Shenan Arts Announces Auditions for A PIECE OF MY HEART

A Piece of my Heart
by Shirley Lauro

Directed by Alejandro Rosa

Auditions: Saturday, February 18, 2017 - 9:00am ? 12:00pm
Location:
ShenanArts at The nTelos Theatre
300 Churchville Ave, Staunton, VA. 24401
www.shenanarts.org

Performance Dates: May 5, 6, & 7 and May 12, 13 & 14

Production Rehearsals: March thru May - Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays 6:30pm ? 9:00pm

**Due to actors being on stage almost at all times during the course of the play, all actors will be required to attend each rehearsal **

AUDITION Details ? ? ? ? ?

· Actors should be prepared to read from different scenes in the play, including some monologues but are not asked to prepare a monologue.
· The sides will be provided on the day of auditions. Because each actor will play multiple roles throughout the show those auditioning can expect to read many characters during the course of the audition.
· Actors are not required to stay for the entire length of the audition but any time you can give will allow us more opportunities to hear/see you read scenes with others.

About the Show ? ? ? ? ?

A Piece of my Heart is a powerful ensemble drama based on true stories from the women who served during the Vietnam War. The play portrays their lives before, during, and after the war; exploring the trauma of war and the effect of active combat on medical personnel, as well as the emotional, mental, and physical aftereffects of that experience. A Piece of My Heart has been produced over a thousand times since premiering at the Manhattan Theatre Club in 1991 and has been the recipient of the Kittredge Foundation Award and the Barbara Deming Prize for Women Playwrights.

Roles ? ? ? ? ?

The six women in A Piece of my Heart are seen over a twenty-year period. The actors will also portray a variety of other roles within the play: military personnel, friends, relatives, acquaintances. One male actor will portray all the male roles in the show. As a result of this, the age range for these roles is fluid and can vary enormously. All actors, regardless of age, will be considered. All roles are open to any ethnicity with the exception of Steele.

MARTHA.......A Navy nurse, who is strong, self-composed, and self-disciplined. She is from a military family and is unsure about her future within the military after her experience in Vietnam.

SISSY.......An Army nurse, she is compassionate, friendly, and warm. Sissy is from a small town in Pennsylvania and suffers physically from the trauma of Vietnam.

WHITNEY.....A Red Cross volunteer, also known as a Donut Dolly. She is a Vassar graduate, who is reserved, precise, and raised by a family of WASPs who do not understand her war-time experience.

LEEANN......An Army nurse, Leeann is determined, smart, and caring, although inexperienced in life. Leeann previously protested the war in Vietnam.

STEELE ......Steele is a Military Intelligence Officer. She is a career officer, who is Intelligent, educated, and pragmatic. She must be portrayed by an African-American woman.

THE MEN......The actor cast in this role must have the versatility to play a variety of characters of different backgrounds and ages.

MARYJO PLEASE NOTE The role of MaryJo has already been cast.

Production Team:
Producer: Anne Taetzsch Fitzgerald
Set Designer: Tom Kernan
Lighting Design: Stacey Fregosi
Costume Design : Shae Rosa
Sound Design: Cori McDaniel
Music Arrangement: John Hoy
Stage Manager: Matthew Cline-Taskey
Assistant Stage Manager: Andrew West
Graphic Design: Nancy Houseknecht

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