Performers Needed for "Home, I'm Darling" Play
ONLY LOCAL TALENT WILL BE ACCEPTED. Directors are currently in need of performers for production of "Home, I'm Darling". More details are below. About the play: The 2019 Oliver Award winner for Best New Comedy, Home, I’m Darling, is a fun comedy/drama with a central mystery at its heart. Living like they are in the 50s, a couple slowly reveals how they created this world in their home, as they are actually living in the 21st century, and this is an agreed-upon arrangement. It’s easy to romanticize the past, but what is the cost of maintaining this image of marital bliss? Maybe some things are better left behind? Home, I’m Darling explores interesting gender dynamics, our too-often rose-tinted view of the past, and what is learned—and lost—when we move forward. It’s a beautiful look at modern relationships that ultimately is hopeful but asks the central question: “How happy are the happily married?” Additional information: You will be asked to prepare and perform a one to two-minute monologue. You may rehearse and bring in your own or choose from various monologues provided at the audition. Afterwards, selections from the script will be provided for cold readings. Callbacks may be required to cast these roles on these potential callback dates: Saturday, November 30th at 2pm. Sunday, December 1st at 2pm. Wednesday, December 4th at 6pm. If you're interested, please apply.
6 roles
Written as 38 years old (actors playing are range 25-45). Loves everything 1950s, married to Johnny. She is the perfect housewife, the home goddess, and the incarnation of many men’s dreams, but beneath this she hides fragility and escapism. She is trying desperately to keep together the façade she has built.
Written as 37 years old (actors playing are range 25-45). Real estate agent, married to Judy. Supportive, and kind, maybe to a fault. Had been very successful but less so in recent years. On the surface content with the reality he is in, but underneath is questioning his role in what might be an unhealthy agreement, for both himself and his wife.
Written as 35 years old, (actors playing are range 25-45). Married to Marcus, good friends of Judy and Johnny. She and her husband also love the 50s style, but she is only willing to adapt elements of it and not live it as a way of life. Fran likes hanging out with Judy and Johnny and is still in awe of how they adapted. She is curious about Judy’s motives for going that far.
Written as 43 years old, (actors playing are range 25-50). Married to Fran, good friends of Judy and Jonny. Founder of a successful agency. Friendly but holds some very dated traditional and machismo attitudes and beliefs. Presents as harmless, but he might have to answer to some very difficult issues.
Written as 67 years old, (actors playing are range 45+) Judy’s mother, who can’t work out why her daughter is trying to live in the 1950s. She is horrified by Judy’s choice to become a housewife, having brought Judy up in a commune and to be a feminist. Direct and blunt, but clearly loves her daughter.
Written as 30 years old, (actors playing are range 20-40). Johnny’s new, highly successful, and younger boss. She is fascinated and bewildered by Judy’s and Johnny’s way of life. She brings in a more critical attitude towards nostalgia. She is very career-driven and focused on her work.
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