[NEohioPAL] Auditions for Driving Miss Daisy Tonight

[Brian McNally via NEohioPAL]

TrueNorth Cultural Arts in partnership with Lorain County Metro parks is pleased to announce auditions for...

DRIVING MISS DAISY
By Alfred Uhry

Directed by Tyson Douglas Rand

PERFORMANCES
Jan 9 - 25, 2015
Fri & Sat at 7:30pm
Sun at 3pm

AUDITIONS
Mon, Nov 10th
7pm-9:30pm

Auditionees will be seen in the order they sign in. Please bring a current head shot and resume as well as a prepared monologue not to exceed 2 minutes. You will also be asked to read from the script. Call-backs will be Thursday Nov. 13th. Rehearsals will start immediately on Sunday, Nov. 16th and be held Sundays through Thursdays with no Wed. or Thr. rehearsals the weeks of Thanksgiving or Christmas. Also no Sun, Wed. or Thr. the week of New Years. Full Run on Fri. Jan 2nd & Double Tech Sun. Jan. 4th with an invitational preview on Thursday Jan. 8th. Please bring ALL Potential conflicts for ALL of these dates to your audition

Winner of the 1988 Pulitzer Prize for Best Play, Driving Miss Daisy is a classic period piece with a small cast (1 woman, 2 men), clearly intended for minimalist production to showcase the story of an unlikely friendship and the talents of three actors who take on this wonderful and creative task. The relationships are depicted over a 25 year span (1948-73) so the actors should age as the play unfolds without the use of much more than their talents.

Daisy Werthan - Caucasian Female - We see her age from 72 to 97. A high energy, feisty yet gracious southern bell. She is Jewish, widowed and lives alone. She has a house keeper but has always been independent and is accustomed to being in charge. She is progressive but with some deeply imbedded societal notions. She has an adult son.

Hoke Coleburn, Her Chauffeur - African American Male - We see him age from 60 to 85. A true gentleman, he knows how southern life and society in 1948 works. He is respectful toward his employers but requires and deserves their respect in return. He has been out of work for nearly a year. Gracious as well -  even in desperation, he is an intelligent man - far beyond his education or experience. He has an uncommon level of compassion.

Boolie Werthan, Her Son. Caucasian Male - We see him age from 40 to 65. Now running the family business and married to a woman (Florine) with less grace but more ambition - he tries to take great care of his Momma, but she does not make it easy for him. He has learned the game of passive disobedience from his father and it serves him well as his Momma denies her growing need for assistance.  He is, above all - a business man.

TrueNorth Cultural Arts is located within the French Creek Nature & Arts Center / 4530 Colorado Ave / Sheffield Village / 44054

Questions? Call (440) 949-5200 ext 221
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