[NEohioPAL] Auditions for A DELICATE BALANCE at Weathervane

[Craig Joseph via NEohioPAL]

*The Show: *A DELICATE BALANCE
*With: *Weathervane Playhouse, directed by Craig Joseph
*Show Dates: *March 26 - April 12, 2015
*Audition Dates: *January 11th and 12th, 7-10 pm, with callbacks on January 13th
*Where: *Weathervane Playhouse, 1301 Weathervane Lane, Akron, OH 44313
*What We Need: *Please come prepared with one contemporary monologue,
either dramatic or comic, of no longer than 3 minutes. Also bring a
headshot and resume if you have them available. If you prefer to read
from the script, director will have monologues available.
*Who We're Casting: *All roles are available. We'll be casting 6
actors - 2 males and 4 females. Both men should be 50s-60s. Three of
the women should be 50s-60s. 1 woman should be 30s-40s.
*Rehearsals: *Begin February 2nd and will occur 3-5 nights a week.
*To Schedule An Audition: *Please call the Weathervane box office at
330-836-2626 between 10 and 4 on Mondays and between 10 and 5:30
Tuesdays through Fridays.

*THE CHARACTERS

Agnes*

Agnes is the main female character of the play. She is woman in her
fifties, well off, and married to Tobias. She is also the mother of
Julia and the sister of Claire. Agnes believes herself to be the
fulcrum of the family, keeping everyone in balance. She often
maintains this balance, or order, by not confronting issues, not
taking a stand, and not processing emotions. She tries to keep the
peace by not dealing with anything that might upset it.
*Claire*

Claire is Agnes’s younger sister. She claims that she is not an
alcoholic but rather a willful drinker. Of all the characters in the
play, whether it is due to the alcohol or not, Claire has the loosest
tongue. She speaks her mind and is the least affected by social
politeness.
*Edna*

Edna is Harry’s wife. It is not clear if she is really Agnes’s friend
or if she and Agnes know one another only because their husbands are
friends. Edna arrives one day at the door of Agnes and Tobias’s home.
She takes it for granted that they will let her and Harry stay there
for however long it takes them to get over their unnamed fear.
*Harry*

Harry is Edna’s husband and Tobias’s best friend. At one point in the
past, Harry and Tobias, coincidentally, had an extramarital affair
with the same young woman. Besides both having been businessmen and
meeting at the same club, it is unclear what else Harry and Tobias
have in common except that they have known one another for a long time
and neither sleeps with his wife. Harry is something of a reflection
of Tobias, but he is even more reserved. Of all the characters in this
play, Harry speaks the least. And when he does speak, he is a man of
few words with lots of pauses around each one. He prefers to talk
around things rather than going at them straight on.
*Julia*

Julia is the thirty-six-year-old daughter of Agnes and Tobias. Three
times divorced, she has just recently left her fourth husband and has
returned home. Her father calls her a whiner, and her mother has
little time for her. Julia, based on a relative of Albee’s, his cousin
Barbara Lauder, has set a pattern in her life of marrying for the
wrong reasons and then divorcing and returning home. Her parents
welcome her, although they make it clear that they wish she would
establish an independent life of her own.
*Tobias*

Tobias is Agnes’s husband and the father of Julia. He is a well-to-do,
retired businessman. Although he is tolerant of people around him, he,
like his wife, tends to avoid emotional topics. His tolerance toward
his sister-in-law Claire is shown in his nonjudgmental attitude toward
her drinking. Although he encourages her to return to Alcoholics
Anonymous at one point in the play, he does not berate her for
drinking. In some ways, he even encourages it or at least does not
discourage it. There are a few subtle insinuations that Claire and
Tobias might have at one time had an affair, but this is initially
only alluded to by script directions that have Claire open her arms to
Tobias in a “casual invitation”. Later in the play, Agnes asks Tobias
(when he cannot sleep) if he went to Claire.
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