*OPEN CALL AUDITION NOTICE *
Ottawa Little Theatre
presents
Marion Bridge
Written by Daniel MacIvor
Directed by Chantale Plante
Performance Dates: March 22nd to April 8th, 2017
Wed to Sat nights – 7:30 pm curtain; Sun Matinees March 26th and April 2nd – 2:00 pm curtain
All actors must be available for all performances
PLEASE NOTE: This is Ottawa Little Theatre’s official entry into the Eastern Ontario Drama League Festival and will be adjudicated at the OLT during its run. Should the show win EODL Best Production, it will be re-rehearsed and remounted the week of May 15-21 (Victoria Day week/weekend) at the OLT which is hosting the Theatre Ontario Festival 2017. If you are auditioning you are agreeing to commit to the show until May 21.
AUDITION:
DATE: Saturday, December 3rd 2016 2:00 pm – 5 pm
CALL BACK: Monday, December 12
AUDITION LOCATION: Ottawa Little Theatre
400 King Edward Avenue, Ottawa
(Please use Besserer Street entrance.)
SYNOPSIS:
Three women in their 30s to 40s come “home” to the East Coast to be with their dying mother. Each in her own way tries to deal with the painful loneliness brought about by the lives they have chosen for themselves. The three women are a curious, troubled bunch. Agnes, whose hand is rarely without a drink, fled their rural Canadian home to make her way as an actor in Toronto; she’s brought her personal theatrics with her on this trip home. Theresa is a nun who farms with her convent; a sliver of doubt has entered her life. And then there’s Louise, who has all but retreated from adult life in favour of disappearing into the world of soap operas and serials.
ROLES:
All three roles – between 30 to 45 years of age, a good family chemistry will play a big role in casting this show.
Agnes – an unsuccessful actor who has made her home Toronto. Often drinking or drunk. Had a child out of wedlock very young. Loud mouthed and boisterous, she carries with her a lot of sadness and harbours deep regrets about giving up her child.
Theresa – a progressive nun who works on a farm in New Brunswick and has begun questioning her faith.
Louise – the “strange one”. Never left home and finds solace in her favorite soap opera as an escape from life. Possibly on the autism spectrum.
AUDITION SIDES:
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