Auditions
Ever wanted to be onstage?
Perhaps you want to work behind the scenes backstage, or in our light & sound booth?
Here's your chance!
Sunday January 5 at 2:00 p.m.
Monday January 6 at 6:00 p.m.
Auditions: Sunday, January 5, at 2:00 p.m and Monday Janaury 6th at 6:00 p.m.
Casting Requirements:
3-4 Women (Adults)
3-4 Men (Adults)
Flexible Casting
For further information or a perusal script, please contact Kathy Reid at bkreid.peppermill@gmail.com
CHARACTERS:
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DON (30’s – 40) – Successful Boston reporter – too busy to attend his father’s funeral three years ago. Must also play young Don in flashbacks – whiny, complaining, and antagonizing his big sister in the back seat of the car, as children have done since the dawn of the automotive age. He is the driver of the play in a gentle inviting way.
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DAD (60’s) – He’s a quiet ghost who, in his urn, is Don’s passenger on his journey. Flashbacks show him as Dad the teacher, planning the family vacations around every educational and historical highlight of the American road. He never bought into the fun — more commercial – attractions along the way, which left the kids begging to stop at “Ghost Caverns” and motels with a pool! He was the ultimate father; the loving boss of the family.
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MOM (60’s) – Don’s mom past and present. In flashbacks, always there – the ever-calming influence on Dad and the kids – the ultimate peacemaker on these family road trips – to a point. Currently, still “mothering”, but becoming a little flighty as she ages. Mom feels very guilty for having left Dad in his urn forgotten in the basement for the last three years.
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SIS (30’s – 40’s) — Don’s older sister, past and present. In flashbacks, “Sweet Pea”, as Dad called her, is the typical big sister – overbearing, teasing, sneaky – always baiting Don until he struck back and got blamed for causing the ruckus. The two were always united in their efforts to influence Dad on the vacation plans. In present day, Sis is controlling, somewhat critical, but obviously loves her family.
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MULTIPLE CHARACTERS MALE – Super versatile actors who enjoy a challenge and can portray many characters with physicality and voice. Must play the male characters Don encounters on his road trip – in flashbacks and present day vignettes: farmer with silo, Don’s grandfather, grocery store clerk, Don’s Uncle, farmer with a hoe, Amish peddler at flea market, Civic War performer, Dan’s childhood friend (now a professor), mechanic, park ranger, unhappy old man, stoic waiter with a mullet, hog farmer.
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MULTIPLE CHARACTERS FEMALE – Same only female characters encountered: farmer’s wife with silo, Don’s grandmother, Don’s aunt, Amish peddler, museum assistant, mechanic, drunk woman in hotel, talkative waitress, hog farmer’s wife.