Auditions for SORDID LIVES at The Barn Players

AUDITIONS!

Sordid Lives

By Del Shores

Directed by Sara Crow

AUDITIONS:
Sunday, March 10th from 7pm – 10pm
Monday, March 11th from 7pm – 8pm
Call backs by invitation – Monday, March 11th from 8pm – 10pm
additional Call Back may be scheduled on Saturday, March 16th from 1pm – 4pm

At St. Pius School
55th and Woodson, Mission, KS.

EXPECTATION and PREPARATION:
Auditions are open call and will include cold reading from the script.

Bring: Resume and headshot, if available. Bring all known conflicts from April 14th through May 30th.

Rehearsals will begin April 14th at St. Pius School. A full rehearsal schedule will be built around cast conflicts. A typical rehearsal schedule will be Sunday through Thursday evenings. Tech / Dress Rehearsals: May 26th – May 30th.

Cast members are required to assist with strike on June 16th, and cast members may be asked to assist with costume pieces.


PRODUCTION DATES:
May 31st – June 16th, 2013
Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30pm
Sundays at 2:00pm
INDUSTRY NIGHT on June 10th

All performances take place at
The Barn Players Theatre, 6219 Martway in Mission, KS

SYNOPSIS: A black comedy about white trash! The author of Daddy's Dyin'…Who's Got the Will?, brings you a comedy that was nominated for over thirty awards during its long run in Los Angeles. When Peggy, a good Christian woman, hits her head on the sink and bleeds to death after tripping over her lover's wooden legs in a motel room, family chaos erupts in Winters, Texas.

CHARACTER BREAKDOWN

Bitsy Mae Harling- (Female 21 - 45) A local singer with a "reputation". Bitsy Mae opens every scene with a song. Must be able to play the guitar, as well.

Ty Williamson- (Male 25 - 30) The son of Latrelle, Ty is a closeted 20-something gay man who left behind the small Southern Baptist town in Texas and moved to West Hollywood to become an actor. Ty opens every scene with a monologue.

Sissy Hicks- (Female 40 - 55) Peggy's much younger sister, and aunt to Brother Boy, LaVonda and Latrelle. Sissy just wants to stop smoking but gets stuck trying to hold the family together.

Noleta Nethercott- (Female 25 - 40) Sissy's next-door neighbor, the distraught wife of G.W. Nethercott, and best friend to LaVonda.

Latrelle Williamson- (Female 40 – 50) Ty's very uptight mother, who is primarily concerned with keeping up appearances.

LaVonda DuPree (Female 30 - 45) Latrelle's sister who is the opposite of uptight. Best friends with Noleta.

Wardell "Bubba" Owens (Male 40 -50) Runs the local bar. Used to have a thing with LaVonda and was a best friend to "Brother Boy"

Odell Owens (Male 30 - 40) Wardell's nitwit brother. His claim to fame is the ability to perform string tricks.

G.W Nethercott (Male 40 - 50) Noleta's adulterous husband. Feels responsible for Peggy's death. This character has two wooden legs.

Juanita Bartlett (Female 35 - 50) The town drunk. Suffers from short-term memory loss.

Dr. Eve Bollinger (Female 35 - 45) She is trying to "dehomosexualize" Brother Boy. If she can, she'll be able to leave middle of nowhere Texas.

Earl "Brother Boy" Ingram (Male 40 - 50), the Tammy Wynette obsessed transvestite. Brother Boy has been institutionalized for 23 years by his parents for being a cross-dressing homosexual.

Rev. Barnes (Male 45 – 60) the Southern Baptist preacher.


For more information, please contact Eric Magnus, Artistic Director of The Barn Players, at emagnitude@me.com.

The Barn Players embraces diversity in all aspects of our organization. Non-traditional and equal-opportunity casting is encouraged.



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