nearing his eightieth birthday, Norman is flirting with senility and is aware of it enough to use it to his advantage, usually in a humorous way. He is a curmudgeon, as he feels his age entitles him to be. He is very much in love with Ethel, his wife, but doesn’t quite know what to do about their daughter, Chelsea.
Ten years younger than Norman, Ethel is a spritely, active woman who loves her husband completely and who is in love with simply being alive. She is caregiver, sweetheart, and friend to Norman.
The local delivery-by-boat mailman, Charlie is a long-time family friend and a typical Maine down-Easterner. Still single, he has had a life-long crush on Chelsea.
Attractive, divorced, and in her forties, Chelsea is still dealing with the lack of closeness between her and Norman. She is engaged to Bill Ray, whom she brings to meet her parents.
Chelsea’s fiancé and Billy’s father, Bill is definitely not the outdoors type. He is trying his best to make a good impression on Norman and Ethel.
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