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2025 Reading series- powerful women
Production Dates: Each reading will have one performance on a specified date in February 2025. Dates and times are listed under each show.
Rehearsals will be on Zoom between January 15 and the date of the performance.
Performances will take place at Pleasant Hill Presbyterian Church 3700 Pleasant Hill Rd Duluth GA 30096
Audition Workshop: December 16, 2024 7-9pm. We may be able to help with filming auditions that day as long as folks have their material ready to go. Andre has offered to bring his green screen.
Audition Videos will be due by December 20, 2024. Please email your video of yourself performing 1-2 short monologues appropriate to the role(s) you are auditioning for to auditions@liveartstheatre.org by December 20.
Callbacks if needed will be on January 9, 2025 at Pleasant Hill Presbyterian Church. You will be notified if you are needed for callbacks by January 3, 2025. (Please note, if you are not called back, that DOES NOT mean you are not in one or more readings). All folks regardless of being cast or not, will be notified by January 15, 2025.
Pay: There is no pay for these projects.
Please prepare: 1-2 short monologues appropriate to the role(s) you are auditioning for
Please send: A headshot/resume if you have one and a list of all conflicts between January 15 February 13, 2025.
A note on casting: Character descriptions are taken directly from each play and were provided by the licensing agent and/or the playwright as part of our production agreement. LAT policy is that any actor who can play the role as described by the playwright is invited to audition and may be cast.
Slaying Holofernes – Performs on Monday February 3, 2025 7pm
Playwright: Emily McClain
Recommended audience: 16+ for language and adult topics
Director: Blair Sanders
Show description: A young female painter struggles to gain recognition for her work within the male-dominated art world of Renaissance Italy. Meanwhile, in the contemporary United States, a young career woman encounters her own version of the same challenges as she fights for recognition in the workplace. chiaroscuro or Slaying Holofernes blends and blurs the worlds of past/present, fact/fiction, and personal/political as it explores two women’s parallel quests for justice in an imperfect world.
Roles being cast:
Artemesia Gentileschi
Amanda
Agostino Tassi
Orazio/Oscar
Anthony/Coppino
Tuzia/Tonya
Stiatessi/Greg
Penatelli/Lucas
the Judge
the Notary
Disclosures: This play deals with sexual assault.
Blame Performs on Tuesday, February 4, 2025 7pm
Playwright: Wendy Susan Simonds
Recommended audience: 16+ for language and adult topics
Director: Rich Hammett
Show description: Blame” centers on the exposure of renowned Utopia University psycho-sexologist and serial sexual harasser, Dr. Richard (Dick) Schaff. Five of Schaff’s former mentees meet to strategize exposing Shaff. He is stunned by the accusations. He dreams of attending a meeting of the Secret Alliance of Famous Wrongly Accused Men (SAFWAM) – a bizarre contrast to the women’s group. The play concludes with a keynote lecture at Utopia University many years later, by Dick’s former protégé, Rod Peters. Justice seduces and eludes in this irreverent feminist farce.
Roles being cast:
RICHARD (DICK) SCHAFF: Mattel-RayBan Masculinities Endowed Chair and Professor of Psycho-sexology at Utopia University (in his 60s). The actor playing Dick should be white, unless all the other actors are not white.
CARRIE WOOLF/ CLARENCE: former student of SCHAFF (28 years old in Scene Three, 45 in Scene 6)/ Supreme Court judge (in his 70s in Scene Five). Carrie attended Utopia U from 2007-2012, completing her BA in 2011, and beginning an MA program which she left in 2012, midsemester. She returned in 2014 to complete her MA.
IDA BERNARD/ /AVI: former student of SCHAFF (29 years old in Scene Three)/ Israeli NYU professor (in her 50s in Scene Five). Ida attended Utopia U from 2006-2011; she received her BA and MA there.
ALICE MORRISON/ LOUIE: former student of Richard (“Dick”) Schaff (29 years old in Scene Three)/comedian (in his 50s in Scene Five). Alice attended Utopia U from 2007-2012, she received her BA and MA there.
