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Theatre Casting Call for "August: Osage County" Show

Wheaton, IL, United States
ID: 277016Exp: 2/2/2025
Description:

The company is holding auditions for "August: Osage County" Show and looking for performers, please see the details below. ONLY LOCAL TALENT WILL BE CONSIDERED. About the project: A vanished father. A pill-popping mother. Three sisters holding secrets. When the Weston family reunites after Dad’s disappearance; the family erupts with hidden truths and long buried secrets. August: Osage County is a Pulitzer Prize winning play which will leave audiences “laughing and wondering, shuddering and smiling long after the house lights are back on”. – New York Newsday. Rate: This is an unpaid, non-Equity production Additional info: This play contains strong language, adult situations and violence. Performances are March 28 – April 13. Show times: Th/Fri/Sat: 7:30 p.m. Sun 2:00 p.m. REHEARSALS The first cast meeting and readthrough will be Saturday Feb.8 at the theater. Rehearsals will begin Monday, Feb. 10 and will be held on Sunday evenings and Monday through Thursday evenings. Not all cast members will be called for all rehearsals. Auditions will consist of: Acting: prepare your choice of a one-minute modern monologue (no Shakespeare please). Or, monologues can be provided for you upon request to the Gmail audition address, specifying the character(s) you’d like to audition for. You will also read a scene for the character of your choice. Callbacks: will consist of readings from the show. Everyone called back will receive sides containing scenes. A callback does not guarantee that you will be cast; not being called back does not necessarily mean you have not been cast. When applying, please include the completed form, headshot or recent picture, and resume.

12 roles

Beverly WestonMale67-71 y.o.All ethnicities

Father of the Weston family.

Violet WestonFemale63-67 y.o.All ethnicities

Matriarch of the Weston family. (Violence)

Barbara FordhamFemale44-48 y.o.All ethnicities

Bev and Violet’s oldest daughter. (Intimacy, violence)

Bill FordhamMale46-51 y.o.All ethnicities

Barbara’s husband (Violence)

Ivy WestonFemale42-46 y.o.All ethnicities

Bev and Violet’s middle daughter (Intimacy)

Karen WestonFemale38-42 y.o.All ethnicities

Bev and Violet’s youngest daughter. (Intimacy, Violence)

Mattie Fae AikenFemale55-59 y.o.All ethnicities

Violet’s sister

Charlie AikenMale58-62 y.o.All ethnicities

Mattie Fae’s husband

Little Charles AikenMale35-39 y.o.All ethnicities

Mattie Fae and Charlie’s son. (Intimacy)

Johnna MonevataFemale24-28 y.o.All ethnicities

Housekeeper, Cheyenne (Violence)

Steve HeidebrechtMale48-52 y.o.All ethnicities

Karen’s fiancé (Intimacy, Violence)

Sheriff Deon GilbeauMale55-59 y.o.All ethnicities

(Intimacy)