Auditions!!
We are now accepting VIDEO SUBMISSIONS for
THE WICKHAM WAY, a new play by Rachel Rubin Ladutke
Music by Lisa Brigantino
Director: Arlene Schulman
Presented by Teaneck New Theatre at Hackensack Performing Arts Center.
Rehearsals will be held throughout July and the first half of August in Weehawken, NJ. Tech rehearsals will begin August 14th. Performances will be August 19th, 20th (2 shows) and 21st at Hackensack Performing Arts Center, Hackensack, NJ.
Videos may be sent to WICKHAMTNT22@gmail.com through Sunday, May 22nd. If the file is too large, it can be sent by WeTransfer.com as an alternative.
Please include your contact information and a photo and resume in your email. Also - please complete this form and attach it (a legible screenshot is fine!)
https://drive.google.com/.../1RojWYA5-EhH9mThk7r.../view...
Callbacks will be scheduled for May 24th in Weehawken, NJ.
TO SUBMIT A VIDEO:
For all characters: please state your name and indicate which character you are interested in. Please perform a brief contemporary monologue suitable for your character.
NOTE: Liza Cooper, the central character, is a professional folk singer. If auditioning for Liza, you will ALSO be expected to provide videos showing the following;
* Play 32 bars of a song in the folk style on an acoustic steel string guitar, using a pick, while singing along;
AND
* Play 32 bars of a song in the folk style on an acoustic steel string guitar, while fingerpicking and singing along.
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SYNOPSIS: Liza Cooper, an up-and-coming folk singer, returns to her native Wickham, Vermont with her girlfriend Marti in tow. Liza fled Wickham ten years earlier, after a traumatic experience on the eve of her high school graduation. She vowed never to return...until an important occasion demands her presence. Over the course of an emotionally fraught weekend, Liza wrestles to come to terms with her past, in the form of her estranged childhood best friend, Charlie, and makes significant choices about her future with Marti.
CHARACTER BREAKDOWN
LIZA COOPER - female - 27 – lesbian - A rising singer/songwriter. Returning to Wickham from NYC where she lives with the love of her life, Liza is creative, talented, and loving, but has serious trust issues and is petrified about confronting her past. In this production Liza sings four songs accompanying herself on guitar.
MARTI (MARTHA) KAPLAN – female - 29 – lesbian - Liza’s life partner. Supportive, caring, self-confident, protective and totally in love with Liza, she is on the verge of emerging from the corporate world. She is new to Wickham but excited to be wherever life with Liza takes her.
SHELBY BREWSTER - female - late 30s. Liza’s aunt, Shelby is quirky, warm and caring. With a heart of gold she is the kind of person everyone confides their troubles to.
CHARLIE MORSE - male – 27 - gay. Liza’s childhood best friend. Charlie doesn’t understand why Liza left Wickham and he misses his best friend terribly. He is hurt by his grandfather’s seeming rejection over his sexuality. He is, by nature, affectionate, carefree, playful, family-oriented, and open. All he really wants is for his world to be back to the way it was.
ABNER MORSE - male – late 70’s. A wonderful, crotchety old New Englander (from generations back), Abner is Charlie’s grandfather, Liza’s high school English teacher, Shelby’s neighbor and the owner of The Wayfarer Inn. He is recently widowed and still grieving. He has serious difficulty understanding and dealing with Charlie’s sexuality.
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Video submissions will be accepted through May 22nd. You will be contacted to set up an in-person callback if needed.
THE WICKHAM WAY, a new play by Rachel Rubin Ladutke
Music by Lisa Brigantino
Director: Arlene Schulman
Presented by Teaneck New Theatre at Hackensack Performing Arts Center.
Rehearsals will be held throughout July and the first half of August in Weehawken, NJ. Tech rehearsals will begin August 14th. Performances will be August 19th, 20th (2 shows) and 21st at Hackensack Performing Arts Center, Hackensack, NJ.
Videos may be sent to WICKHAMTNT22@gmail.com through Sunday, May 22nd. If the file is too large, it can be sent by WeTransfer.com as an alternative.
Please include your contact information and a photo and resume in your email. Also - please complete this form and attach it (a legible screenshot is fine!)
https://drive.google.com/.../1RojWYA5-EhH9mThk7r.../view...
Callbacks will be scheduled for May 24th in Weehawken, NJ.
TO SUBMIT A VIDEO:
For all characters: please state your name and indicate which character you are interested in. Please perform a brief contemporary monologue suitable for your character.
NOTE: Liza Cooper, the central character, is a professional folk singer. If auditioning for Liza, you will ALSO be expected to provide videos showing the following;
* Play 32 bars of a song in the folk style on an acoustic steel string guitar, using a pick, while singing along;
AND
* Play 32 bars of a song in the folk style on an acoustic steel string guitar, while fingerpicking and singing along.
* * * * * * * * *
SYNOPSIS: Liza Cooper, an up-and-coming folk singer, returns to her native Wickham, Vermont with her girlfriend Marti in tow. Liza fled Wickham ten years earlier, after a traumatic experience on the eve of her high school graduation. She vowed never to return...until an important occasion demands her presence. Over the course of an emotionally fraught weekend, Liza wrestles to come to terms with her past, in the form of her estranged childhood best friend, Charlie, and makes significant choices about her future with Marti.
CHARACTER BREAKDOWN
LIZA COOPER - female - 27 – lesbian - A rising singer/songwriter. Returning to Wickham from NYC where she lives with the love of her life, Liza is creative, talented, and loving, but has serious trust issues and is petrified about confronting her past. In this production Liza sings four songs accompanying herself on guitar.
MARTI (MARTHA) KAPLAN – female - 29 – lesbian - Liza’s life partner. Supportive, caring, self-confident, protective and totally in love with Liza, she is on the verge of emerging from the corporate world. She is new to Wickham but excited to be wherever life with Liza takes her.
SHELBY BREWSTER - female - late 30s. Liza’s aunt, Shelby is quirky, warm and caring. With a heart of gold she is the kind of person everyone confides their troubles to.
CHARLIE MORSE - male – 27 - gay. Liza’s childhood best friend. Charlie doesn’t understand why Liza left Wickham and he misses his best friend terribly. He is hurt by his grandfather’s seeming rejection over his sexuality. He is, by nature, affectionate, carefree, playful, family-oriented, and open. All he really wants is for his world to be back to the way it was.
ABNER MORSE - male – late 70’s. A wonderful, crotchety old New Englander (from generations back), Abner is Charlie’s grandfather, Liza’s high school English teacher, Shelby’s neighbor and the owner of The Wayfarer Inn. He is recently widowed and still grieving. He has serious difficulty understanding and dealing with Charlie’s sexuality.
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Video submissions will be accepted through May 22nd. You will be contacted to set up an in-person callback if needed.
- (Callbacks will be held on May 24th in Weehawken, NJ).
