Performers Wanted for "Our Town" Show
The company is holding auditions for "Our Town". show and looking for performers, please see the details below About the project: Winner! 1938 Pulitzer Prize for Drama Winner! 1989 Tony Award for Best Revival Winner! 1989 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Revival "Our Town" by Thornton Wilder tells the story of a small town, Grover's Corners, New Hampshire, and its inhabitants, specifically the Gibbs and Webb families, over a period of twelve years. The play, narrated by a Stage Manager, explores the themes of everyday life, love, marriage, and death, highlighting the beauty and transience of human existence. The play is divided into three acts: "Daily Life," "Love and Marriage," and "Death and Eternity," each representing a different stage in the lives of the characters. About the project: The audition will consist of cold readings from the script. Please also bring with you a resume, headshot (It doesn't need to be professional. A regular picture of yourself will do), pen/pencil, and a list of conflicts.
16 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.
Dr. and Mrs. Gibbs' daughter, who is four years younger than George. She realizes that Grover's Corners is part of New Hampshire, part of America, part of the world, the universe. This expanding image is central to Wilder's theme.
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.
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.
Joe's younger brother, who takes Joe's job as paper boy in Act II to indicate the passage of time.
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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