The Players at the Barker Playhouse presents TIME STANDS STILL by Donald Marguilies
In Donald Margulies play, TIME STANDS STILL, two journalists who have covered wars in the Middle East for a long time, come to grips with their professional and personal lives and the constant re-definition of morality. At it's core, this is a love story set in the turbulent times and stress laden lives of JAMES (a principled war correspondent recovering from an emotional breakdown brought on by over exposure to the brutality of endless, armed conflict) and SARAH (a top photojournalist recovering from injuries sustained in a roadside bombing in Iraq.)
Back in NYC, they struggle to redefine both their relationship and their roles as journalists in the never ending carnage of war. Unlike photography, in which the click of the camera freezes an event and TIME STANDS STILL, relationships never stand still.
Enter good friend, editor and mentor RICHARD and his very, very young and attractive new girlfriend MANDY. They are happily engaged in creating their own, new life together far from the strife of battle.
This unseemly quartet share and reshape the framework of their lives in this well crafted play.
"In Donald Margulies' plat, Time Stands Still, art and life often bump together fractiously. He's most interested in the friction that results when artistic imperatives vie with friends, lovers and the seductive pull of normalcy....This is an intelligent, perceptive, often funny, sometimes surprising, and always compelling piece of writing." Paul Hodgins, Orange County Register.
Characters:
SARAH GOODWIN: a photojournalist, late thirties to early forties
JAMES DODD: a freelance journalist, late thirties to early forties
RICHARD EHRLICH: a photo editor, mid fifties
MANDY BLOOM: an event planner, mid twenties
Open auditions at THE PLAYERS, Barker Playhouse, 400 Benefit Street, Providence
Sunday, June 19 and Monday, June 20 Starting at 7:00 PM
Auditions will be held in the Green Room. Please use the Barker Way entrance.
Directed by: Ed Rondeau
We will be reading from the script.
We suggest that individuals planning on auditioning, read the script in advance, if possible, or Google some of the many, many articles, reviews, etc, written on the several major productions of the play since it was first performed in 2010...prior to auditions.
Please bring a current resume and photo to the auditions.
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