2018 GENERAL AUDITIONS

Thank you for participating in our 2018 general auditions. This packet will provide you with all
of the information you will need to prepare your audition and fill out the mandatory ACTOR
INFORMATION form at the following link:

These general auditions will be used to cast the following mainstage shows:

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum

The Glass Menagerie
A Christmas Story
Million Dollar Quartet
Doubt
Blithe Spirit
Hello, Dolly!

These general auditions will be used to cast the following Ubu’s Other Shoe staged readings:

Building the Wall

The White Rose
Dry Powder
Ironbound
Marjorie Prime
Girls Like That

HOW THE AUDITIONS WORK

When you fill out your online audition form, you will have the opportunity to list your
show/character preferences. All actors will be considered for all available roles for all
productions/readings unless you note that you are not interested in specific plays on your
audition sheet. Please look at the performance dates carefully to make sure that you are
available. Actors with extensive rehearsal conflicts will not be considered.

Auditions may be videotaped. These tapes will only be used internally for the purpose of
casting performances/readings at the San Luis Obispo Repertory Theatre.
Please bring a current photograph of yourself (8 x 10 preferred) and an updated theatrical
resume which includes all relevant training.

Please show up at least 10 minutes before your scheduled audition and be ready to go at your
scheduled time. Check in with the audition stage manager when you arrive and fill out an onsite
audition form. (This form will ask for your education history, training, and theatrical
experience.)

WHAT TO PREPARE
All actors must prepare:
 1 short comedic monologue (1-2 minutes)
 1 short (contrasting) dramatic monologue (1-2 minutes)

All actors who would like to be considered for Forum or Hello Dolly must prepare:
 32 bars (90-120 seconds) of a song from a musical.

An accompanist will not be provided. Actors may also bring accompaniment on a CD or IPOD, or
sing a capella. A speaker and headphone jack will be provided.

PLEASE TIME YOUR AUDITION

To ensure that we stay on schedule, we will be very strict about the 7 minute time limit. Cut
your materials to give yourself adequate time to transition between pieces without rushing.

ABOUT THE ROOM

All auditions will take place onstage at the SLO REP. The room will have the following people in
it:
 Kevin Harris, Managing Artistic Director
 Michael Siebrass, Artistic Director, UBU’S OTHER SHOE
 Dan Schultz, Artistic Director, The Great American Melodrama and Vaudeville

AFTER THE AUDITIONS

After consulting with the individual show directors, SLO REP will be offering roles to the
selected actors no later than July 31, 2018. Please keep in mind that actors may be offered
roles for more than one production/reading. We ask for your patience during this complicated
process (we cannot contact some actors until we find out if other actors accept/reject their
offers.) All actors (whether offered a role or not) will be contacted no later than September 15,
2018.
 SHOWS AT A GLANCE
Performances: 12/1-12/23 (22 performances)
Building the Wall, by Robert Schenkkan
UBU’S OTHER SHOE STAGED READING Dry Powder, by Sarah Burgess
Rehearsals: 7/9-7/ 26 (7 rehearsals) UBU’S OTHER SHOE STAGED READING
Performances: 7/27-7/28 (3 performances) Rehearsals: 1/7-1/24 (7 rehearsals)
Performances: 1/25-1/26 (3 performances)
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to
the Forum, Book by Burt Shevelove and Million Dollar Quartet, by Floyd Mutrux
Larry Gelbart, Music and Lyrics by Stephen and Colin Escott
SPECIAL SHOW
Sondheim Performances: 2/8 – 3/10 (30 performances)
SEASON PRODUCTION #1
Rehearsals: 7/9-8/9 (23 rehearsals)
Marjorie Prime*, by Jordan Harrison
Performances: 8/10-9/9 (30 performances)
UBU’S OTHER SHOE STAGED READING
Rehearsals: 2/25-3/14 (7 rehearsals)
The White Rose, by Lillian Groag UBU’S Performances: 3/15-3/16 (3 performances)
OTHER SHOE STAGED READING
Rehearsals: 8/27-9/13 (7 rehearsals)
Doubt, by John Patrick Shanley
Performances: 9/14-9/15 (3 performances)
SEASON PRODUCTION #4
Rehearsals: 2/26-3/28 (27 rehearsals)
Art, by Yasmina Reza Performances: 3/29-4/14 (17 performances)
SEASON PRODUCTION #2
Rehearsals: 9/16-9/27 (11 rehearsals)
Girls Like That, by Evan Placey
Performances: 9/28-10/14 (17 performances)
UBU’S OTHER SHOE STAGED READING
Rehearsals: 4/1-4/18 (7 rehearsals)
Ironbound
Performances: 4/19-4/20 (3 performances)
UBU’S OTHER SHOE STAGED READING
Rehearsals: 10/1-10/18 (7 rehearsals)
Performances: 10/19-10/20 (3 performances) Blithe Spirit, by Noel Coward
SEASON PRODUCTION #5
Rehearsals: 4/2-5/2 (22 rehearsals)
The Glass Menagerie, by Tennessee
Performances: 5/3-5/19 (16 performances)
Williams
SEASON PRODUCTION #3
Hello, Dolly! Book by Michael Stewart
Rehearsals: 10/2-11/1 (23 rehearsals)
Performances: 11/2-11/18 (16 performances) Music and Lyrics by Jerry Herman
SEASON PRODUCTION #6
Rehearsals: 4/23-6/6 (32 rehearsals)
A Christmas Story, by Philip Grecian
Performances: 6/7-6/30 (23 performances)
SPECIAL SHOW
Rehearsals: 10/16 – 11/30 (30 rehearsals)
 A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum*
Music & Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim
Book by Burt Shevelove and Larry Gelbart

