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Theater Audition for "Family Grief Counselling" Play

Ottawa, ON, Canada
ID: 319073Exp: 8/31/2026
Description:

Seeking performers for "Family Grief Counselling" play. See the details below. About the play: The Vautours, a recently deceased family of four, linger around their graves in limbo. With the help of a begrudging groundskeeper, they learn that in order to reach their final resting place, they’ll need to have some difficult conversations with each other. Additional information: Genre: Dark comedy. Setting: Contemporary (2024), a graveyard. Family Grief Counselling is a one-act play with a shorter rehearsal schedule than most productions. Actors can expect 1-3 rehearsals per week leading up to the festival. Schedule will be discussed further at auditions. Actors must be available for the duration of the festival. Please, see attached the sides.

4 roles

AMANDAFemale39-43 y.o.All ethnicities

Mother, wife. Stoic and direct. A nurse in her earthly life. Was driving the car at the time of the accident. Reckons with her strengths and failures as the family’s glue.

DAVIDMale40-44 y.o.All ethnicities

Father, husband. Middle-management type who was a lacking father figure. Struggles with difficult conversations. Permanently—eternally—lost.

GROUNDSKEEPERMale40-69 y.o.All ethnicities

Gruff, clever, no-nonsense. Blue collar maintenance man with a sixth sense. Counsels the Vautour family into their afterlife.

GRAVE VISITORFemale30-49 y.o.All ethnicities

Walk-on role, non-speaking. David’s mistress. Leaves a rose at his headstone.