HAND TO GOD by Robert Askins
directed by Ron May
a co-production with Phoenix Theatre
and
GIDION’S KNOT by Johnna Adams
directed by Tracy Liz Miller
a co-production with Tempe Center for the Arts
WHEN
BOTH SHOWS AUDITION Saturday, December 3rd, 11am-4pm
Callbacks for HAND TO GOD will be on Monday, December 4th or Tuesday, December 5th in the evening.
Callbacks for GIDION’S KNOT will be on Monday, December 11th in the evening.
Rehearsals for HAND TO GOD will begin on or around Sunday, December 17th.
Rehearsals for GIDION’S KNOT will begin on or around Sunday, January 28th.
WHERE
Childsplay Campus of Imagination and Wonder
900 S. Mitchell Dr. Tempe, Arizona 85281
Please enter on the Mitchell side.
ROLES AVAILABLE
HAND TO GOD
Available roles: 3 M 2 F
JASON / TYRONE … to play 17 – any ethnicity; seemingly mild-mannered and polite, retiring, inarticulate, and shy, has an alter-ego who is extremely aggressive, foul-mouthed, shameless, and highly articulate, puppetry skills and character voices required.
MARGERY … 40s – any ethnicity; Jason’s mother, a jittery woman trying desperately to keep her family and life together after the death of her husband, has a warm, passionate nature, but all that is suppressed by her worries about her troubled son and by the day to day pressures of making a living for both of them, seems like a powder keg about to explode, and when it does, an aggressive sexuality comes flooding out.
PASTOR GREG … 30s-50s – any ethnicity; tries valiantly to fulfill his duties as the shepherd of his flock, seemingly supportive, underneath, however, it is clear that his altruism is fueled by needy loneliness and that he might resent that no one is ever there for him, despite it all, he has his meltdown point, and out of nowhere violence flares out.
TIMMY … to play 17 - any ethnicity; a troubled kid, caught in survival mode at having to negotiate his dysfunctional family, he protects his fragility by forgoing any impulse control, probably in “special classes” because of his behavior problems, a combination of blatant assertiveness and underlying need make him at once full of sex and violence.
JESSICA … to play 17 - any ethnicity; a complicated young woman, trapped in a small town with small ideas, smart, though somewhat introverted, does not suffer fools gladly, relates to outsiders like herself, supportive and kind to those who might need help, ruthlessly abrupt with those she perceives as selfish and arrogant.
Available roles: 2 F
CORYNN FELL … 30s-50s – any ethnicity; a strong-minded literature professor at Northwestern University; her son has been expelled from his elementary school.
HEATHER CLARK … 30s-50s – any ethnicity; earnest, smart, emotionally overwhelmed fifth-grade teacher.
PLEASE PREPARE
2 CONTRASTING MONOLOGUES
- Total time of both monologues should be absolutely no longer than 3 minutes. You will be timed.
- Monologues MUST be from contemporary plays - Specifically, ONLY PLAYS WRITTEN FROM 2000 TO TODAY.
When scheduling, please be sure to provide ALL of the information requested.
We will be considering members of AEA for possible Guest Appearance contracts for both shows.
TO SCHEDULE AN AUDITION
DO NOT CALL!
SEND AN EMAIL WITH THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION.
IF YOU ARE MISSING ANY OF THE INFORMATION REQUESTED YOUR APPOINTMENT WILL NOT BE SCHEDULED:
1. NAME
2. SHOW(S)/ROLE(S) YOU ARE INTERESTED IN AUDITIONING FOR
3. GENERAL TIME YOU WOULD LIKE TO SCHEDULE YOUR AUDITION. (We will do our best to accommodate these requests.)
4. A PHONE NUMBER TO REACH YOU
REMEMBER THIS EMAIL MUST HAVE ALL OF THIS INFORMATION OR YOUR APPOINTMENT WILL NOT BE SCHEDULED. YOU WILL RECEIVE CONFIRMATION WITHIN 24 HOURS.
EMAIL: rmay@straycattheatre.org
PAY
There is a stipend for all actors cast.
We will be considering members of AEA for possible Guest Appearance contracts for both shows.
ABOUT THE SHOWS:
HAND TO GOD
by Robert Askins
February 2 - 25, 2018
at Phoenix Theatre’s Hormel Theatre
a co-production with Phoenix Theatre
Directed by Ron May
2015 Tony nominee for Best Play
The filthiest puppet you’ll ever meet. After the death of his father, meek Jason finds an outlet for his anxiety at the Christian Puppet Ministry, in the devoutly religious, relatively quiet small town of Cypress, Texas. Jason’s complicated relationships with the town pastor, the school bully, the girl next door, and - most especially - his mother are thrown into upheaval when Jason’s puppet, Tyrone, takes on a shocking and dangerously irreverent personality all its own. HAND TO GOD explores the startlingly fragile nature of faith and morality. “HAND TO GOD is so ridiculously raunchy, irreverent and funny it’s bound to leave you sore from laughing. Ah, hurts so good.” - New York Daily News
GIDION'S KNOT
by Johnna Adams
March 9 - 24, 2018
at Tempe Center for the Arts
in a co-production with Tempe Center for the Arts
Directed by Tracy Liz Miller
There are never any easy answers.
Over the course of a harrowing, unexpected parent/teacher conference, a grieving mother and an emotionally overwhelmed primary school teacher have a fraught conversation about the the mother's son, Gidion. Gidion may have been bullied severely - or - he may have been an abuser. “Gidion's Knotunderstands one thing about school violence that many plays on this topic miss, and that's the way people's positions always change when anything involves their own kid.” – Chicago Tribune
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