AUDITIONS FOR: 'LAST GAS' by John Cariani
DIRECTED BY
Leo Jordan
STAGE MANAGEMENT
Milo Mercurio
AUDITIONS:
January 16th & 17th
6:30-9:30pm
WHERE:
Gallery Z
167 Market Street
Lowell, MA 01852
Once you have been seen by our production team and given a side from the script to read, you may be asked to stay to read additional sides OR dismissed for the night.
((-Sides will be provided-))
SYNOPSIS:
Nat Paradis is a Red Sox-loving part-time dad who manages Paradis’ Last Convenient Store, the last convenient place to get gas—or anything—before the Canadian border to the north and the North Maine Woods to the west. When an old flame returns to town, Nat gets a chance to rekindle a romance he gave up on years ago. But sparks fly as he’s forced to choose between new love and old. LAST GAS takes a hilarious and heartbreakingly hard look at love lost and found, and at what it means to “get back to happy.
CAST SIZE:
6
CHARACTERS:
(Open to all ethnicities, genders, orientations, sizes, ages (18+), abilities, and experience levels)
NAT PARADIS - A slight, seemingly harmless young man. He’s damaged goods, he is a wounded idealist. He’s lived his entire life in a remote area of Northern Maine running a gas and convenience store with his father. He prefers to avoid conflict and does his best to appear “happy” or “fine” with his situation in life, but watching the Red Sox on television is usually the highlight of his day. He’s been stuck for a while and he’s depressed about it. He lives upstairs of the convenience store with his father, Dwight and his son, Troy. Who also stays with them on the occasion and who according to Nat is “the best thing that’s ever happened to him.” Nat is looking for direction in his life.
DWIGHT PARADIS - Nat’s father, a larger than life kind of guy, rough around the edges, substantial, loves a good time. A charming, affable guy who can be a bulldozer when he wants to make something happen that he believes should be happening. He can be a bit inflexible and rough around the edges. He fancies himself a ladies man and pursues women too young for him with confidence. He loves a good time, but there remains a hole in his heart from when his wife left him, His son is a source of disappointment.
TROY PARADIS - Nat’s son, a substantial, impressive young man, bigger and stronger than his dad. An athlete and scholar with a future, who wants to study aeronautical engineering. He is a perceptive and intelligent young man, with a healthy dose of wise-ass teenager. He is eager to get out of Maine; and pursue his dream of becoming an astronaut. At heart he is a “good kid” who loves his dad dearly and worries about constantly.
GUY GAGNON - Nat’s best friend and unemployed sidekick; a widower, loyal, stoic, steady, and “big-boned.” He wants what’s best for Nat and believes they belong together. Guy’s been burned in the past by relationships. He’s decided that he doesn’t have any more time to waste. Guy’s patient, honest, and has a wonderful, effective, deadpan humor. He’s ready to poke a stick at life and take a chance. His love for Nat runs deep. He is much more complex than he appears.
LURENE - Nat’s old flame and former high school sweetheart, who left Maine to chase her Dreams. Today, she returns home for the burial of her mother. Feeling lost, disillusioned and dissatisfied with the life she’s created in New York. She is desperately looking for something or someone to give it more meaning, even trying her hand at reigniting things with Nat.
CHERRY-TRACY PULCIFER - Nat’s ex and Troy’s mother, she is stoic opinionated, and straightforward to the point of being blunt. She is rigid stubborn, and overly literal. She is a substantial presence of a woman who enjoys wielding the power and status of being a forest ranger. She follows every “rule” in the book, and writes summons to people when her life feels out of control and she needs to feel more powerful. Yet, she’s stuck as well. She’d like to patch up her relationship with Nat. She’s a large personality, but a real one.
PRODUCTION DATES:
APRIL 14, 15, 16 & 21, 22, 23
(6 total performances)
REHEARSAL SCHEDULE:
SUN & WED EVENINGS
6:30-9:30PM
TECH WEEK:
APRIL 10TH-13TH (5-10PM)
(Brush-Up Rehearsal on April 19th, 5-10pm)
Unable to Make in-person Auditions? Don’t fret!
If you are unable to attend the Audition dates listed above and would like to submit a VIDEO AUDITION all you will have to do is prepare an audition with one of our selected Monologues from LAST GAS, record yourself performing said monologue, fill out our fancy Audition Form and…you’re done!
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