EXIT LAUGHING by Paul Elliott
Director: Van Rockwell
AUDITIONS
Date: Sunday, June 26, 2022
Time: 2 pm to 5 pm
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Callbacks are Sunday, June 26 from 6 pm -7 pm
Where: Don Bluth Front Row Theatre 8989 E. Via Linda Suite 118 Scottsdale, 85258
COVID Protocols: All actors must be vaccinated in order to participate; unvaccinated actors will not be considered.
PRODUCTION INFO
Rehearsals: Rehearsals will begin Aug. 1, 2022 and be (4 or 5) nights a week. Typically, Monday – Wednesday evenings (6 pm – 9 pm), Saturdays (9 am-12 pm) plus possible Sundays (TBD). We will be adding Thursday evenings beginning September 1, 2022. No conflicts will be accepted during show dates or the week before opening.
Performance Run Dates: September 15th to October 22nd (24 performances). All shows are 7pm on Thursday, Friday and Saturday evenings and 2pm on Saturday matinees. Please do not audition if you cannot be at every performance - there is no double casting or understudies. There is a possibility of additional performances on Wednesday evenings at 7 pm and/or Friday matinees at 4 pm with prior notice.
Pay: All Actors will receive a stipend.
AUDITION INFO
Auditions will consist of cold-read monologues from the script and will be provided in advance (download from SignUp Genius site.)
Looking for performers with Comedic Timing, Lively Facial Expressions, Humility, and Looking To Have Fun. Any thoughts of this being a drama in the vein of Crimes Of The Heart are hugely mistaken.
Plus… Southern accents are NOT required. :) If you have one, awesome! If not, that's awesome too!
Callbacks will consist of cold-reads from the script and will be provided in advance, but will be done in groups.
Masks are welcomed for your safety and concern.
Actors of all races, ethnicities, sizes, abilities, and genders (conforming and non-conforming) are encouraged to audition.
SYNOPSIS
When the biggest highlight in your life for the past (30) years has been your weekly bridge night out with the "girls," what do you do when one of your foursome inconveniently dies? If you're Connie, Leona and Millie, three ladies from Birmingham, you do the most daring thing you've ever done. You "borrow" the ashes from the funeral home for one last card game, and the wildest, most exciting night of your lives involves a police raid, a stripper, and a whole new way of looking at all the fun you can have when you're truly living. Exit Laughing broke all records for a nonmusical in Springfield Little Theatre's (50) year history at its premiere.
CHARACTERS
Rachel (F) (18-25) – a young woman who seems to have issues with life and men, until bridge night opens her eyes.
Connie (F) (40-60) – Rachel’s mother, who finds on this fateful bridge night that life doesn’t end at (55).
Leona (F) (40-60) – One of Connie’s closet friends and a member of the Bridge Club for over (30) years. She’s a beautician by profession and a rather caustic lush by preference.
Millie (F) (40-60) - Another one of Connie’s friends and a long-standing member of the club. This is a woman who moves to her own drummer, even though she’s the only one who can hear him.
Policeman/Bobby (M) (18-30) – Rachel’s love interest and a male stripper. This role will require appearing in boxer shorts (and nothing else) for a brief moment in the show.
CONTACT
Email director Van Rockwell with questions: vanjrockwell@gmail.com
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