Auditions

2 Dec 2023 - 4 Feb 2024
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Madagascar

Strathmore Theatrical Arts Group Inc.
Auditions: 3 Dec 2023 @ 12:00pm,
4 Dec 2023 @ 7:00pm

Author: J.T Rogers

Director: Luisa Romeo

Genre: Drama

Agent: Broadway Licensing

Synopsis

What happens when someone disappears? Should the people around them move on with their lives, or should they hold onto hope until there is no hope left? Madagascar tells the story of three people whose lives are intertwined, who find themselves in the same hotel room in Rome at different periods in time. Their lives and relationships are explored and dissected in this mysterious drama, where nothing is quite what it seems.

Audition Dates and Times:

12:00pm on:

  • Sun 3rd Dec 2023

7:00pm on:

  • Mon 4th Dec 2023

Characters Summary:

Please note that each character will be required to play a range of other background characters throughout the show, which may require different accents. For example, some of Lilian’s other characters include Female Tourist, Embassy Woman and Funeral Guest. All characters require standard American accents. Ages listed are approximate only.

June – early thirties. June left her life behind in the US to become a tour guide in Rome. She has struggled to deal with her brother’s disappearance given their closeness and has tried to distance herself from her former life.

Lilian – sixties. Lilian is a widow and has a strained relationship with her daughter. She too has struggled with her son’s disappearance and has been unable to move on. Used to a life of leisure, she is well travelled and has sought comfort from Nathan.

Nathan – sixties. Nathan is a mild mannered economist with complicated relationships with his best friend’s family. He has no family of his own and always tries to see life through the logical eyes of an economist.

Performances: 22 Feb 2024 - 2 Mar 2024

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The Glass Menagerie

Malvern Theatre Co. Inc.
Auditions: 3 Dec 2023 @ 10:00am,
4 Dec 2023 @ 7:30pm

Author: Tennessee Williams

Director: Barry O’Neill

Genre: Drama

Agent: Concord Theatricals, through Origin Theatrical

Synopsis

Acknowledged as one of the great classic plays of our time, this work catapulted Tennessee Williams to international success. Set in the harsh world of tenement apartment living in St Louis, Missouri during the Great Depression, the story is steeped in the hopes and pain of the Wingfield family.
Matriarch Amanda Wingfield struggles with the reality of her life, joyfully re-imagining her youth as a Southern belle, while nurturing her emotionally fragile and painfully shy daughter, Laura. Her son, Tom, yearns to escape the confines of his home but remains trapped by his devotion to his sister. Williams’ semi-autobiographical play examines the dreams and disappointments that ebb and flow in this bittersweet, sensitive portrayal of a family at odds with itself and reality.

Audition Dates and Times:

10:00am on:

  • Sun 3rd Dec 2023

7:30pm on:

  • Mon 4th Dec 2023

Characters Summary:

Amanda Wingfield – THIS ROLE HAS BEEN PRECAST

Tom Wingfield, male, aged late 20s – early 30s

Laura Wingfield, female, aged late 20s – early 30s

Jim O’Connor – male, aged late 20s – early 30s

Performances: 26 Apr 2024 - 11 May 2024

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Pack of Lies

Frankston Theatre Group Inc.
Auditions: 4 Dec 2023 @ 7:30pm,
5 Dec 2023 @ 7:30pm

Author: Hugh Whitemore

Director: David Dodd

Genre: Drama

Synopsis

Pack of Lies is a 1983 play by English writer Hugh Whitemore, itself adapted from his Act of Betrayal, an episode of the BBC anthology series Play of the Month transmitted in 1971.

The Jacksons, a seemingly ordinary middle-aged English couple, share a close friendship with their Canadian neighbours, the Krogers. All appears blissful until a detective from Scotland Yard approaches them. The detective requests to use their house as an observation station to thwart a Soviet spy ring operating in the area during the autumn and winter of 1960-1961. Loyalty, duty, and friendship collide as the Jacksons slowly discover that the Krogers, their cherished friends, are not what they appear.

Audition Dates and Times:

7:30pm on:

  • Mon 4th Dec 2023
  • Tue 5th Dec 2023

Characters Summary:

3M (40s – 60s); 4F (Teen -50s)

Performances: 5 Apr 2024 - 21 Apr 2024

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The Fire Raisers

The 1812 Theatre Ltd.
Auditions: 11 Dec 2023 @ 7:00pm,
12 Dec 2023 @ 7:00pm

Author: Max Frisch Translated by Alister Beaton

Director: Andrew Ferguson

Genre: Drama

Agent: By arrangements with Alan Brodie Representation Ltd

Synopsis

Fires are becoming something of a problem.
A respected member of the community with a loving wife and a flourishing business; surely nothing can get to him. The great philanthrope, he is happy to meet his civic duty and give shelter to two new houseguests, and when they start filling the attic with petrol drums, he’ll help them wire the fuse.
Frisch’s parable shows us the dangers of accommodating the very thing that can destroy you.

