DRIVING MISS DAISY Equity Principal Auditions - Garage Theatre Group Auditions

Call Type
Equity Principal

Time(s)
Equity Principal Auditions
Thursday, September 10, 2015
11 AM to 7 PM
lunch 2:30 to 3:30

Contract
SPT
Level 1 pending ($229/week min)

Location
Becton Theater
960 River Road
Teaneck, NJ
On Fairleigh Dickinson University campus. Theatre is in rear of building.

Seeking
Equity actors for consideration of all three available roles.

See breakdown.

Preparation
Please prepare a brief contemporary monologue. Southern accents necessary.

Bring picture and resume.

Other Dates
Rehearsals begin October 5, 2015. Runs Oct 22 – November 8. Performances Thursday – Saturday evenings and Sunday matinees.

Personnel
Directed by Michael Bias, Artistic Director of The Garage Theatre Group

· A monitor will not be provided. The producer will run all aspects of this audition.

Appointments
No appointments.
Actors seen on a first come, first seen basis.

Performers of all ethnic and racial background are encouraged to attend.

Always bring your Equity Membership Card to auditions.

Breakdown

Seeking:

Daisy Werthan:
A Jewish widow, native to Atlanta, Georgia. She is 72 years old in 1948 at the beginning of the play, and 97 years old in 1973 at the end of the play. Born 11 years after the end of Civil War, she witnessed some of the most significant social changes in American history.

Boolie Werthan:
Daisy’s son, also born and raised in Atlanta. He is 40 years old in the first scene of the play in 1948, and 65 years old at the show’s end in 1973. He grew up through World War I, and was a young man during the Great Depression.

Hoke Colburn:
An African-American man, native to Georgia. He is 60 years old in 1948 at the beginning of the play, and 85 years old in 1973 at the end. Before meeting Daisy, he had neither traveled nor learned to read.