Performers Needed for "Age of Arousal" Play
ONLY LOCAL TALENT WILL BE ACCEPTED. Seeking performers to play roles in production of "Age of Arousal". More details are below. About the play: Set in an era of tumultuous change, this play explores the forbidden and gloriously liberated self, where characters grapple with explosive and contradictory desires. It is a time of enormous political, emotional and sexual change. People are bursting their corsets with unbridled desire. There are half a million more women than men living in England. The women’s suffrage movement is fuelled by sheer numbers. Women demand rights. Passions erupt and confusion reigns… Rate: Non-Paying. Non-Union. Additional information: Show run: March 12 - March 23, 2024. The submission deadline is Friday, November 22nd at 11:59pm. Please prepare a short monologue, no more than 3 minutes and be ready to be redirected. While the play is set in London, England, it is not the desire of the director to use British accents. When applying, please submit head shot and resume in one pdf document, along with the names of the character(s) you’d like to audition for.
6 roles
Definitely not an old lady. Charismatic, egocentric, sexy. Enjoys young women’s attention and admiration. An ex-militant suffragette who now runs a school for secretaries. Is in love with Rhoda.
An orphan who has become a New Woman with a tendency to zeal. Loyal, idealist, physically passionate - about to burst into flower. Mary’s lover and a teacher at her school.
Anxious, agitated and hyperbolic. Impoverished ex-governess and alcoholic. Confused about her sexuality - secretly desires to dress as a man.
Ex-governess and sister to Virginia. The take-charge older sister - deeply conservative, but full of inner passion. Chastity is more than comfortable for her.
Delectable younger sister to Alice and Virginia. Provocative and playful. Struggles with an intense natural sexuality which becomes a revolutionary perspective.
Sensual, confident, enticed by the New. Cousin to Mary Barfoot. Ex-doctor just beginning a life of leisure. Falls in love with Rhoda and the Woman Question.