Audition Dates and Times:

7:00pm on:

  • Mon 11th Dec 2023
  • Tue 12th Dec 2023

Characters Summary:

Gottlieb Biedermann
Babette Biedermann
Willi Eisenring
Leader of the Fire Brigade
Anna
Policeman & Doctor of Philosophy
Members of the Fire Brigade

Performances: 4 Apr 2024 - 27 Apr 2024

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SYLVIA

Torquay Theatre Troupe Inc.
Auditions: 12 Dec 2023 @ 7:00pm,
14 Dec 2023 @ 7:00pm

Author: A.R. Gurney

Director: Paul Friend

Genre: Comedy

Agent: Dramatists Play Service Inc.

Synopsis

Greg brings home a dog he found in the park bearing only the name “Sylvia” on her name tag. A street-smart mixture of Lab and Poodle, Sylvia becomes a major bone of contention between husband and wife. She offers Greg an escape from the frustrations of this job and the unknowns of middle age. To Kate, Sylvia becomes a rival for affection. And Sylvia thinks Kate just doesn’t understand the relationship between man and dog. The marriage is put in serious jeopardy until, after a series of hilarious and touching complications, Greg and Kate learn to compromise, and Sylvia becomes a valued part of their lives.

Audition Dates and Times:

7:00pm on:

  • Tue 12th Dec 2023
  • Thu 14th Dec 2023

Characters Summary:

GREG Male, middle aged, middle class New Yorker
KATE Greg’s wife, middle aged wanna-be socialite,
SILVIA Young female, 20's, energetic, playful and vivacious
TOM/PHYLLIS/LESLIE Female between 35-55 Phyllis, a snobby socialite. Tom, a blokey he-man. Leslie, an androgynous character

Performances: 14 Mar 2024 - 23 Mar 2024

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Jimmy the Beatle

The Basin Theatre Group Inc.
Auditions: 29 Jan 2024 @ 7:30pm,
31 Jan 2024 @ 7:30pm,
3 Feb 2024 @ 10:00am

Author: Tim Byron

Director: Tim Byron

Genre: Drama

Agent: Tim Byron

Synopsis

Celebrating the 60th anniversary of the Beatle’s tour of Australia in 1964.

Jimmie Nichol is best known for sitting-in for Ringo Starr in the Beatles (when Ringo became ill with tonsillitis and was hospitalised on 3 June 1964) for eight concerts of the Beatles’ 1964 world tour during the height of Beatlemania. The Beatles, especially George Harrison, wanted to postpone the tour, but then the manager Brian Epstein after a frantic phone call decided to use drummer Jimmie Nicol to temporarily replace Starr.

Jimmie drummed with the Beatles in Denmark, Netherlands, Hong Kong, and Australia. This elevated him from relative obscurity to worldwide fame and then back again in the space of a fortnight.

Audition Dates and Times:

10:00am on:

  • Sat 3rd Feb 2024

7:30pm on:

  • Mon 29th Jan 2024
  • Wed 31st Jan 2024

Characters Summary:

6 M 3 F

Actors may be required to have period appropriate facial hair and haircuts. The age brackets are just guides. If someone is out of the mentioned age bracket you are still welcome to audition

Performances: 8 Jun 2024 - 22 Jun 2024

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The Architect

F.A.M.D.A. Inc.
Auditions: 4 Feb 2024 @ 10:00am

Author: Aiden Fennessey

Director: Bernadette Graniger

Genre: Drama

Agent: Creative Representation

Synopsis

Hiring a temporary carer requires some serious vetting and when Helen’s partner, John, heads off on a brief overseas trip she concedes to the arrangement by appointing the least likely candidate; a dubious drifter and jack-of-all-trades, Lennie. He could be just the medicine she needs, if it weren’t for the monumental secret he’s hiding. As their disparate worlds collide and an unexpected bond forms, Helen turns to Lennie to help her face her mortality.
Aidan Fennessy’s brilliant script is an accurate and at times amusing observation of life and family dynamics.

Audition Dates and Times:

10:00am on:

  • Sun 4th Feb 2024

Characters Summary:

1f 3m
Helen - central character
John - her partner
Leonard - her hired carer
Jeremy - her son

Performances: 26 Apr 2024 - 5 May 2024

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