HARRIET HILL/ HARVEY: former post-doc at SCHAFF’s Center (38 years old in Scene Three, and 55 in Scene 6) /film mogul (in his 70s in Scene Five). Harriet was a Post-Doc at Utopia U in 2010-2011.
MARY WALKER/ AZIZ: student of SCHAFF (24 years old in Scene Three)/ comedian (in his 40s in Scene Four). Mary attended Utopia U from 2011-2015; she earned her BA in 2015.
MARLA MALLO: Dean of Students, Utopia University (in her early 50s in Scene Two), and President of Utopia University (and in her late 60s in Scene Six).
ROGER JOHNSON/ ROD PETERS: President of Utopia U (in his 60s)/ former student of SCHAFF professor at Paradise University (in his late 40s).
Disclosures: Blame is about resistance to sexual harassment and patriarchal power abuses; it includes frank and offensive discussion about sex and sexual harassment.
Gutted Performs on Wednesday, February 5, 2025 7pm
Playwright: Tori Hersant
Recommended audience: 16+ for language and adult topics
Director: Jeffrey Liu
Show description: The journey of a female serial killer striving to achieve happiness and start a family.
Roles being cast:
Blair – female, late 20s.
Axel – male, late 20s.
Rhett – male, early-mid 30s.
Disclosures: The following play contains depictions of roofying, sexual assault, rape, and sex.
Find My Way Performs on Monday, February 10, 2025 7pm
Playwright: Morgan Jones
Recommended audience: 10+ due to mild adult topics
Director: Morgan Jones
Show description:
Roles being cast:
Doris- Gina and Kasey’s mom, early 40’s, addict, Night club Singer
Tanya- Doris’ friend, 30-40’s, caring
King- Doris’ boyfriend, Drug dealer, tough, stoic
Gina- 17 yr old, Doris’ older daughter, sings and dances, nurturing, energetic
Kasey- 8-10 yrs old, Doris’ younger daughter, full of life, sings and dances
Laneese- foster home mom, 50’s, very loving, feisty, straight forward, full of life
Aunt Rose- Doris’ sister, 30’s, insecure, very sweet
Uncle Lonnie- Aunt Rose’s husband, mean, abusive, 30’s
Dwayne- old friend of Doris, rich, kind, spirited, 40’s, sings
Michelle- Dwayne’s girlfriend, 40’s, pleasant
Cheryl Alexander-Director of Dwayne’s play,
Eric- foster home teen boy, nice, raps
Stephanie- foster home, teenage girl, money hungry, raps
Ensemble : Foster Kids, Bad Girls, Street people, Dancers, Singers
Disclosures: Drug use/addiction, foster care, crime are discussed, but in a family friendly way
In the Slush Performs on Tuesday, February 11, 2025 7pm
Playwright: Daniel Prillaman
Recommended audience: 18+ due to sexually explicit adult content.
Director: Andre Eaton Jr.
Show description: Newlywed Laura Beth Gardner has it all. A loving husband, a baby on the way, and a usually delightful job. But this weekend, tasked with reading through her publishing house’s slush pile, she encounters a mysterious manuscript that claims she isn’t human. That her husband isn’t who he says he is. And that she’s a vessel for her unborn child, who is actually the Second Coming of an ancient darkness that will devour the world. It has to be some sort of joke.
…But what if it’s not?
A cosmic horror about identity, creation, and the things we’ll do to realize our dreams.
Roles being cast:
Laura Beth Gardner: 30s, any ethnicity, Female, Editorial Assistant, Wife of Ethan, Best Friend of Hope, Pregnant (does not need to be showing) Also plays Rodina Waits.
Ethan Gardner: 30s, any ethnicity, Male, Not an Editorial Assistant, Husband of Laura Beth, Friend of Hope. Also Plays Orlando Boom.
