Casting Performers for "Our Town" Show
The company is holding auditions for "Our Town" Show and looking for performers, please see the details below ONLY LOCAL TALENT WILL BE CONSIDERED. About the project: This is Our Town as Thornton Wilder wished it to be performed. Described by Edward Albee as “the greatest American play ever written,” Our Town presents the small town of Grover’s Corners in three acts: “Daily Life,” “Love and Marriage” and “Death and Eternity.” Narrated by a stage manager and performed with minimal props and sets, the play depicts the simple daily lives of the Webb and Gibbs families as their children fall in love, marry, and eventually – in one of the most famous scenes in American theatre – die. Thornton Wilder's final word on how he wanted his play performed is an invaluable addition to the American stage and to the libraries of theatre lovers internationally. Winner of the 1938 Pulitzer Prize for Drama, the 1989 Tony Award for Best Revival and the 1989 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Revival. Rated PG-13. Additional info: Read Through: Thursday, December 19, 6:30pm Mandatory Cast Meeting: Monday, January 6, 6:30pm Rehearsals Begin: Monday, January 6, 6:30pm Rehearsals: Mon - Thursday 6:30 - 9:30pm / select Saturdays 10:00 am - 1:00pm. Show Dates: February 14, 15, 21, 22 at 7:30pm; February 16, 23 at 2:00pm. looking for strong actors of all ages and genders who have spacial awareness and pantomime skills. Some roles will be singing in a choral piece, so need to be comfortable with singing. Actors will be onstage at all times. Some roles may be doubled. Prepare for Audition: 2 minute dramatic monologue from American Theatre. Please apply if interested.
16 roles
Must be a good storyteller, able to command the stage and engage the audience. Loves people, easy going and grounded with a clear wisdom. This character is the all-knowing narrator who may be speaking for the author. The Stage Manger literally sets the stage, describes the action and introduces the actors. Steps in and out of the action as other characters. He guides Emily in her return to the living world.
In 1901 the age 16 was more sincere and innocent than today. The love story with her and George is the spine of the action of the play as their marriage joins the two families. She has the strongest love of life and enthusiasm. Emily’s appears in Act 3 after she dies during childbirth, and she desires to relive everything that was so wonderful, but finally comes to a bittersweet wisdom about the fleeting and ephemeral state of living.
He is highly educated and is the editor and owner of the only local newspaper Sentinel. Has a strong connection with his daughter. Lives across the way from the Gibbs.
The loving but firm mother of Emily and Wally. Reveals her character through her conversation with Mrs. Gibbs; she represents the typical mother and housewife. She is busy and hard working but also loving and a good friend.
He is the town doctor and family man and father to George and Rebecca. Pragmatic and logical, but kind more apt to lead his son to the right choice through thoughtful observations and questions than through a lecture. He loves his wife but can be dismissive of her dreams at times in a “I know what is best for you” sort of way that men had during this time.
Mother of George & Rebecca. Strong love for her family. A romantic who dreams of visiting Paris. Strong connection with her son and a friend to Mrs. Webb. Her fierce love of her children is starkly contrasted with the still and disconnected person she becomes at the end in the afterworld.
(usually male, open to female casting) unspecified age. Leader of the church choir and organist, but has deep problems and a clear drinking problem. Attitude is acerbic, bitter and short-tempered. He/she is possibly depressed. Stimson’s drinking is the town’s scandalous gossip. As a suicide who hangs himself in the attic, Simon's memories of the past are negative as he/she carries their bitterness into the afterlife.
Adult male, age unspecified. There to keep the town safe, friendly and helpful, a kind person.
Sings in the choir and loves to spread gossip. Sharp and funny but also charming and lovable. She is a spirit in the last act.
A professor of the State University who provides historical context about Grover's Corners in a bit of a frantic and academic manner
The son of Julia Gibbs' sister Carey, he comes back from Buffalo after twelve years' absence. He provides exposition in the last act.
The town undertaker in Grover's Corners.
A voice among many who have passed away.
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