[NEohioPAL] Audition Notice for Berea Grindstone Players

[Paul Runevitch]

Audition Notice

 

The Berea Grindstone Players will hold auditions for "To Gillian on Her 37th Birthday," by Michael Brady and directed by Tim Peebles.

 

Auditions will be held Sunday, August 2nd from 3:00-5:00 pm and Monday, August 3rd from 7:00-8:30 pm. Auditions will be held at:

 

 St. Andrews Presbyterian Church 

23114 West Rd

Olmsted Falls, OH 44138

 

Auditions will consist of reading from the script. All roles are open and they are as follows:

 

David - 35-45. Temporarily retired college professor. He has shut himself off from his family and fallen into a state of depression since the accidental death of his wife.

Rachel - 16. (prefer 19-22 year old who looks the part) David's daughter. Trying to maintain a strong façade for her dad while coping with the loss of her mother.

Cindy - 16. (prefer 19-22 year old who looks the part) Rachel's best friend with a vunerable side and fierce loyalty to David and Rachel.

Paul - 40's-50's. David's brother-in-law (married to Esther). Uses humor to try to diffuse any tense situation.

Esther - 40's-50's. Gillian's sister. An assertive, take charge psychologist.

Kevin: Female late 20's early 30's. A recently divorced friend of Paul and Esther's who is good-naturedly back in the man market.

Gillian-mid 30's. David's late wife who is a free spirit who nightly rendezvous on the beach with David.

 

Synopsis: Since his wife's drowning death, David has retired from life on his cottage on Nantucket Island with his daughter Rachel. But David is obsessed with his dead wife and keeps her alive in a nightly rendezvous on the beach. On the second anniversary of Gillian's death, Gillian's sister and brother-in-law visit the island for the weekend, bringing a woman friend in hopes of helping David come to terms with his grief. A touching story of enduring and obsessive love.

 

Directed by Tim Peebles. Performances will be October 16, 17, 18, 23 and 24. The performance on Sunday, the 18th will be a matinee. Please call director with any questions at: (330) 741-0229

 

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