WIT-Women in Theatre is proud to announce its first premiere production of a play by, for, and about women. RURAL FREE DELIVERY, a comedy/drama takes us to Eastern Kentucky and an old farmhouse where a lesbian couple, both college teachers, has chosen to move in order to escape prejudice. One is Jewish, one is African-American, and one of them is pregnant. A deep snow promises homespun excitement when labor begins. There’s a sister and a Kentucky mountain woman who push the plot forward. (Pun intended).
A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE is a quaint method of transportation and gives WIT a vehicle to explore spousal abuse and antiquated expectations of human behavior. The sisters, Stella and Blanche, are women cut from the same cloth; the fabric is faded in one and threadbare in the other. Stella is trapped by love and Blanche is discarded like the Queen of Hearts in a losing poker hand. The men in “Streetcar” are equally captured by their environment but thrash around in their fish tank pretending they can escape. “Streetcar” is about people who have an outlook of life that glorifies and indulges in spite of victimization.
RURAL FREE DELIVERY opens on April 1 and runs 2, 3, 8, 9 and A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE runs July 15, 16, 22, 23 (more dates will be added depending on audience size).
Available Roles, “Rural Free Delivery”
- HAVA:Jewish, mid to late 30’s and early 40’s
- SHIRESE: African-American, mid to late 30’s.
- LYLA: HAVA’s sister, late 20’s
- AMELIA: Caretaker of her elderly father, early to mid 50’s
- BECK: Paramedic, early to mid-30’s
Available Roles, “Streetcar”
- AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMAN: ageless
- EUNICE AND STEVE HUBBELL: 30’s – 40’s
- STANLEY AND STELLA KOWALSKI: early to mid 30’s
- HAROLD MITCHELL (MITCH): early to late 30’s
- MEXICAN WOMAN: ageless
- PABLO GONZALES: ageless
- A YOUNG COLLECTOR: Late teens – early 20’s
- NURSE: ageless
- DOCTOR: ageless
In this first round of auditions, we’ll be looking for two audition pieces – one comedic, one dramatic – a head shot with resume.
Call backs will take place about a week later with all auditionees present.
Date: 12/08/2015 (Tue.)
Location: The Avenue Stage 520 Fairfield Avenue, Bellevue, KY 41073
Sign up is found here: http://www.signupgenius.com/go/30e094faaad2ca1f49-auditions
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