Upcoming Auditions
The following are auditions at our member theatres. Please visit their websites for more information on their upcoming shows & auditions.
Due to COVID, we encourage you to check with the theatre to see what COVID restrictions are in place at their facility as well as for any last-minute changes.
Audition Dates: June 29 & 30 at 6:30 PM. (at 4th Street Theater)
Performances August 19, 20, 21, 25, 26, 27 & 28, 2022 (tickets will go on sale in July)
Sunday performances are at 3:00 pm. Thursday/Friday, & Saturday performances are at 8:00 pm
Rehearsals: Time and place will be determined by each director. However, there is a mandatory tech week from August 15-18 for all plays.
Please bring a list of all conflicts. Auditions will consist of cold readings from the script.
There is no need to prepare a monologue.
The minimum age to audition is 13. All characters this year are adults.
The 2022 Plays are:
Science Friction; or, The Rapid Deconstruction of a Rational Mind
by Ken Preuss
Synopsis: A deep dive into her boyfriend’s Sci-Fi favorites sends Daisy over the deep end.
DAISY: Female: Paranoid. Panicked. Pessimistic.
RAY: Male: Patient. Polite. Perplexed.
VOICE: Off Stage: Male or Female.
Prince of Peace
by Edward Bloor
Synopsis: Stephanie interviews Marisol for her podcast about her son's death. But his death is not quite what it seems at first.
STEPHANIE Lee, 25, an online journalist
LUIS Prince, 17, a high school student
MARISOL Prince, 35, Luis’s mother
Prepare Yourself
by William R. Boersma
Synopsis: When 19-year-old runaway street artist, Alex, tries to rob the 50-year-old overbearing pedestrian, Beth, at gunpoint; she quickly finds out she is in for more than she bargained for when Beth teaches Alex how to properly mug someone, how to create a well-balanced budget, and how a nice hot plate a lasagna beats another night on the street any day.
ALEX, 19, female, a part-time street artist, and a full-time mugger.
BETH, 50, female, an overbearing pedestrian who doesn't want to see Alex making the same
mistakes as her playwright son, "Wil".
TOP SHELF TOLSTOY
by Maximillian Gill
Synopsis:
Erica goes to get a library card to find out that instead of books, it is now a bar.
Erica 30s, female, of any ethnicity, and intellectual transplant from a big city to a small town, she’s had some major changes in her life and hasn’t adapted yet
Tyler 20s, male, of any ethnicity, a college student working at a library, happy to take whatever joy he can
Crystal 30s-60s, female, any ethnicity, library supervisor, she feels like she’s in a thankless job, and sometimes she just can’t
INHERIT THE DUMB
by Carl L. Williams
Synopsis: School administrators confront a science teacher about the way he handled a student’s question regarding the theory of evolution. The teacher has some questions of his own about the nature of education.
JAMIE FRANKS, public high school principal, conciliator
PAT LASSITER, school board president, authoritarian
BRANDON MITCHELL, impassioned and dedicated science teacher
The roles of Jamie Franks and Pat Lassiter can be played by either sex, and all roles are ethnically, and racially neutral.
A DATELESS BARGAIN WITH ENGROSSING DEATH
by John Minigan
Synopsis: What are you going to do when Death comes for you? If you’re an experienced database manager like Bobby Atcheson, you may find a way to survive.
BOBBY ATCHESON A database manager.
DICK FOLLANSBEE A bro, in the role of Death.
THE DRIVING TEST
by Scott Mullen
Synopsis: Alice is taking her driving test, but she hasn't really driven before due to COVID.
Cast:
ALICE (20s-40s) is the driver. Nervous, with a lot of rambling energy.
NELL (20-40s) is a driving test evaluator. Very serious.
Forget Me Not
By Leslie Dianne
Synopsis: DeShawn goes to see his father at the nursing home to sign some papers.
Edward 80, (racially neutral) He is kind and intelligent with a sixth sense about people that he hasn’t lost even though he now suffers from dementia.
DeShawn 40, (racially neutral) Edward's son. He is an addict, duplicitous, conniving, dishonest, and still struggling to grow up. His one saving grace is that he loves his father.