Hope Rosenstock: 30s, any ethnicity, Female, Editorial Assistant, Best Friend of Laura Beth, Friend of Ethan.
Harold Becklesby: 60s, any ethnicity, Male, Marital Status Unknown
Disclosures: This show contains adult language. Some of the characters double as other characters. Hope: a sexually explicit passage is read from a book aloud. There is sexually explicit material that is described by the person reading the stage directions.
Cadillac Crew Performs on Wednesday, February 12, 2025 7pm
Playwright: Tori Sampson
Recommended audience: 13+ for adult language and content
Director: Becca Parker
Show description: On the day of a much-anticipated speech by Rosa Parks during the height of the Civil Rights Movement, four activists working in a Virginia civil rights office wonder whether the proclamation of equality amongst mankind includes women. With remarkable insight and unexpected humor, Cadillac Crew reclaims the stories of the forgotten leaders who blazed the trail for desegregation and women’s rights and asks: when will the world be ready to embrace women in all their capacity?
Roles being cast:
RACHEL – A powerhouse of a young WOMAN. Polished. Poised. Witty. Lovingly stern. Proud.
Twenty-six years of sage. BLACK.
Actor will embody ALICIA.
ABBY – A powerhouse of a young WOMAN. Driven by personal goals. Values the autonomy she’s never experienced. Sharp. Unapologetic.
Twenty-two years of sage. BLACK.
Actor will embody OPAL.
DEE – A powerhouse of a young WOMAN. Grounded in personal constitution. Mature. Hesitancy and confidence often reveal themselves simultaneously. Sophisticated.
Thirty-five years of sage. BLACK.
Actor will embody PATRISSE.
SARAH – A powerhouse of a young WOMAN. Down to earth. Firm in stance and address. Protective. Secure in the past; optimistically awaits the future.
Twenty-eight years of sage. WHITE passing.
Actor will embody JOURNALIST.
DRIVERS – A voice(s).- These two voices will be male and will read the stage directions.
Disclosures: sexual assault is mentioned in the context of womens/civil rights/anti-rape activism. Gun violence is mentioned
Skylight
Playwright: David Hare
Recommended audience: 16+ for adult language and content
Director: Andre Eaton Jr
Stage Manager: TBA
Producer: TBA on August 19
Production dates: March 14-15 and March 21-22, 2025
Rehearsals begin on: January 6, 2025
Strike date: March 23, 2025
No conflict dates: January 6, March 7-8, March 12-14, March 20-23
No rehearsals on: January 20, January 29, February 14
Submissions open: July 1, 2024
Audition Workshop: December 16, 2024
Audition dates: December 17, 2024
Callbacks: December 18, 2024 if needed
Pay: $50 stipend
Please prepare: A contemporary dramatic monologue
Please bring: A headshot and resume if you have one and a list of all conflicts between January 6 – March 23, 2025
Audition disclosures: Callbacks if needed will be sides from the script sent at least 24 hours prior to the audition. Callbacks may include the use of adult language.
Show description: Kyra is surprised to see the son of her former lover at her apartment in a London slum. He hopes she will reconcile with his distraught, now widowed, father. Tom, a restless, self-made restaurant and hotel tycoon, arrives later that evening, unaware of his son’s visit. Kyra, who was his invaluable business associate and a close family friend until his wife discovered their affair, has since found a vocation teaching underprivileged children. Is the gap between them unbridgeable, or can they resurrect their relationship?
Roles being cast: (Please note: Character descriptions are taken directly from the play and were provided by the licensing agent as part of our production agreement. LAT policy is that any actor who can play the role as described by the playwright is invited to audition and may be cast.)
Kyra Hollis – (30) Raised in affluence and well educated, she has escaped that life to be a schoolteacher in a London slum, possibly as penance for deeply held guilt or possibly as a way of discovering her own identity; now more confident, calm and centered than ever before, her new sense of self is about to be put to the test.
