Auditions Announced for BECKY'S NEW CAR at the Santa Paula Theater Center

The Santa Paula Theater Center announces auditions BECKY'S NEW CAR by Steven Dietz, directed by Jessi May Stevenson. Auditions will be held on Saturday, July 1 from 1:00-4:00 pm and Monday, July 3 from 7:00-9:00 pm at the Santa Paula Theater Center, 125 So. 7th Street, Santa Paula. Cold readings will be from the script (side pages listed below). No appointments are necessary. This is a non-union show. There is no pay.

BECKY'S NEW CAR will run for six weekends August 25-October 1 on the SPTC Main Stage with performances on Friday andSaturday evenings at 8pm and Sunday matinees at 2:30 pm.

About the play:

Becky Foster is stalled. She feels stranded in a dead end job and a marriage that's lost its spark, and needs a jumpstart. Late one night, when a widowed millionaire stumbles into the car dealership where she works, Becky sees her chance and takes it. Suddenly, this ordinary housewife is living a carefree, fulfilling, and dangerous double life, that is, until it accelerates out of control. This hilarious and inventively written story on escaping middle age doldrums is full of twists and turns and asks the audience to ride shotgun in a way they've never done before. It's a devious and delightful romp down the road not taken.

SPTC is seeking 4 men and 3 women to fill the following roles:

Foster (45-55+): The center of the story. Charming, funny, engaging, honest, charismatic. Becky is a wife and mother. She is loyal, hardworking, and missing something. What? She's not sure. Becky is required to interact with the audience during the production.

Joe Foster (45-55): 's husband. He is strong, pragmatic, honest, sharper than he looks and a loyal family man with a big heart.

Chris Foster (23-28): and Joe's son. He lives in the basement. He is a graduate student studying psychology. He is smart, funny, easy-going, yet passionate - a good kid.

Walter Flood (50-65): A very wealthy businessman recently widowed. He is charming, friendly, gentle, and a bit out of touch, especially when it comes to members of the opposite sex.

Kensington (Kenni) Flood (23-28): Walter's daughter. She is pretty, cynical, smart, a bit spoiled - yet grounded.

Steve (40-55): A recently widowed car salesman who works with Becky. He is neurotic, emotional, whiny, manic, clueless. He's a bit of a nebbish, but not a bad guy underneath it all.

Ginger (45-55): Walter's single neighbor who has recently lost all of her money and the things that go along with it. She is jaded, funny, honest, and lonely. She's on the prowl.

Readings will be taken from the script for audition and include the following:

Becky- pp.92-94; Chris/Becky- pp. 10-13; Steve/Becky- pp.35-38; Walter/Becky- pp.18-24; Joe/Becky- pp.43-47; Kenni/Ginger-pp. 51-52; Ginger/Walter-pp. 53-54. For more information: contact Producer Leslie Nichols at 805.525.9840 or via email at sptcleslie@gmail.com

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