Auditions November 5 & 6, 2023
Auditions take place Sunday November 5th and Monday November 6th beginning at 7:00 PM. Auditions consist of cold readings from the script as well as any material they might have prepared. Auditioners are welcome to attend both evenings of auditions, but it is not required. Headshot and resume are recommended but not required.
Rehearsals will generally be Monday through Thursday 7-10:00 pm with possible Saturday days here and there. A more detailed rehearsal schedule will be provided at auditions.
The Glass Menagerie performs February 2nd-February 18
About the Show
This is a memory play, Tom's specifically. The script is laden with theatrical devices such a breaking the fourth wall, projection, and overtly poetic themes. This production will honor that original intent and update it for a 2023 audience. The director is looking to incorporate movement, magic, and fantastical elements in the spirit of Tennessee Williams' original dreamlike nature. The characters are real and grounded, but the world they are in is all within Tom's mind. Memories corrupted by time and emotion.
The casting is not limited to the 4 actors described below. The hope is to utilize more actors to exist within the fringes of Tom's mind. The lingering presence of his father, distorted reflections of himself and his mother, glimpses of exciting adventures that lie just beyond his home.
Due to the nature of being a memory, the casting ages are purposefully wide. Tom can be revisiting these emotions at any age. He can see his mother as an old woman or as a young woman. His sister was older, but he might remember her as childlike or older than she ever was. The mind's eye is quite deceptive.
Auditions take place Sunday November 5th and Monday November 6th beginning at 7:00 PM. Auditions consist of cold readings from the script as well as any material they might have prepared. Auditioners are welcome to attend both evenings of auditions, but it is not required. Headshot and resume are recommended but not required.
Rehearsals will generally be Monday through Thursday 7-10:00 pm with possible Saturday days here and there. A more detailed rehearsal schedule will be provided at auditions.
The Glass Menagerie performs February 2nd-February 18
About the Show
This is a memory play, Tom's specifically. The script is laden with theatrical devices such a breaking the fourth wall, projection, and overtly poetic themes. This production will honor that original intent and update it for a 2023 audience. The director is looking to incorporate movement, magic, and fantastical elements in the spirit of Tennessee Williams' original dreamlike nature. The characters are real and grounded, but the world they are in is all within Tom's mind. Memories corrupted by time and emotion.
The casting is not limited to the 4 actors described below. The hope is to utilize more actors to exist within the fringes of Tom's mind. The lingering presence of his father, distorted reflections of himself and his mother, glimpses of exciting adventures that lie just beyond his home.
Due to the nature of being a memory, the casting ages are purposefully wide. Tom can be revisiting these emotions at any age. He can see his mother as an old woman or as a young woman. His sister was older, but he might remember her as childlike or older than she ever was. The mind's eye is quite deceptive.
Sides
Linked below are the sides we will be utilizing at the auditions. These are here to familiarize yourselves with the material rather than trying to be completely memorized. These printed sides will be available at the auditions. If you have a prepared monologue that would like to present, please let the director know and he will give you the opportunity to perform your prepared piece.
Linked below are the sides we will be utilizing at the auditions. These are here to familiarize yourselves with the material rather than trying to be completely memorized. These printed sides will be available at the auditions. If you have a prepared monologue that would like to present, please let the director know and he will give you the opportunity to perform your prepared piece.
Character Descriptions
2 Men, 2 Women
Tom Wingfield: (Male, 20-50) Our storyteller. A man wrestling with the ghosts of his past while also haunting his own memories. A writer and poet bound to a household out of love and duty, but slowly being eaten away the need for adventure. He works his days in a shoe factory and spends his evenings at the movies, looking for any chance of escape.
Amanda Wingfield: (Female, 35-75) A piece of Southern Ivy desperately clinging to the life she lived and her son, Tom. Her love has turned thorny and rough out of desperation to eke out a future for the children she struggles to know. Tom sees her as a joke, a tyrant, an idealist, and a selfless mother; and she is and more.
Laura Wingfield: (Female, 18-35) Tom's older sister, a beautiful yet fragile girl who prefers to be shut away from the world. Riddled with anxiety and health complications growing up, she shares a deep connection with her brother and a deep guilt towards her mother. She knows she is the reason for the weight Tom feels pulling at him.
Jim O'Connor: (Male, 20-35) The gentleman caller and classmate of Laura's from High School. Once the popular athlete in school, Jim now works alongside Tom at the factory and finds his life looking stale and unfulfilling. He is good natured, but has a simplistic view of self-improvement and ambition due to his popularity in school.
2 Men, 2 Women
Tom Wingfield: (Male, 20-50) Our storyteller. A man wrestling with the ghosts of his past while also haunting his own memories. A writer and poet bound to a household out of love and duty, but slowly being eaten away the need for adventure. He works his days in a shoe factory and spends his evenings at the movies, looking for any chance of escape.
Amanda Wingfield: (Female, 35-75) A piece of Southern Ivy desperately clinging to the life she lived and her son, Tom. Her love has turned thorny and rough out of desperation to eke out a future for the children she struggles to know. Tom sees her as a joke, a tyrant, an idealist, and a selfless mother; and she is and more.
Laura Wingfield: (Female, 18-35) Tom's older sister, a beautiful yet fragile girl who prefers to be shut away from the world. Riddled with anxiety and health complications growing up, she shares a deep connection with her brother and a deep guilt towards her mother. She knows she is the reason for the weight Tom feels pulling at him.
Jim O'Connor: (Male, 20-35) The gentleman caller and classmate of Laura's from High School. Once the popular athlete in school, Jim now works alongside Tom at the factory and finds his life looking stale and unfulfilling. He is good natured, but has a simplistic view of self-improvement and ambition due to his popularity in school.