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum is a nonstop

laughfest in which Pseudolus, a crafty slave, struggles to win the hand
of a beautiful, but slow-witted, courtesan named Philia for his young
master, Hero, in exchange for freedom. The plot twists and turns with
cases of mistaken identity, slamming doors and a showgirl or two.

Rehearsals: July 9 – August 9 (23 Rehearsals)

Performances: August 10 - September 2 (24 performances)

The time is two hundred years before the Christian Era, a day in spring.
The place is a street in Rome in front of the houses of ERRONIUS, SENEX and LYCUS.
The action is continuous, with a single intermission.

CHARACTER BREAKDOWN:

PROLOGUS: an actor who introduces the play, Prologus then changes into the character he
plays throughout: Pseudolus.

PSEUDOLUS: (Male: Adult) A slave of Hero, Pseudolus is sly, conniving, and willing to do
anything for his freedom, leading to a deal with Hero that if the slave can win Philia for his
master, his master will, in turn, grant his freedom. It is this desire that fuels the action of the
play and many of the sight gags. For instance, it is Pseudolus who, in searching for Philia, finds
himself back-to-back with Gymnasia, a voluptuous prospective concubine. Eager salesman
Lycus assures him they make a great fit. “Yes,” says Pseudolus, “but how often will we find
ourselves in this position?
Mover
Range: Baritone – A5-A3

SENEX: (Mature Male) an old man, but one still attracted to wine, women, and song, Senex is
the perennially henpecked husband. His wife, Domina, doesn’t trust him, but ultimately they do
love each other, as Domina evidences by singing: “Angel, my angel! Where is he, that dirty old
man divine? I love him, I love him, that lecherous, lewd, lascivious, loathsome, lying, lazy, dirty
old man of mine!”
Non-Dancer
Range: Baritone
DOMINA: (Female: Mature Adult) The battle-ax wife of Senex, Domina is not only domineering,
but proud. It is she that tells a slave who is carrying a sculpture of her to “carry my bust with
pride”—and she doesn’t even know it’s a funny line!
Non-Dancer
Range: Mezzo-Soprano – F5-B3

HERO: (Male: Young Adult) The handsome son of Senex and Domina, Hero is a lovesick juvenile
who schemes with Pseudolus how he can win the hand (and body) of Philia.
Non-Dancer
Range: Tenor – G5-B3

HYSTERIUM: (Male: Adult, Mature) A slave of Senex and Domina, Hysterium is the frantic and
frenetic straw boss of all the slaves in the household. Pseudolus cons him into helping him in his
plots, including dressing Hysterium up as the corpse of Philia.
Non-Dancer
Range: Baritone – G5-D4

