RHCT Holds Auditions For CRIMES OF THE HEART 11/17, 11/18

Auditions for Crimes of the Heart for RHCT held Sunday, November 17, 2009, Location: 240 East Black Street, Rock Hill, SC

Description Audition Dates:
11/17/09 7:00pm to 9:00pm
11/18/09 7:00pm to 9:00pm (Callbacks only)

The show will be directed by Della Freedman.

Actors should bring a headshot and a current resume. Actors will also be reading from the script.

Crimes of the Heart will be presented at the Community Performance Center at 249 East Main Street February 12-14 and 19-21, 2010.

For further information call Della Freedman at 704-650-2799

SYNOPSIS:
Set in the small southern town of Hazlehurst, Mississippi in 1974, Crimes of the Heart centers on three sisters who converge at the house of their grandfather after the youngest, Babe, has shot her husband following years of abuse. The other sisters have their own difficulties - Meg's Hollywood singing career is a bust, and Lenny (the eldest) is frustrated and lonely after years of bearing familial responsibility (most recently, she has been sleeping on a cot in the kitchen in order to care for the sisters' ailing grandfather). Over the course of two days, the sisters endure a number of conflicts, both between themselves and with other characters. In the end, however, they manage to come together in a moment of unity and joy despite their difficulties.

CHARACTERS:
LENNY MAGRATH - Lenny, at the age of thirty, is the oldest MaGrath sister. Her sisters have forgotten her birthday, only compounding her sense of rejection.

MEG MAGRATH - Meg is the middle sister at twenty-seven years of age. As an eleven year-old child, Meg discovered the body of their mother (and that of the family cat) following her suicide.

REBECCA BOTRELLE (BABE) - Babe is the youngest MaGrath sister. At the start of the play, she has shot her husband

CHICK BOYLE - The sisters' first cousin, who is twenty-nine years old. She is a very demanding relative, extremely concerned about the community's opinion of her.

BARNETTE LLOYD - Barnette is Babe's lawyer. An ambitious, talented attorney,

DOC PORTER - Doc is Meg's old boyfriend. He is still known affectionately as "Doc" although his plans for a medical career stalled and eventually died after he was severely injured in Hurricane Camille