More info: https://4thstreetncca.com/auditions/
Vocals and Piano Laura Carns
If age, sex, or race were not a factor what song would you absolutely slay if given the chance to perform it? well now is your opportunity. The Genesius Guild is hosting a cabaret-style, bucket list, miscast one weekend-only show and I want to showcase the talent we have in the community. What could you do if there were no limitations? I would love to have you involved. To conserve gas expenses I will be accepting video submissions via email. I plan on the show being on Aug 12 at 7 pm and Aug 13 at 7 pm
219-465-8045
Genesiusguildtheatre@gmail.com
By Fred Carmichael
Directed by Aaron and Julie Breford
Done to Death, by Fred Carmichael, is a mystery-comedy that packs in parodies of every mystery plot, hero, and villain from the golden age of film. The story alternates between reality and imagination as five mystery writers wrestle with the problem of writing a television mystery series. All around them murders occur and each writer takes a turn at solving them in his/her own style. Five once famous mystery writers; a couple who only write the most sophisticated of murders, a young author of the James Bond school, a retired writer of the hard-hitting method, and an aging queen of the logical murder, involve the audience as they explore their own methods of investigation on a series of murders.
We are looking to fill the following roles:
- Jessica Olive (Female; 30-40) - A sophisticated lady; To her, everything is a joke with a reason to laugh. She and her husband are the epitome of the rich, devil-may-care type of characters who used to be so prevalent in mystery stories and they play their characters to the hilt.
- Whitney Olive (Male; 30-40) - He matches Olive in wit and sophistication. Always the perfect gentleman.
- Mildred Maxwell (Female; 50 plus) - folksy in a way, but very determined and opinionated. She often has a sharp way of speaking, although she is a friendly soul.
- Brad Benedict (Male; 20- 30) - He is much younger than the others. He is a very shy and retiring person, quite the opposite from the characters he writes. He has a quiet sense of humor which manifests itself in a small grin when he has been amusing, but usually, he takes a back seat and admires the others. He might be dressed in a bright tie, blazer, and slacks.
- Rodney Duckton (Male; 50 plus) - the oldest of the five authors, but extremely vital and constantly interested in everything that goes on. There develops a small rivalry between him and Mildred and a small generation gap between him and Brad. He is always full of boundless energy and enthusiasm.
- Jason Summers (Man; 30-40) - is efficient-looking right down to his horn-rimmed glasses, which he occasionally removes to emphasize a point. He is enthusiastic about the project before him but terrified it will go wrong and he will lose his job; hence he has a nervous air about him, plus an alway-eager-to-please-everyone attitude that makes him seem on the verge of collapse.
- Stagehand (Male; any age) - He is unimpressed by anything that happens around him.
- Jane - (Female; 18- 25ish) - She is an eager, young, maid but one suspects, for a time, that her naivete is not all pure.
- Gregory (Male; 30 plus) - He somehow looks remarkably like a Dracula character with his dark, penetrating eyes and deep widow’s peak hairline. When he speaks, it is in a deep, middle-European accent.
- George (Male; 30-40) - A gangster-type from a thirties film. He speaks in a very soft and sophisticated voice which almost purrs his villainy.
- Man - (Man; any age) - Also a gangster-type from a thirties film. When he speaks, it is with a tough, staccato voice.
- Martha - typical of the thirties movies, elegant but server. She speaks with the voice of a hardened woman of the world.
- Girl (Female; 18-youngish) - the epitome of the twenties ingenue. Wide-eyed innocence. When she moves it is in the manner of the early movies.
- Monster (Male; preferably tall)- Frankenstein-esque.
- Stephanie Mildaur (Female; late teens) - A girl of the 1940s era. Although innocent, there is a certain worldliness about her which has come from her life surroundings.
- Secretary (Female; any age) - as modern as they come. She speaks with a slight foreign accent.
- Box Office Girl (or House Usher) - exactly as the audience sees him/her when they enter.
Audition Dates:
Sunday, August 14, 2022, 5:00 - 6:30 pm
Monday, August 15, 2022, 7:00 - 8:30 pm
Auditions are at Beatniks on Conkey on the theater side.
You will be asked to read scenes from the script.
The only preparation necessary would be to, perhaps, watch some old films on Turner Classics or wherever, to help you get a feel for the characters we are trying to portray.
All of the characters are caricatures of old film stereotypes.
Bringing the caricatures to life is where a lot of the humor of this story lies.
Auditions and Performances are at Beatniks on Conkey, 420 Conkey Street, Hammond
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