ERRONIUS: (Male, Mature) A befuddled old man who is partially blind and always confused,
Erronius spends most of the play bemoaning his two children who were kidnapped by pirates
years ago. However, he is overjoyed when it is revealed that Philia and Miles Gloriosus are the
long-lost children.
Non-Dancer
Non-Singer

MILES GLORIOSUS: (Male) A roman soldier, Miles Gloriosus is handsome, strong—and

pompous, so much so that he proudly declares: “I am a parade.” In the end it is revealed that
he is the brother of Philia and son of Erronius.
Range: Bass – F5-B3

LYCUS: (Male: Mature) a buyer and seller of courtesans. The owner of the brothel, Lycus is the
snaky, slimy, lecherous procurer of courtesans. He takes a businesslike care of his concubines;
for instance, he won’t let them be fanned while wet, afraid they might catch cold; and he warns
one fanner: “If you’re not careful you’ll be a eunuch all your life.”
Mover
Range: Baritone – F5-A3

TINTINABULA: (Female: Adult) One of Lycus’s courtesans, Tintinabula has “the face of an idol . .
. the arms of a willow tree . . . and the pelvis of a camel.”
Dancer
Silent

PANACEA: (Female: Adult) Another of Lycus’s courtesans, Panacea has “a face that holds a
thousand promises, and a body that stands behind each promise.”
Dancer
Silent

THE GEMINAE: (Female: Adult) Twin courtesans, the Geminae are, according to Lycus: “A
matched pair. Either one a divinely assembled woman, together an infinite number of
mathematical possibilities.”
Dancers
Silent

VIBRATA: (Female: Adult) Another of Lycus’s courtesans, Vibrata is “exotic as a desert bloom . . .
wondrous as a flamingo . . . lithe as a tigress . . . for the man whose interest is wildlife.”
Dancer
Silent

GYMNASIA: (Female: Adult) Another of Lycus’s courtesans, Gymnasia is “a giant stage on which
a thousand dramas can be played.”
Dancer
Silent

PHILIA: (Female: Young Adult) Still a virginal girl, the beautiful and young, yet dumb, Philia none
the less belongs to Lycus and is a courtesan-in-training, already contracted to be sold to Miles
Gloriosus. She and Hero, however, are in love; and Hero has enlisted Pseudolus to get her for
him. In the end the day is saved by the revelation that she is the sister of Miles Gloriosus who
then nullifies his contract and allows her to go to Hero.
Non-Dancer
Range: Soprano – G5-B3

THE PROTEANS: (Any Gender: Young Adult-Mature) Ensemble

 The Glass Menagerie
By Tennessee Williams

Amanda Wingfield is a faded, tragic remnant of Southern gentility

who lives in poverty in a dingy St. Louis apartment with her son, Tom,
and her daughter, Laura. Amanda strives to give meaning and
direction to her life and the lives of her children, though her methods
are ineffective and irritating. The world of illusion that Amanda and Laura have striven to create in order
to make life bearable collapses about them. Tom, too, at the end of his tether, at last leaves home.

Rehearsals: October 2- November 1 (23 rehearsals)

Performances: November 2-18 (16 performances)

Character Breakdown:

AMANDA WINGFIELD: (Female; Adult-Mature) Laura and Tom’s mother. A proud,

vivacious woman, Amanda clings fervently to memories of a vanished, genteel past.
She is simultaneously admirable, charming, pitiable, and laughable.

LAURA WINGFIELD -(Female; Adult) Amanda’s daughter and Tom’s older sister.
Laura has a bad leg, on which she has to wear a brace, and walks with a limp.
Twenty-three years old and painfully shy, she has largely withdrawn from the outside
world and devotes herself to old records and her collection of glass figurines.

TOM WINGFIELD - (Male; Adult) Amanda’s son and Laura’s younger brother. An
aspiring poet, Tom works at a shoe warehouse to support the family. He is frustrated
by the numbing routine of his job and escapes from it through movies, literature, and
alcohol.

JIM O’CONNOR - (Male; Adult) An old acquaintance of Tom and Laura. Jim was a
popular athlete in high school and is now a shipping clerk at the shoe warehouse in
which Tom works. He is unwaveringly devoted to goals of professional achievement
and ideals of personal success.
 A Christmas Story*
Based on the motion picture
Written by Philip Grecian
Based upon the book by Jean Shepherd

“You’ll shoot your eye out!”

