Director: JE Saliba

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Production Manager: Lavonda Gosselin

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Questions? Email lmgosselin@gmail.com

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Auditions: Feb. 22 at 2:00; Feb. 23 at 6:30 (please hold Feb. 24 for potential callbacks).

Attend both days of auditions if possible.

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Location: Cultural Arts Center, 909 S. Saint Andrews St., Dothan, AL 

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School Show

April 21, 10:00 AM (cast and crew must be available for the morning show)

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Public Performances

April 23-25, 7:00 PM​

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​Description: Amanda Wingfield is a faded remnant of Southern gentility who now lives in a dingy St. Louis apartment with her son, Tom, and her daughter, Laura, who has a physical handicap and debilitating shyness. The father has left home; Tom supports his mother and sister with a shoe-factory job he finds unbearable. When Amanda convinces Tom to bring home from his workplace a “gentleman caller” for Laura, the illusions that Tom, Amanda, and Laura have each created in order to make life bearable collapse about them. A drama of great tenderness, charm, and beauty, THE GLASS MENAGERIE is an icon of the American theater. ​

 

Audition Style: Auditions will take place in a warm and supportive group setting. Actors will read sides from the play.

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​Conflicts: All conflicts between February 25 and April 25 must be provided at registration. Adding additional conflicts after casting is grounds for reduced stage time or dismissal from the production. Conflicts do not mean you will not be cast, but they might affect how you are cast. Actors of all backgrounds and experience levels are encouraged to apply! Cast and crew must be available for the 10 AM school show on April 21.

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Parent/legal guardian must provide consent for any participant under the age of 19.

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Character Breakdown

(Age ranges are suggestions. Please audition for the role that you feel best suits you.)

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• Amanda Wingfield, somewhere in her 40’s-50’s
  A faded Southern belle who grew up in Blue Mountain, Mississippi, abandoned by her husband, and who is trying to raise her two children under harsh financial conditions. Amanda yearns for the comforts of her youth and also longs for her children to have the same comforts, but her devotion to them has made her – as she admits at one point – almost “hateful” towards them.
   

• Tom Wingfield, 20’s then older… but also ageless
  Amanda’s son and the narrator of the play. Tom works at a shoe warehouse to support his family but is frustrated by his job and aspires to be a poet. He struggles to write, all the while being sleep-deprived and irritable. Yet, he escapes from reality through nightly excursions to the movies. Tom feels both obligated toward yet burdened by his family and longs to escape for more.
   

• Laura Wingfield, 20's-30's
  Amanda’s daughter and Tom’s elder sister. A childhood illness has given her one leg that is slightly longer than the other, and she has a mental fragility and an inferiority complex that has isolated her from the outside world. She has created a world of her own symbolized by her collection of glass figurines. The unicorn may represent Laura because it is unique and fragile.
   

• Jim O’Connor, 20’s-30's
  An old high school acquaintance of Tom and Laura. Jim was a popular athlete and actor during his days at Soldan High School. Subsequent years have been less kind to Jim; by the time of the play’s action, he is working as a shipping clerk at the same shoe warehouse as Tom. His hope to shine again is conveyed by his study of public speaking, radio engineering, and ideas of self-improvement that appear related to those of Dale Carnegie.