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Auditions - Casting Call
The Trip to Bountiful By Horton Foote Directed by Brenda Darling Auditions: Sept. 12 - 15, 2019
Callbacks: Sept. 21, 2019 Rehearsals: Begin Sat. Oct. 12, 2019. Two weeknights and either Saturday or Sunday depending on cast and crew availability. Performance: Jan.17 – Feb. 1, 2020 Featuring a multicultural cast, this interpretation of the well-loved, multi-award winning play, film and TV movie features several strong and compelling roles. Its themes, which cut across cultures, include ageism, elder abuse and the triumph of the human spirit over adversity. This is a non-union, non-paying production. For over a century, Alumnae Theatre Company's outstanding casts, crew & management have been volunteers who love theatre. Our cast will be multi-ethnic. Setting: 1947 Texas (Houston and rural farming area). Characters speak with a light Texan accent. Roles: Ludie Watts: 50-55, male, non-Caucasian, low paid accountant recently recovered from 2 years of unemployment due to ill health exhausting savings. Sensitive, non-confrontational, low self-esteem. Tries to minimize tensions erupting in cramped apartment between the two strong women he loves – his mother and wife whose expectations he knows he has failed to meet. Jessie Mae Watts: 45-55, female, any ethnicity, probably called very cute when younger, but now is hard, driven, nervous and hysterical. Her hopes for romance, own home, children, and wealth passed her by and instead she’s “stuck” in a tiny apartment with her husband and hated mother-in-law. To forget her disappointments, she concentrates on picture shows, movie magazines, beauty shop and fountain coke with teenage girlfriend. Thelma: 20-25, female, any ethnicity. Kind, thoughtful and optimistic about life before her. Recently married, while traveling to stay with her parents as her husband serves overseas in WW II, Thelma befriends Carrie Watts. Carrie Watts: Please Note - this role is already cast. Mother to Ludie, mother-in-law to Jessie Mae. Sheriff: 50-70, female, any ethnicity. An air of authority yet has compassion. Grew up on a Texas farm and is at home in her rural jurisdiction. Roy, Ticket Agent: 40-50, male, any ethnicity. Didn’t grow up in this rural area so may have different accent. Follows the rules. Various Agents & Travellers: any age and ethnicity Auditions: Auditions: between Sept 12 – 15, 2019. Callbacks: Sept 21, 2019. Location: Alumnae Theatre, 70 Berkeley Street, Toronto (SW corner of Berkeley and Adelaide St. E.) Entry by Stage Door off Adelaide. Submissions: Please email: bountiful.auditions@alumnaetheatre.com Include in your email:
Those selected for an audition will be contacted and scheduled. Preparation: If selected, please prepare a short (2 min.) contemporary monologue after which you may receive re-direction and invited to read a side of your choice from the script. Sides are available below. Alumnae members may choose to just read a side, but a monologue is appreciated. Rehearsals: Rehearsals begin Saturday October 12, 2019. Two week nights and either Saturday or Sunday depending on cast and crew availability. Audition Sides - The Trip to Bountiful
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Audition Notes
Toronto's Alumnae Theatre Company puts out open calls for auditions.
Audition times vary each year. Please keep checking back for these Audition listings.
Alumnae Theatre Members get advance notice and preference where possible.
The following is a general range of Alumnae's Audition timelines:
Mainstage Show (September/October) - Auditions held between June and July.
FireWorks Festival (November) - Auditions held between August and September.
Mainstage Show (January) - Auditions held between September and October.
New Ideas Festival (March) - Auditions held in early January.
Mainstage Show (April) - Auditions held between January and February.
Audition times vary each year. Please keep checking back for these Audition listings.
Alumnae Theatre Members get advance notice and preference where possible.
The following is a general range of Alumnae's Audition timelines:
Mainstage Show (September/October) - Auditions held between June and July.
FireWorks Festival (November) - Auditions held between August and September.
Mainstage Show (January) - Auditions held between September and October.
New Ideas Festival (March) - Auditions held in early January.
Mainstage Show (April) - Auditions held between January and February.