Back by popular demand, A Christmas Story will once again take the
stage for a fun, festive holiday treat! Join Ralphie Parker on his quest for a genuine Red Ryder BB gun
and make it part of your family’s annual holiday celebration.

Rehearsals: October 16-November 30 (30 rehearsals)

Performances: December 1-23, 2017 (21 performances)

CHARACTER BREAKDOWN
Ralphie Parker (9-12) is our young protagonist. Equal parts dreamer and schemer, Ralphie doesn’t just
covet an air rifle, he also knows (or thinks he knows) exactly how to persuade the adults around him
that his cause is a righteous one.

Ralph Parker (30-60), Ralphie’s older, wiser alter ego, functions as the story’s narrator and assumes the
roles of the various townspeople who populate the landscape of the play.

Ralphie’s Mother (25-40) is a patient parent with firm convictions – in particular, the conviction that her
son should not own an air rifle. It takes a lot to ruffle her feathers, but the provocative leg lamp that

Ralphie’s father (25-50) wins in a send-away contest does seem to do the trick. The Old Man, the Parker
family’s beleaguered patriarch, is a grumpy, good-hearted father with a penchant for highly original (and
to the audience’s ears profanity-free) invective and a deeply held desire to be a winner.

Randy (younger than Ralphie), Ralphie’s little brother, sure is cute, but getting him to eat his breakfast
or don his snowsuit can be a serious headache.

Schwartz and Flick (9-12) are Ralphie’s two best friends. Flick is the unfortunate guinea pig in the
infamous frozen-flagpolelicking experiment, while Schwartz becomes the scapegoat when Ralphie
accidentally utters an unspeakable word.

Scut Farkas (12-16) is the schoolyard bully who routinely torments Ralphie and his friends. He has yellow
eyes!

Miss Shields (20-50) is Ralphie’s teacher. She’s also an integral component of his campaign for the
perfect Christmas gift.

Esther Jane and Helen (9-12) are two of Ralphie’s classmates. Helen is something of a child prodigy,
while Esther Jane seems to have a particular interest in our young protagonist
 Million Dollar Quartet
Book by COLIN ESCOTT and FLOYD MUTRUX
Original Concept and Direction by FLOYD MUTRUX
Inspired by ELVIS PRESLEY, JOHNNY CASH, JERRY LEE LEWIS
and CARL PERKINS

The smash-hit musical is inspired by the recording session

that brought together rock ‘n’ roll icons Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis, and Carl Perkins for
the first and only time. On December 4, 1956, the famous four gathered at Sun Records in Memphis for
what would be one of the greatest jam sessions ever. Featuring such songs as “Blue Suede Shoes,”
“Great Balls of Fire,” “Walk the Line,” “Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin’ On,” and more, this thrilling musical
brings you inside the recording studio for one unforgettable music-making night.

Rehearsals:
Performances: February 8-March 10 (31 performances)

CHARACTER BREAKDOWN
SAM PHILLIPS (Male; Age: 33) The Father of Rock ‘n’ Roll and founder of Sun Records;
discovered Jerry Lee Lewis, Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Carl Perkins, and many others, including
Roy Orbison, and B.B. King. A towering and charismatic figure in American music.

DYANNE (Female; Mid 20’s) An aspiring singer, Elvis’s girlfriend

Vocal Range: A3 – D5

ALL OTHER ROLES HAVE BEEN CAST

 Doubt
By John Patrick Shanley

"An eloquent and provocative investigation of truth and

consequences. A gripping mystery, tightly written." —Time Out NY.

Winner of the 2005 Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award. "All the elements come invigoratingly
together like clockwork in John Patrick Shanley's provocative new play, DOUBT, a gripping story
of suspicion cast on a priest's behavior that is less about scandal than about fascinatingly
nuanced questions of moral certainty.

Rehearsals: February 26-March 27 (27 rehearsals)

Performances: March 29-April 14 (16 performances)

CHARACTER BREAKDOWN

FATHER FLYNN: (Male: Adult) A middle aged priest. Articulate and personable.

SISTER JAMES: (Female: Adult) A young impressionable nun. Enthusiastic but inexperienced
teacher.

