Theatre Casting Call for "These Shining Lives" Play
The company is holding auditions for "These Shining Lives" Play and looking for performers, please see the details below. ONLY LOCAL TALENT WILL BE CONSIDERED. About the project: These Shining Lives chronicles the strength and determination of women considered expendable in their day, exploring their true story and its continued resonance. Catherine and her friends are dying, its true; but theirs is a story of survival in its most transcendent sense, as they refuse to allow the company that stole their health to kill their spirits—or endanger the lives of those who come after them. Please note there are themes of death and terminal disease. Additional info: Please bring a headshot and resume. Please bring your scheduled conflicts, please note one or more holidays fall in the rehearsal period; it is helpful to know travel plans early. Auditions will consist of cold readings from the script. You may be requested to stay past your audition time to read with other auditionees. Rehearsal times: Rehearsals will begin on Monday, March 3 from 7-10pm; Our plan is to rehearse 4 nights a week on Sunday, Monday, Tuesday or Wednesday (conflicts dependent) and Thursday until tech week. Due to Easter, technical rehearsals will be split into the weeks of April 13th & April 20th. Please bring your conflicts to audition. Cast members will be asked to assist with build/paint days and post-show clean-up (strike). Production Dates: Fri, April 25, 2025 at 8:00 pm, Sat, April 26, 2025 at 8:00 pm, Sun, April 27, 2025 at 2:00 pm, Thu, May 1, 2025 at 8:00 pm, Fri, May 2, 2025 at 8:00 pm, and Sat, May 3, 2025 at 8:00 pm. Please apply if interested
8 roles
The main character, a young, vibrant, and competitive woman who works at the Radium Dial Company. She's a fighter who develops as the story progresses.
The leader of the Radium Dial group, she's outspoken, tough, and determined.
Also plays Reporter: The moral backbone of the group, she's kind, level-headed, and has a keen eye for scandal.
Also plays Reporter and Daughter: The jokester of the group, she's easy-going, chatty, and sweet. She's also a shameless gossip who notices every symptom of sickness or scandal.
Catherine's husband, a steel worker who's very much in love with his wife but conflicted about her work.
The foreman at the Radium Dial Company who has information about the effects of radium poisoning but doesn't tell his workers.
Also plays Dr. Rowntree & Judge ; A doctor in Chicago who diagnoses radium poisoning; Rowntree promotes the perceived value of radium
Also plays Company Doctor, Radio Announcer and Son: The attorney who agrees to take the case to court.
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