By Sam Sheppard
Directed by Douglas Malcolm
This American classic explores alternatives that might spring from the demented terrain of the California landscape. Sons of a desert-dwelling alcoholic and a suburban wanderer clash over a film script. Austin, the achiever, is working on a script he has sold to producer Sal Kimmer when Lee, a demented petty thief, drops in. He pitches his own idea for a movie to Kimmer, who then wants Austin to junk his bleak, modern love story and write Lee’s trashy Western tale.
Auditions
Date: Saturday, May 18, 11:30 AM – 4:30 PM
Location: Champaign Public Library, Robeson Pavilion Room C.
Callbacks (if needed): Sunday May 19, 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM
Champaign Public Library Busey Bank Conference Room 222
Please sign-up for an audition time AND complete the Google audition form.
Sign-Up: https://shorturl.at/gxBGX
Google Audition Form: https://forms.gle/KFLBasneqz56NqjL7
Rehearsals
Rehearsal Location: First United Methodist Church of Urbana
Read Through: Thursday, May 23, 6:30 PM
Character Work and Fight Choreo: May 31, June 7, June 13 – 7:00 PM – 10:00 PM
June 1, June 8, June 15 – 2:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Starting Monday, July 15: Rehearsals will be held 6:30 PM – 10:00 PM Monday through Friday with the specific schedule determined by those of the cast members. It may be that not every actor will need to be at every rehearsal.
Load-In and Tech/Dress rehearsals: Start August 11. No conflicts will be accepted for tech week and performances.
Performance dates: August 16, 17, 18, 23, 24, 25
Performance location: Parkland College Theatre Second Stage
PRINCIPAL CAST
Casting 3 males and 1 female
Austin (male): An Ivy League graduate who works as a screenwriter. Austin has a wife and children in Northern California. He is working at his mother’s house in Southern California while she is away in Alaska.
Lee (male):Austin’s brother. Lee is a beer-swilling desert rat and petty thief who has come to their mother’s house to loot the neighbors of household appliances.
Saul Kimmer (male): A slick Hollywood producer. He is as sincere as anyone motivated by profit can be.
Mom (female): A powerless mother.
Audition Sides:
Pg 8-9 Austin – Lee
Pg 25-27 Austin – Lee
Pg 41-43 Austin – Lee – Saul
Pg 49-51 Austin – Lee
Pg 65-66 Austin – Lee – Mom
Pg 69-70 Austin – Lee – Mom
Questions? Please contact [email protected]