Performers Needed for Theatre Audition "Our Town"
Auditions for "Our Town" play. Casting actors. Please see the breakdown below. Additional info: No preparation is needed. Directors will have sides to read from at the auditions. If you want to prepare a monologue, that’s fine, but not necessary. Performances: July 5 & 6 in Metuchen July 11-13 in Plainfield If you are interested, please apply.
15 roles
The narrator, who also plays the roles of master of ceremonies, Mrs. Forrest, Mr. Morgan, and a minister. He guides Emily in her return to the living world.
The town's doctor, who is returning from delivering the Goruslawski twins during the first act. He is the father of George and Rebecca Gibbs.
Dr. Gibbs' wife, who represents a typical housewife in the first two acts; in the final act, she is seen as a spirit.
The editor and publisher of the Sentinel, the town's newspaper, and one of its most important citizens. He lives across from the Gibbs family.
Charles Webb's wife, who reveals her character through her conversation with Mrs. Gibbs; she represents the typical mother and housewife.
The Webbs' intelligent daughter, who grows up during the play, joins the two major families when she marries George Gibbs, and dies later during childbirth.
Dr. and Mrs. Gibbs' sixteen-year-old son, who discovers his love for Emily, marries her in the second act, and grieves for her loss in the third act.
The organist of the Congregational Church who is the subject of town gossip because of his alcoholism. As a suicide who hangs himself in the attic, Simon's memories of the past are negative.
A local busybody who clucks over Simon's alcoholism and idealizes George and Emily's marriage. She is a spirit in the last act.
The milkman who guides a seventeen-year-old horse named Bessie. Howie appears during Emily's return to the past in the last act.
Joe is the paper boy in the first act and also during the flashback, when Emily returns to life. A scholar at Massachusetts Tech, he is killed in France during World War I before he can use his education.
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, who provides background information in the third act.
The town law enforcement officer, whose duties require him to be sure that doors are locked and that drain pipes are adequate. On February 7, 1899, he saves a man from freezing to death.
A faculty member of State University who recites facts about Grover's Corners.
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