Auditions

OUR TOWN - Sun. JUNE 7 & Mon. JUNE 8 - 6:30-8:30 PM
RUDOLPH - Sun. AUGUST 23 & Mon. AUGUST 24 - 6pm - 8:30 PM
ALMOST, MAINE - Sun. DECEMBER 6 & Mon. DECEMBER 7 - 6:30 - 8:30 PM
THE BAD SEED - Sun. JANUARY 31 & Mon. FEBRUARY 1 - 6:30 - 8:30 PM
KIMBERLY AKIMBO - Sun. MARCH 21 & Mon. MARCH 22 - 6:30 - 8:30 PM

Please come audition to be part of TPNC’s production of Thornton Wilder’s Our Town. It’s a special piece of theatre. We do not know of another that encompasses such a vast scope while concentrating so intently on the minutiae of daily life. On the one hand, it is what it says it is, a snapshot of how people lived in New England at the beginning of the previous century. On the other hand, it’s both a story about human longing, preoccupation, and loss, and a meditation on religion, spirituality, and eternity.

This production is not going to duplicate any work done in the past. This cast will find its own creative path through Wilder’s script.
Auditions will help determine cast size and the possible assignment of multiple roles to individual actors.

As with most stagings of Our Town, mime skills, while not a prerequisite, are welcome. So, too, is musical ability, either with keyboards, guitar, violin, or cello.

There is no need to prepare any material in advance.

DIRECTOR: PETER GREEN

POWERHOUSE THEATRE DIRECTIONS

EITHER GOING NORTH OR SOUTH take Exit 14 (old exit 37) off Merritt Parkway (Rt 15). Take left off exit onto South Ave. (Rt 124). Drive about 1/4 mile to 1/3 mile to Waveny Park entrance on left. Once in park, follow winding road to top of hill. Mansion with stone pillars is in front of you with a sign pointing left to Powerhouse. Take that left and follow down short winding hill to see the stone building with turret in front of you. Parking to the right of building. Entrance to theatre is through small courtyard.

REHEARSALS are tentatively set to begin on August 11th.

Directed by: Peter Green
Producer: Carin Zakes

Our Town Character Breakdown: All ethnicities and complexions encouraged to audition. Some degree of mime skill - not required, but appreciated - for all principal roles. The actual cast size has not yet been determined. Some roles may be doubled - or tripled.

Stage Manager - Any gender. Adult. Narrator, commentator, and guide. Plays a number of other roles as well.

Emily Webb - Female presenting. Ages from precocious young girl to a young woman in her mid 20's.

George Gibbs - Male presenting. Ages from teenager to young adult.

Doc Gibbs - Male presenting. Town doctor. To play middle aged or older. Kindly, plainspoken, a little tired.

Mrs. Gibbs - Female presenting. Hard-working homemaker. Good friend and neighbor.

Mr. Webb - Local newspaper editor. Sardonic sense of humor.

Mrs. Webb - Female presenting. Emily and Wally's mother. Like Mrs. Gibbs.

Joe and Si Crowell - Male presenting local paperboys. One male-presenting actor to play both high school boys.

Simon Stimson - Male presenting. Choir director. Alcoholic. Embittered. Keyboard playing would be a wonderful bonus, but not necessary.

Howie Newsome - Male presenting. Milkman. Happy to stop and chat.

Rebecca Gibbs - Female presenting. George's younger sister. To play 10 or younger.

Wally Webb - Male presenting. Emily's younger brother. To play 10 or younger.

Professor Willard -Any gender. A long-winded lecturer.

Joe Stoddard - Male presenting. The undertaker - any age from young adult to
elder.

Sam Craig - Male presenting. A visiting relative. Businessman.

Mrs. Louella Soames - Female presenting. Adult, church member - likes to gossip - cries at weddings.

Constable Bill Warren - Male presenting. the policeman, male presenting adult.

Person #1 in Auditorium - Any gender. Concerned with temperance.

Person #2 in Auditorium - Any gender. Concerned with social justice.

Person #3 in Auditorium - Any gender. Concerned with culture and beauty.

String players welcome - guitar, violin, cello - all in one. Possible Ensemble, including baseball players, churchgoers, weddings guests, and some people who appear as dead folk in the graveyard.

Audition Side 1: JOE & DR GIBBS
Audition Side 2: GEORGE & EMILY
Audition Side 3: GEORGE & EMILY
Audition Side 4: GEORGE & DR. GIBBS
Audition Side 5: MRS. WEBB AND GIBBS, WALLY, EMILY, REBECCA
Audition Side 6: EMILY AND MRS WEBB
Audition Side 7: MRS. WEBB & MRS. GIBBS
Audition Side 8: SAM CRAIG & JOE STODDARD
Audition Side 9: SIMON STIMSON
Audition Side 10: EDITOR WEBB, STAGE MANAGER & AUDIENCE QUESTIONERS
Audition Side 11: GEORGE & REBECCA
Audition Side 12: MRS. SOAMES & MRS. GIBBS
Audition Side 13: HOWIE, MRS. GIBBS, MRS. WEBB
Audition Side 14: MR. WEBB & GEORGE
Audition Side 15: MRS. WEBB & EMILY
Audition Sides 16A, 16B, 16C, 16D: STAGE MANAGER