Audition

Grey Nomad

21 Feb 2025 @ 7:30pm
Warrandyte Theatre Company

Author: Dan Lee

Director: Dan Lee

Genre: Comedy

Agent: By arrangement with the author

Synopsis

Jim dedicated to a quiet unfettered retirement is on the road with Helen in their RV, peacefully looping around Australia and living a circular dream – clockwise. Despite efforts to keep themselves to themselves, their peaceful idyll is challenged by the brash, outgoing and determinedly low-brow Val and her spirituality seeking husband, Garry, also heading clockwise.

Between Cable Beach and Darwin foreshore Jim and Helen become drawn into Val and Garry’s liberating sphere. Subsequent trips see them catching up and building what at first seemed an unlikely friendship.

Did I say that Val and Garry are naturists?

Grey Nomad is an original and lively comedy that brings to light some home truths but at its core, focusses on enduring and endearing love .

Characters

Acting Roles:

Jim: Retired - late 60s- mid70s
Quietly content and enjoying a peaceful retirement
Married to Helen

Genders: Male

Ages: 65+

Helen: Retired - late 60s- mid70s
Mostly content with retirement - a little worried about her children.
Married to Jim

Genders: Female

Ages: 65+

Val: Retired
Brash, and bountiful. Living the dream equals accumulating friends and experiences.
Not afraid to flaunt herself.
Married to Garry

Genders: Female

Ages: 55-65

Garry: Retired and living his dream of finding spirituality on his way around the continent.
Trying hard to commune with and understand nature and his place in the world.
Happily tolerant of this wife's boisterous ego.

Genders: Male

Ages: 55-65

Backstage Roles: Set Design, Program/Poster Design, Lighting Operating, Set Build Set Crew, Front of House

Precast Characters:

None - yet!

Audition Venue & Dates

Audition Dates and Times:

7:30pm on:

  • Fri 21st Feb 2025

Audition Venue Name: Warrandyte Mechanics' Institute Hall

Audition Venue Address:

180, Yarra Street, Warrandyte

Additional audition times TBA.

TABLE READ ... and potential pre-audition ...
All welcome: Friday 21st February - 7.30PM
F&B provided
Contact Adrian Rice - 0439 311 428 if interested.

Audition Enquiries Contact: Dan Lee 0400036403

Performances

Season Dates: 22 Aug 2025 - 6 Sep 2025

Showtimes:

2:30pm on:

  • Sun 24th Aug 2025
  • Sun 31st Aug 2025

8:00pm on:

  • Fri 22nd Aug 2025
  • Sat 23rd Aug 2025
  • Fri 29th Aug 2025
  • Sat 30th Aug 2025
  • Fri 5th Sep 2025
  • Sat 6th Sep 2025

More info

Other Information

Other Information:

Dan is Melbourne born and raised and the play has been performed in the US (LA) this will be the Australian premier.

There are two versions of the script - one with implied nudity, the other with actual incidences of nudity. We are most likely to produce the former!