Edward Sergeant – (18) Tom’s son, he’s a young man in search of his own identity and a path of his own; a mixture of Kyra’s and Tom’s personalities, he’s desperate to make sense of the world whilst not asking for help;
Tom Sergeant – (50s) A self-made highly successful restaurant entrepreneur; charismatic, funny, aggressive, physical, commands a room, a man’s man that is used to getting his way; he believes he is fully responsible for his success and in control of his own fate (and sometimes of those around him)
Disclosures:
The show centers on a love affair between a married older man and a younger woman. Infidelity is a topic discussed heavily.
Show takes place in present day East London. Accents are encouraged.
Kyra appears in just a towel for a brief moment.
Kyra prepares and cooks spaghetti on stage.
Food and tea are consumed on stage.
Kyra throws a drawer of silverware.
Tom throws a stack of workbooks.
Hay Fever
Playwright: Noel Coward
Recommended audience: 10+ for mild adult language and innuendo. 13+ for violence.
Director: Becca Parker and Andre Eaton Jr
Stage Manager: TBA.
Producer: TBA on August 19
Production dates: April 25-26, 2025
Rehearsals begin on: February 24, 2025
Strike date: April 27, 2025
No conflict dates: February 24, April 11, April 23-27
No rehearsals on: April 18-20
Submissions open: July 1, 2024
Audition Workshop: February 17, 2025
Audition dates: February 18, 2025
Callbacks: February 20, 2025
Pay: No pay. This is our fundraising show.
Please prepare: A comedic monologue in the style of Noel Coward of Oscar Wilde.
Please bring: A headshot and resume if you have one and a list of all conflicts between February 24 – April 27, 2025
Audition disclosures: Callbacks if needed will be sides from the script sent at least 24 hours prior to the audition. Callbacks may include the use of adult language.
Show description: Hoping for a quiet weekend in the country with some guests, David Bliss, a novelist, and his wife, Judith, a retired actress, find quiet an impossible dream when their high-spirited children, Simon and Sorel, appear with guests of their own. A houseful of drama waits to be ignited as misunderstandings and tempers flare. With Judith’s new flame and David’s newest literary “inspiration” keeping company as the children follow suit, the Bliss family lives up to its name as the “quiet weekend” comes to an exhausting and hilarious finale worthy of Feydeau
Roles being cast: (Please note: Character descriptions are taken directly from the play and were provided by the licensing agent as part of our production agreement. LAT policy is that any actor who can play the role as described by the playwright is invited to audition and may be cast.)
Judith Bliss: (40s-50s) Retired actress, mother to Simon and Sorel, wife of David; her life is a performance and she has not adjusted well to country life.
David Bliss: (40s-50s) Judith’s husband, Sorel and Simon’s father; a successful novelist who hides away for long periods of time attempting to write his novel.
Sorel Bliss: (20s) Daughter of Judith and David, she is educated in the arts; fresh, vibrant, intelligent, and full of life.
Simon Bliss: (20s-30s) Son of Judith and David; an aspiring artist who is in constant competition with Sorel for Judith’s attention.
Myra Arundel: (20s-40s) Well-dressed, confident, and sophisticated; invited to the Bliss house by her admirer, Simon.
Richard Greatham: (30s-40s) Sorel’s invited guest, an English diplomat; somewhat stiff, but likeable and intelligent.
Jackie Coryton: (20s-30s) David’s invited guest; a young flapper, very sweet but not very bright.
Sandy Tyrell: (20s-30s) Judith’s invited guest; amateur boxer with a youthful energy and adoring fascination with Judith.
Clara: (40s-60s) Judith’s former dresser and now her housekeeper; overworked and underappreciated. Cockney accent is desired.
Disclosures:
Received Pronunciation is desired for this production for all characters except Clara.
Simon, Sorel, Judith, Sandy and Richard smoke.
Simon and Myra Kiss.
Judith plays piano and sings.
Myra slaps David.
David and Myra kiss.
Clara sings (not well).