Audition Notice
none too fragile theatre
1835 Merriman Rd., Akron, OH
(enter through Pub Bricco)
We will be holding auditions Saturday, March 5th, from 4-8pm for three productions.
*Please come prepared with 1 contemporary monologue
*Also be prepared to read from the scripts
*Equity contracts will be considered
*no appointments necessary, please show up as close to start-time as possible
Please direct questions regarding auditions to:
Sean Derry
The Beauty Queen of Leenane, by Martin McDonagh
directed by Sean Derry
(April 22-May 7, 2016)
*Rehearsals begin March 28th
THE STORY: Set in the mountains of Connemara, County Galway, THE BEAUTY QUEEN OF LEENANE tells the darkly comic tale of Maureen Folan, a plain and lonely woman in her early forties, and Mag, her manipulative aging mother, whose interference in Maureen's first and possibly final chance of a loving relationship sets in motion a train of events that leads inexorably towards the play's terrifying dénouement.
Seeking: 1 male, white, proficient with Irish accent
Ray Dooley: Early 20’s
Pato Dooley: already cast – *Tom Woodward
Maureen Folan: already cast -*Derdriu Ring
Mag Folan: already cast - Anne McEvoy
*denotes member of Actors' Equity Association
Sans Merci, by Johnna Adams
directed by Sean Derry
(August 5-August 20, 2016)
*Rehearsals begin July 11th
THE STORY: Kelly, an idealistic young woman—and a survivor of rape and attempted murder by South American revolutionaries—is visited three years after the attack by the conservative mother of Tracy, the other victim. Slowly, the survivor and mother dance through their grief at losing Tracy, while negotiating the truth of what brought the two young women together, why they undertook their dangerous humanitarian mission, and what happened on that final day.
Seeking: 3 females, any ethnicity
KELLY: Mid-20’s
ELIZABETH: 50’s
TRACY: Early 20’s.
The Whipping Man, by Matthew Lopez
directed by Sean Derry
(September 23-October 8, 2016)
*Rehearsals begin August 29th
THE STORY: It is April, 1865. The Civil War is over and throughout the south, slaves are being freed, soldiers are returning home and in Jewish homes, the annual celebration of Passover is being celebrated. Into the chaos of war-torn Richmond comes Caleb DeLeon, a young Confederate officer who has been severely wounded. He finds his family's home in ruins and abandoned, save for two former slaves, Simon and John, who wait in the empty house for the family's return. As the three men wait for signs of life to return to the city, they wrestle with their shared past, the bitter irony of Jewish slave-owning and the reality of the new world in which they find themselves. The sun sets on the last night of Passover and Simon - having adopted the religion of his masters - prepares a humble Seder to observe the ancient celebration of the freeing of the Hebrew slaves from Egypt, noting with particular satisfaction the parallels to their current situation. But the pain of their enslavement will not be soothed by this tradition, and deep-buried secrets from the past refuse to be hidden forever as the play comes to its shocking climax.
Seeking: 3 males: 2 Black, 1 White
SIMON – 50’s; former slave in the DeLeon home.
CALEB – 20’s; only child of the DeLeon family.
JOHN – 20’s; former slave in the DeLeon home.
Sean Derry
Co-Artistic Director
none too fragile theater