Rabbit Hole

IN SHORT

WHO: 3 FEMALE ACTORS 30-65

            2 MALE ACTORS 17-45

WHAT: THEATRE PRODUCTION

WHEN: AUDITIONS 9TH FEBRUARY. SEASON 12TH-27TH APRIL.

WHY: PRO-BONO

WITH: VANESSA JENSEN

Venue:

Melville Theatre

Playwright:

David - Lindsay Abaire

Director:

Vanessa Jensen

Performing 12, 13, 18, 19, 20, 21 (matinee), 25 (Anzac Day), 26, 27 April 2013

Auditions Saturday 9th February, 2pm, Melville Theatre Company

Rabbit Hole is a simple and touching story dealing with the worst of all situations; the loss of a child. But it is not overly morbid or depressing.  It is sad, yes, very sad but it also has humour and, I believe, a sense of hope.  Danny was four when he died, prior to the starting point of the story, and how his mother, father, aunt, grandmother and the young driver of the car deal with their grief and the effects it has on their lives and relationships, forms the story. It is honest, raw at times and very beautiful.

Rabbit Hole is a Pulitzer Prize winning drama with five characters.

Becca – late thirties/early forties.  Danny’s mother.

Howie - late thirties/early forties.  Danny’s father.

Izzy – mid thirties. Becca’s sister.

Nat – mid sixties. Becca’s mother.

Jason – seventeen, driver of the car that hit Danny.

The play is set in contemporary Larchmont, New York. 
If all five actors can do convincing accents, then it will be played with accents. If they can’t, then it will be played in natural voices.

Accents are not necessary for the audition.

The audition will consist of readings from the script, and possibly some improvisation.

Preparation for the audition should consist of reading the script, but not watching the film!

Full commitment to the entire rehearsal period is expected.

Rehearsals will start the week after auditions. Three rehearsals a week (possibly less for Jason) probably Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday but days are to be decided after casting.

There will be no rehearsal on the Sunday of the March long weekend.

Please note, there is a performance scheduled on Anzac Day.

Email the director, Vanessa, at vandlars@hotmail.com.au
 to register interest and receive the link to the script.

Bookings Name:

Vanessa Jensen

Further Info Email Address:

vandlars@hotmail.com.au

Payment:

Unpaid

Website:

www.meltheco.org.au

Address:

Cnr Stock Rd and Canning Hwy, Palmyra, WA

Via http://www.theatre.asn.au/audition/2012/audition_rabbit_hole_melville_theatre

A Month Of Sundays

IN SHORT

WHO: 3 MALE ACTORS 40-75

           3 FEMALE ACTORS 25-60

WHAT: THEATRE PRODUCTION

WHEN: AUDITIONS 2ND & 3RD FEBRUARY.

WHY: PRO-BONO

WITH: PHIL MACKENZIE 0407 905 970

Venue:

Roleystone Theatre

Playwright:

Bob Larbey

Director:

Phil Mackenzie

Details:

A Month of Sundays - auditions held February 2-3, 2013

A Month of Sundays will be Roleystone's first production for 2013, showing on April 5, 6, 7 (matinee), 12, 13.

Written by Bob Larbey, who also wrote for the TV series A Fine Romance and The Good Life, it gives us two blokes in a rest home for the elderly.

Cooper is garrulous and angry about the physical aspects of 'getting on.'


Aylott is 'quite fit for his age' but is showing the first signs of dementia.
 

Nurse Wilson is a sensible and sensitive nurse, old enough to take Cooper's flirting with a grain of salt and about to marry her live-in boyfriend (25-30 y/o.)


Mrs Baker is a down-to-earth, matronly domestic worker dealing with her own aging father at home.


Julia and Peter are Cooper's daughter and son-in-law (early 40s) who visit him on the first Sunday of each month, with their teenage son Gary (doesn't show up in this play.)

Auditions held on 2nd-3rd February, with rehearsals then held on Tuesday and Thursday evenings plus some weekends. Cooper required for all rehearsals, Nurse Wilson for most, Aylott, Julia, Peter for many and Mrs Baker for less.

This is a very warm, human, straightforward and naturalistic play, and a favourite for community theatre companies. Will be set in 1990s in high-standard Mandurah-type facility, making it a tedious monthly drive for professional middle-class Julia and Peter who live north of Joondalup. Actors will be given liberties to create their characters and develop their relationships with the others.

Contact director Phil Mackenzie for further information or an audition time - 0407 905 970.

Bookings Email Address:

tickets@roleystonetheatre.com.au

Bookings Name:

Gerry & Bobbie Chapman

Further Info Email Address:

enquiries@roleystonetheatre.com.au

Further Info Name:

Bree Hartley

Payment:

Unpaid

Website:

www.roleystonetheatre.com.au

Via http://www.theatre.asn.au/audition/2013/a_month_of_sundays

A Country Retreat

IN SHORT

WHO: 6/7 MALE ACTORS 20-65

            5/6 FEMALE ACTORS 20-80

WHAT: THEATRE PRODUCTION

WHEN: READ THROUGH 2ND FEBRUARY. AUDITIONS 9TH FEBRUARY.

WHY: PRO-BONO

WITH: PETER FLANIGAN & JANN RUTHERFORD 9440 1040

Stirling Theatre

Playwright:

Peter Flanigan

Director:

Peter Flanigan and Jann Rutherford

Details:

A COUNTRY RETREAT

By Peter Flanigan

CHARACTERS

(AGES THROUGHOUT ARE
 INDICATIVE ONLY)

The Tree Changers

Gary Grayson (Retired Dentist) 59

Ros Grayson (New Wife) 55 

Neighbours

Marty 50+


Maurice Mainyard 50+


Kate Mainyard 50 +

Family

Bernice (Gary’s Sister) 50’s


Rita (Gary’s Mother) 80


Carla (Ros’ Daughter) 20’s


Brendon (Carla’s Partner) 20’s

Visitors

Steve 35 - 60


Eddie 35 - 60

Police

Detective Bratton 30 – 65 (One scene only) (Male or female)

TIME: The Present

Gary and Ros, both recently divorced, and now married to each other have decided to move away from the city and take up a few acres of land in the South West of WA. At first all goes well. Their neighbours seem a little eccentric but there are no real problems. They enjoy the space and freedom and Gary finds out that he has a real talent for growing things.
The situation changes when Gary’s sister, Bernice, arrives with a tale of woe about their mother. It gets decidedly more problematical when Gary starts digging in the old chook yard...

A Country Retreat is a comedy/drama that portrays ordinary people who find themselves in extraordinary circumstances.

A reading will be held on Saturday 2 Feb at 2 pm at the theatre.

Auditions will be held on Saturday 9 Feb at 2 pm at the theatre.

The play will be directed by Peter Flanigan and Jann Rutherfird and will be staged in May.

Bookings Name:

Morris News

Bookings Phone Number:

9440 1040

Further Info Email Address:

info@stirlingplayers.com.au

Further Info Phone Number:

9447 4195

Further Info Name:

Peter Flanigan

Website:

www.stirlingplayers.com.au

Address:

Stirling Theatre, Morris Pl, Innaloo

Via http://www.theatre.asn.au/audition/2013/a_country_retreat