Audition for Theater Play "Birthday Candles"
ONLY LOCAL TALENT WILL BE ACCEPTED. Seeking performers for production of "Birthday Candles". More details are below. Additional information: Rehearsals: Starting in May through to Showtime! Time & Date TBD based on cast availabilities. Rehearsal location TBA, will be located in West Hants. Tech Week: July 5th - 10th (Move in/Set Build on the 5th). Performances: Thursday, July 10th - Preview Show. Friday, July 11th - Opening Night. Saturday, July 12th - 2pm Matinee and 7pm Show. Sunday, July 13th - Matinee (No Evening Show). Friday, July 18th - 7pm show. Saturday, July 19th - 2pm Matinee and 7pm Show. Full attendance during the rehearsal process and during production week is a requirement. Attendance concerns should be brought to the attention of the production team well in advance of the conflict date. All participants will be given a rehearsal schedule. Conflicts should be brought to the attention of the production team immediately upon receipt of this schedule. What is Expected: Please plan to attend the entire time slot you select. For the audition: 1. Please prepare one monologue of your choosing (1-2 min.). 2. Please be prepared to do a cold read for the Audition Team. A scene from the show will be picked by them based on the role(s) you are interested in. If you're interested, please apply.
6 roles
Travels from age seven to 107. In that time, she will be a daughter, a girlfriend, a wife, a mother, a friend, an aunt, a mother-in-law, a widow, a second wife, a grandmother, a great grandmother, and a great great grandmother.
ALICE – Selfless. Strong. Ernestine’s mother. MADELINE – Troubled. Bemused. Beautiful. Erudite. Ernestine and Matt’s daughter. ERNIE – Ethereal. Vivacious. She doesn’t walk; she glides. Alex’s daughter.
Ernestine’s awkward and annoying next-door neighbor.
MATT – Chiseled jawline. A middle linebacker on the high school football team. Ernestine’s boyfriend then husband. WILLIAM – Thirteen. Grand.
BILLY – Sensitive. An ear for music. Ernestine and Matt’s son. JOHN – A man woken up in the middle of the night.
JOAN – Anxious. Very anxious. Billy’s wife. ALEX – Takes no crap. Billy and Joan’s daughter. Played by actor playing Joan. BETH – John’s domestic partner, she quit smoking ten years ago and hasn’t been in a good mood since.
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