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David Lindsay-Abaire’s Pulitzer Prize-winning play explores the grieving process of a couple who have lost their only child to a senseless car accident and are now attempting to survive the enormous loss that threatens to bring them down.

Directed by Jamison Meyer
Produced by Michael Schumacher

Mon, Dec. 9 from 6-9pm
Kettering-Moraine Branch Library | Facebook event |

Tue, Dec. 10 from 7-10pm
Miamisburg Branch Library | Facebook event |

Rabbit Hole Character descriptions (2 M, 3 F)

• Becca: Howie’s wife in her late thirties. She is usually a very responsible and sensible person, but makes some rash decisions throughout the play because of grief.
• Izzy: Becca’s irresponsible but well-wishing sister. She is unwed, but in a relationship with Auggie. She is pregnant throughout the duration of the play.
• Howie: Becca’s husband in his late thirties. He is very caring, but has a hard time dealing with Danny’s death, which causes him to be angry and depressed, though he hides it as much as possible.
• Nat: Izzy and Becca’s mother. She is the voice of reason for her daughters. Her son (Becca’s brother, Arthur), a heroin addict, hanged himself at the age of 30.
• Jason Willette: 17-year-old boy who accidentally hit Danny with his car, leading to Danny’s death. He blames himself for Danny’s death.

Performances run March 13-22 at Baum Opra House in Miamisburg.

Join INNOVAtheatre as we bring Quilt, A Musical Celebration to life.

The cast requirements below are as follows:

• If it has an * next to the character name it is a non-singing role
• If no * then it is a singing role with range described in breakdown.

This show is unique as it will not require a lot of rehearsal time as the roles with the exception of Wes and Karen are individual vignettes. Other than the opening and closing numbers the cast is on for their individual vignette and then off until the closing number. This show is a poignant recollection of what life was like for people living, affected, or those who died of AIDS. We will be bringing actual panels of the NAMES AIDS Memorial quilt to this production and the have the panels displayed to the general public a few hours prior to each production. We hope you will find the time to join us in this once in a lifetime event.

Production dates:

• November 29th -December 1st, location TBA
• December 6th – 15th at the Historic Baum Opera House in Miamisburg Ohio

PLEASE prepare 16-32 bars of a POWER BALLAD and an EMOTIONAL 1 minute monologue. You will be asked to run scales to check your range. Please make sure to fill out the conflicts calendar attached to your audition form.

Those forms can be found at INNOVAtheatre.com/auditions or you can obtain one as well by emailing INNOVAtheatre@gmail.com.

Auditions will be held at 2 different locations:

• September 30th at 6:30pm
  Miami Township Library
  Multipurpose Room
  2718 Lyons Rd, Miamisburg, OH 45342
• October 1st at 6:30pm
  Harmony Creek
  Fellowship Hall
  5280 Bigger Rd, Dayton, OH 45440

QUILT A Musical Celebration

• Cast Size: Large 21 And Up
• Cast Type: Ensemble Cast
• Dance Requirements: None

Character Breakdown

• Wes Cronk
  An HIV-positive man who has recently lost his lover to AIDS. He volunteers at a LGBT quilting workshop and is contemplating suicide.
  Gender: Male
  Age: 35 to 45
  Vocal range top: C4
  Vocal range bottom: Ab2
• Karen
  An attractive, intelligent, hyper woman who is going to help at the quilting workshop. She fears going to the LGBT center as she is not gay but realizes she needs to go.
  Gender: Female
  Age: 35 to 35
  Vocal range top: Eb5
  Vocal range bottom: Bb3
• *Cordelia Winthrop
  A stately and regal grandmother who lost her granddaughter to AIDS. She has commissioned a quilt pattern for Alison but won’t allow the family name to be put on it.
  Gender: Female
  Age: 70 to 70
• *Vernon Dupace
  A dirt farmer from the south who is curious as to how he lost his son to AIDS. He is simpleminded and a bit naive.
  Gender: Male
  Age: 40 to 50
• *Mrs. Pauline Polaski
  A mother from a small town in Ohio who feels that the rumors of her son dying from AIDS is gossip. She believes he died from pneumonia and that his roommate was only a friend.
  Gender: Female
  Age: 40 to 50
• Mikey
  A straight guy who performs with his friends as a rap group. Learns on his field trip to the Quilting workshop the girl he first had sex with has died of AIDS.
  Gender: Male
  Age: 18 to 20
  Vocal range top: Eb5
  Vocal range bottom: Bb3
• Paul
  A photographer. He serves as a friend to people at the center and it has changed his life.
  Gender: Male
  Age: 35 to 45
  Vocal range top: E5
  Vocal range bottom: A3
• Todd’s Mother
  The mother of Todd who sews the quilt on the opposite end of Todd’s lover. This moment brings them together.
  Gender: Female
  Age: 45 to 55
  Vocal range top: D#5
  Vocal range bottom: B3
• Todd’s Lover
  The lover of Todd. He sews one end of the quilt as Todd’s mother sews the other.
  Gender: Male
  Age: 30 to 40
  Vocal range top: D#5
  Vocal range bottom: C4
• *Timmy Bell
  A short, energetic skater who reminisces about Peter, a fellow skater who he lost to AIDS. Timmy is also HIV positive and doing all he can to enjoy the time he has left. He eventually starts to date Wes after meeting him at the Center.
  Gender: Male
  *Age: 20 to 28
• Stuart
  A precise, neat and orderly antique dealer who lives in Atlanta, Georgia. He lost his friend but was left with the friend’s cat and bird upon his death.
  Gender: Male
  Age: 50 to 55
  Vocal range top: E5
  Vocal range bottom: B3
• Jane Woodward
  A warm, larger-than-life nurse whose next door neighbor, Danny, died from AIDS. She helps fulfill Daniel’s wish of dying faster in the hospital by adjusting his morphine drip. African American.
  Gender: Female
  Age: 25 to 45
  Vocal range top: A5
  Vocal range bottom: A3
• Katy
  A young girl who writes a letter about her favorite Uncle Billy. Her parents did not approve of her uncle’s life style so Katy was only left to write letters to him.
  Gender: Female
  Age: 12 to 12
  Vocal range top: Eb5
  Vocal range bottom: A3
• *Toby
  A young African-American man. The lover of Mrs. Polaski’s son, Chris, who she claimed was just his roommate.
  Gender: Male
  Age: 28 to 28
• Roberta Andrews
  A former actress who is now married to a state politician. She has AIDS because of a transfusion and passed it down to her child upon birth. The founder of the Coalition for Parents and Children with AIDS.
  Gender: Female
  Age: 35 to 45
  Vocal range top: C5
  Vocal range bottom: A3
• Charlie
  A man who has denied his sexuality and bought into the conservative corporate world. Previously held a secret relationship with Michael. He eventually becomes a member of ACT-UP, a group fighting against discrimination.
  Gender: Male
  Age: 30 to 50
  Vocal range top: F5
  Vocal range bottom: B3
• Ensemble
  Readers; Unfolders; Animal Voices; Act Up Activists; Chorus