SISTER ALOYSIUS BEAUVIER: (Female: Adult, Mature) The head nun and principal of St Nicholas
School. Driven by a high sense of duty but rigid and conservative.

MRS. MILLER: (Female: Adult) The mother of Donald Muller, the school's first black student.
 Blithe Spirit
By Noel Coward

The smash comedy hit of the London and Broadway stages, this
much-revived classic from the playwright of Private Lives offers
up fussy, cantankerous novelist Charles Condomine, re-married
but haunted (literally) by the ghost of his late first wife, the clever
and insistent Elvira who is called up by a visiting “happy medium,” one Madame Arcati. As the
(worldly and un-) personalities clash, Charles’ current wife, Ruth, is accidentally killed, “passes
over,” joins Elvira, and the two “blithe spirits” haunt the hapless Charles into perpetuity.

Rehearsals April 2-May 2 (22 rehearsals)

Performances May 3-19 (16 performances)

CHARACTER BREAK DOWN

CHARLES CONDOMINE: (Male: Adult) In his forties, Charles is an intelligent and urbane English
novelist. Charles is the husband of Ruth Condomine and deceased first wife, Elvira.
RUTH CONDOMINE: (Female: Adult) A smart looking woman in her mid-thirties, Ruth is the wife
of Charles. She is a bit jealous of Charles's relationship with his first wife.
DR. BRADMAN: (Male: Adult) A pleasant-looking middle-aged man, Dr. Bradman is a friend of
the Condomines.
MRS. BRADMAN: (Female: Adult) The wife of Dr. Bradman, Mrs. Bradman is middle-aged and a
bit faded.
MADAME ARCATI: (Female: Adult) A middle-aged spiritualist, Madame Arcati is a striking
woman. She is not too extravagant but has a definite bias towad the barbaric.
ELVIRA: (Female: Adult) Charles Condomine's deceased first wife, Elvira returns as a ghost with
a goal. In the process, she makes Charles's and Ruth's lives very complicated.
EDITH: (Female: Adult) The Condomine's maid, Edith is always in a hurry.
 Hello, Dolly!*
Music and Lyrics by Jerry Herman
Book by Michael Stewart

HELLO, DOLLY!, the blockbuster Broadway hit, bursts with humor,

romance, high-energy dancing, and some of the greatest songs in
musical theater history. The romantic and comic exploits of Dolly
Gallagher-Levi, turn-of-the-century matchmaker and “woman who arranges things,” are certain to thrill
and entertain audiences again and again.

The show’s memorable songs include “Put On Your Sunday Clothes,” “Ribbons Down My Back,” “Before
the Parade Passes By,” “Hello, Dolly!,” “Elegance,” and “It Only Takes a Moment.”

Rehearsals April 23-June 6 (32 rehearsals)

Performances June 7-30 (23 performances)

CHARACTER BREAKDOWN

Dolly Levi: (Female, Stage age: 35- 40 yrs) A charming widow in her middle years who has
decided to begin her life again. She is a matchmaker, meddler, opportunist, life-loving woman.
Actress needs to have strong commanding stage presence and excellent comic timing..
Dance ability: strong
A wide range of vocal abilities

Horace Vandergelder: (Male: Stage age: 40-45 yrs) Proprietor of a Hay & Feed store and a client
of Dolly Levi. Well-known half-a-millionaire, widower, gruff, set in his ways, authoritative.
Actors needs to have a commanding stage presence and excellence comic timing.
Dance ability: some.
Vocal range: baritone.

Cornelius Hackl: (Male: Stage Age 25 – 35 yrs) Vandergelder’s chief clerk who yearns for one
exciting day in NYC. Energetic, enthusiastic, and adventurous young man who has a sweet
innocence about him. Some legit baritone singing. Good comic timing.
Dance ability: strong.
Vocal range: baritone.

Barnaby Tucker: (Male: Stage Age 18 - 25 yrs) An assistant to Cornelius at Vandergelder’s Hay &
Feed store. Sweet, naïve, energized, and a follower.
Dance ability: strong.
Vocal range: baritone.

Irene Molloy: (Female: Stage age: 25 - 50 yrs) A widow, beautiful, smart, fun-loving milliner
with a Hat Shop in New York City. Dolly has introduced her to Horace Vandegelder but she
yearns for romance.
Dance ability: strong.
Vocal range: soprano.

