THE TRAIN DRIVER Equity Principal Auditions - Signature Theatre Company Auditions
Signature Theatre Company
|
|||||||||||
|
|
||||||||||
Roelf, a train driver, has spent weeks searching for the identities of a mother and child he unintentionally killed with his train. After a fruitless journey through shanty towns, he encounters an old gravedigger named Simon who helps the desperate man unburden his conscience.
---
SEEKING:
Note: Both actors must have facility with South African accent.
SIMON
AVAILABLE. Male, 50-80. South African, black. The lone gravedigger at a desolate South African graveyard, tasked with burying the dead from destitute squatter camps nearby. Accepts his station, does his best to help a man he doesn’t understand.
ROELF
CAST. Auditioning performers will be considered as possible (emergency) replacements, should any become necessary. Male, late 30s. South African, white. A train driver wracked with grief and guilt over a recent traumatic event. Anguished, exhausted, on a desperate search for relief.
