[NEohioPAL] Auditions for Spotlights' Coffee House Shows
Annette Phelps
a.phelps25 at att.net
Tue Nov 29 20:34:13 PST 2011
The Broadview Heights Spotlights Community Theater is holding auditions for two
one-act plays to be performed in a coffee house format.
Sunday, December 4 or Monday, December 5
7:30PM - 10:30PM
No Appointment needed.
Auditioners will be asked to read from the script. Callbacks, if needed, will
be Thursday, December 8 at
7:30PM. Please bring a list of conflicts for December, January, and February.
The show runs February
10 - 25. For more information, please contact Chris Bizub, Director, at
cmb164 at zips.uakron.edu.
"Hotline": Originally the second play in the compilation called Death Defying
Acts, Hotlinefeatures a neurotic woman with enough urban angst to fill a
neighborhood calling a suicide crisis hotline late one night. The counselor who
gets the call is overwhelmed - it is his first night on the job. This dark and
desperate,
wildly funny piece runs approximately forty minutes.Dorothy - Female, 20s-40s, A
lewd, sharp-tongued, prostitute with a heart of gold. Suffers from depression
due monotony of life style.
* Ken - Male, late 20s-40s, An eager, new recruit at the suicide hotline.
Quickly finds out that he's way over his head.
* Marty - Male, late 20s-40s, A likible, veteran of the "help" line circuit,
he has become cavalier about his work at these hotlines.
* Dr. Russell - Male, 30s-60s, The head psychologist at this branch of the
suicide hotline, can be best described as a "motivational speaker" type.
* Delivery man - Male, 20s-40s, Average Joe, working-man type."Peoples
Republic": In this new piece by Detroit-based author, Angie Ransdell, a robber
visits a credit union and gets more than he expected.
* Ann - Female, 20s-30s, Level-headed and easy to relate to, she exhibits calm
and understated behavior.
* Has a certain maturity that is easily believable.
* Tracy - Female, 30s-40s, Ditzy and flaky branch manager is all about
performance and numbers in the middle of a crisis.
* Shaniqua - African American, Female, 30s-40s, An over-the-top, strong-willed,
woman who speaks hermind.
* Jill - Female, 20s-40s, a sheepish woman with a self-depricating attitude.
Best described as having a"door-mat" personality.
* Melissa - Female, 20s, Young, bright-eyed temp, so eagar to be part of the
team that she often forgetsthat she's only been working with her co-workers for
less than a day.
* Robber - Male, 30s-40s, Sensible, kind, and calm man who becomes easily
distracted from initial goal.
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