AUDITION NOTICE:
The Last Gas by John Cariani
Directed by Jerilynn Labas
Audition Dates: Sunday, 3/7 from 2pm to 8pm and Monday 3/8 beginning at 5pm.
Auditions will be held via Zoom by appointment only. Upon submission of an application, you will receive further information regarding your appointment.
Audition Location: Zoom. Link and instructions provided prior to 3/6.
Production Dates: This show will be performed virtually. Show dates April 9th and 10th.
Audition Notes from the Director:
Please request audition appointment by submitting photo, role interested in and resume or background to
thelastgas2021@gmail.com. Indicate date preference: Sunday, 3/7 or Monday 3/8. Audition times will be assigned based on requested timeframes. Make sure to include phone number in your email.
Sides will be emailed to you at time of appointment confirmation. Please review scenes prior to your audition time. Memorization is not necessary. These are not cold readings.
Rehearsals will be conducted via Zoom.
SUMMARY:
Comedy/Drama
Nat Paradis is a Red Sox-loving dad who manages Paradis’ Last Convenient Store, the last place to get gas before the Canadian border. 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. A hilarious and heartbreakingly hard look at love lost and found, and at what it means to “get back to happy.
ROLE(S): 6 Cast
Nat Paradis, (Supporting): Male, 34-64
Nat runs his father's gas station/convenience store in northern Maine. He is divorced and lives upstairs from the store with his father, Dwight. His son, Troy also stays with them on occasion. He is a slight, seemingly harmless man. Nearly 41 but may be boyish. A charming loser, aka damaged goods. Good at seeming happy. Passionate Red Sox fan.
Ethnicity: All Ethnicities
Guy Gagnon (Supporting): Male, 34-64
Nat’s best friend, a widower, stoic, steady, and wry, wants what’s best for Nat and believes they belong together. He is on the heavier side. Guy’s patient, honest, and has a wonderful, effective, dead pan humor. He’s ready to poke a stick at life and take a chance. Avid Red Sox Fan
Ethnicity: All Ethnicities
Troy Paradis (Supporting): Male, 16-29
Nat’s son, an athlete and scholar with a future, wants to study aeronautical engineering. He loves his father dearly and despite his positive outlook, he’s truly worried about his Dad.
Ethnicity: All Ethnicities
Lurene (Supporting): Female, 34-64
Nat’s high school sweetheart. Left town for NYC to make something of herself. She had big dreams but is a temp in a Manhattan office building. She’s in town for her Mom’s memorial service. She talks a little faster than the rest of the folks in her old hometown, dresses a little slicker, and is discovering that it hurts to not fit in anymore.
Ethnicity: All Ethnicities
Cherry Tracy (Supporting): Female, 35-49
Nat’s ex wife and Troy’s mother. Cherry is a Forest Ranger. She’s outgoing and takes command, a problem solver, and a protector, who is frustrated in Nat’s inability to take control of his life. She’s a large personality, but a real one. She is a smart, ambitious, substantial woman
Ethnicity: All Ethnicities
Dwight Paradis (Supporting): Male, 50-70
Nat's dad, larger-than-life kind of guy, rough around the edges, substantial, loves a good time. A charming, affable guy who can be a bulldozer and can be a bit inflexible. He fancies himself a ladies’ man and pursues women too young for him with confidence.
Ethnicity: All Ethnicities
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