Minnie Fay: (Female: Stage age: 18 – 20 yrs) A young girl who work’s in Irene’s hat shop. Irene’s
assistant, naïve, straight-laced, fresh, follower.
Dance ability: strong.
Vocal range: mezzo-soprano.

Ambrose Kemper: (Male: Stage age: 18 – 25 yrs) An explosive young artist seeking to marry
Ermengarde. Struggling artist, good-natured, accommodating.
Dance ability: strong.
Vocal range: tenor.

Ermengarde: (Female: Stage age: 16 – 25 yrs) The young niece of Horace Vandergelder. She
cries often and wants her independence and wants to marry Ambrose.
Dance ability: strong.
Vocal range: alto.

Earnestina Money (Female: Stage age: 25 – 45 yrs) An eccentric looking girl in need of Dolly’s
matchmaker services. Good comic timing. A non-singing role but will also perform in the
singing chorus.
Dance ability: none.
Vocal range: any.

Rudolf Reisenweber (Male: Stage age: 30 – 45 yrs) Maitre’d of the Harmonia Gardens, proper,
commanding.
Dance ability: strong
Vocal range: bass.

Mrs. Rose: (Female: Stage age: 35-50) Street vendor (will be cast from the chorus). Sells
vegetables and a friend of Dolly’s from years before. A non-singing role but will also perform in
the singing chorus.
Dance ability: none.
Vocal range: any.

Judge (Male: Stage age 30-65yrs) White whiskered night court judge. Easily moved to tears by
romance. A non-singing role but may also perform in the singing chorus.
Dance ability: none.
Vocal range: any.

Singing Ensemble We are looking for strong singers who will also play featured character parts
(both speaking and non-speaking) throughout the show. Needed types include: NYC
townspeople, feed store customers, Harmonia Gardens customers, waiters and staff, various
colorful 14th Street Parade characters. “Hello Dolly!” features lush choral singing for both mixed
voices and an all-male ensemble.

Dance Ensemble We are looking for strong dancers. This group will be prominently featured
throughout the show and will learn the most challenging choreography which includes
ballroom, jazz, Broadway dance.
 UBU’S OTHER SHOE STAGED READING #1

Building the Wall

By Robert Schenkkan

On January 20, 2017, Donald J. Trump was sworn in as the 45th

president of the United States. Over the next sixteen months,
events would unravel that test every American’s strength of
character: executive actions, an immigration round-up of
unprecedented scale, and a declaration of martial law. Rick finds
himself caught up as the frontman of the new administration’s
edicts and loses his humanity. In a play that recalls George
Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four and the Nazi regime, BUILDING THE
WALL is a terrifying and gripping exploration of what happens if we let fear win.

Rehearsals: 7/9-7/ 26 (7 rehearsals)

Performances: 7/27-7/28 (3 performances)

CHARACTER BREAKDOWN

GLORIA (Female, Adult) A historian who has come to interview Rick.

RICK (Male, Adult) The former warden for one facility who is awaiting sentencing for what happened
under his watch.
 UBU’S OTHER SHOE STAGED READING #2

The White Rose

By Lillian Groag

In Nazi Germany, a group of students secretly try to undermine the

tide of hatred by disseminating leaflets calling for the people to
revolt and bring back the glories of the real Germany. When caught,
each extols the virtue of life, but won't back down from certain
death. "Out of this true story, Lillian Groag…has fashioned…a play
that speculates on their case earnestly, intelligently, intellectually…" —NY Newsday.

Rehearsals: 8/27-9/13 (7 rehearsals)

Performances: 9/14-9/15 (3 performances)

CHARACTER BREAKDOWN

HANS SCHOLL (Male, Young Adult) One of the students, Brother to Sophie

SOPHIE SCHOLL (Female, Young Adult) One of the students, Sister to Hans

ROBERT MOHR (Male, Adult) Leader of the Munich Gestapo

ALEXANDER SCHMORELL (Male, Young Adult) One of the students

WILLI GRAF (Male, Young Adult) One of the students

CHRISTOPH PROBST (Male, Young Adult) One of the students

ANTON MAHLER (Male, Adult)

BAUER (Male, Young Adult) One of the students

 UBU’S OTHER SHOW STAGED READING #3

Ironbound
By Martyna Majok
At a bus stop in a run-down New Jersey town, Darja, a Polish immigrant cleaning lady, is done
talking about feelings; it’s time to talk money. Over the course of 20 years, and three
relationships, Darja negotiates for her future with men who can offer her love or security, but
never both. Award-winning playwright Martyna Majok’s IRONBOUND is a darkly funny,
heartbreaking portrait of a woman for whom love is a luxury—and a liability—as she fights to
survive in America.

TIME: The play spans 22 years, in 2006 Darja is 34.

PLACE: At a bus stop at night, a quarter-mile from a factory in Elizabeth, NJ. Or where there
used to be a factory, depending on the year.

Rehearsals: 10/1-10/18 (7 rehearsals)

Performances: 10/19-10/20 (3 performances)

CHARACTER BREAKDOWN

DARJA (Female, Late 30s early 40s) a Polish immigrant struggling to cobble enough money to
survive.

TOMMY (Male, Late 30s early 40s) Darja’s partner for more than half a dozen years, woks as a letter
carrier.

MAKS (Male, 30s) Darja’s first love. Another Polish immigrant who wants to move to Chicago to become
a blues musician.

VIC (Male, Teenage to Young Adult) A sympathetic friend who attends a fancy high school and works
willingly as a male prostitute.
 UBU’S OTHER SHOE STAGED READING #4

Dry Powder
By Sarah Burgess

The same week his private equity firm forced massive layoffs at a
national grocery chain, Rick Hannel threw himself an extravagant
engagement party, setting off a publicity nightmare. Fortunately,
Seth, one of Rick’s partners, has a dream of a deal to invest in an
American-made luggage company for a song that will rescue his boss
from the PR disaster. But Jenny, Rick’s other partner, has an entirely
different plan: to maximize returns, no matter the consequences. The
game is on in this gripping, razor-sharp play about the price of success
and the real cost of getting the deal done.

Rehearsals: 1/7-1/24 (7 rehearsals)

Performances: 1/25-1/26 (3 performances)

CHARACTER BREAKDOWN

RICK (Male, Adult) the founder and president of KMM, a New York capital management outfit.

JENNY (Female, Adult) A subordinate founding partner, a barracuda who is basically Patrick
Bateman without the chainsaw.

SETH (Male, Adult) The other partner, he still has a shred of humanity.

JEFF SCHRADER (Male, Adult) Landmark CEO

 UBU’S OTHER SHOE STAGED READING #5

Marjorie Prime
By Jordan Harrison

It’s the age of artificial intelligence, and 85-

year-old Marjorie — a jumble of disparate,
fading memories — has a handsome new
companion who’s programmed to feed the story of her life back to her. What would we
remember, and what would we forget, if given the chance? In this richly spare, wondrous new
play, Jordan Harrison explores the mysteries of human identity and the limits — if any — of
what technology can replace.

Rehearsals: 2/25-3/14 (7 rehearsals)

Performances: 3/15-3/16 (3 performances)

CHARACTER BREAKDOWN
MARJORIE (Female, 85)

WALTER (Male, early 30’s)

TESS (Female, 55) Marjorie’s daughter

Jon (Male, 55) Marjorie’s son-in-law

 UBU’S OTHER SHOE STAGED READING #6

Girls Like That*

By Evan Placey

When a naked photograph of schoolgirl

Scarlett goes viral, rumors spread across
smartphones like wildfire and her
reputation becomes toxic, threatening to
shatter the fragile unity of the girls she has
grown up with. But how long can Scarlett remain silent? And why isn't it the same for boys?
Using music and dance sequences, and featuring shifts in time to explore the evolution of
feminist consciousness, the play focuses on adolescent female friendship in the present day
and its fragility in the face of societal and cultural pressures.

Rehearsals: 4/1-4/18 (7 rehearsals)

Performances: 4/19-4/20 (3 performances)

CHARACTER BREAKDOWN

SCARLETT (Female, Young Performer) The story revolvs around her

NARRATORS (Female, Young Performers) 4-5 young females telling the story and playing different roles
throughout.

BOYS (Male, Young Performers) 4-5 young males playing different roles throughout.