CHATHAM COMMUNITY PLAYERS HOLD AUDITION FOR FIRST MAINSTAGE SHOW OF THEIR 90th YEAR!

AUDITION

BUG 
By Tracy Letts
Directed by Bob Pridham

WHEN: Monday, June 20, at 7 PM &  Wednesday, June 22, at 7 PM
WHERE: Chatham Playhouse, 23 North Passaic Ave., Chatham, New Jersey

 

 
The Chatham Community Players will hold open auditions for Tracy Letts’ BUG as their first main stage show of their 90th Season.

The production runs October 14 - 29, 2011 at the Chatham Playhouse.

Director Bob Pridham asks that actors be familiar with the script. Sides will be provided at the audition.

The Chatham Players have an open call casting policy. ALL roles are open, none are precast, and everyone is encouraged to audition. Any questions, please call Kristin Furlong at 732.208.4184 or e-mail her at kristinbarber33@yahoo.com . For directions or additional information, please visit www.chathamplayers.org

Synopsis:
From Tracy Letts, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of August: Osage County, comes this mind-bending tale of love, paranoia and government conspiracy – a psycho-thriller that mixes terror and laughter at fever pitch…a high speed roller coaster ride into a crawling, buzzing, stinging nightmare.

Character Breakdown:(2 Women, 3 Men)

• AGNES (mid-late thirties/early forties) Tough, frightened, weary, a victim, just this side of desperate. Seen and been through a lot but doing her best to cope. Still mourning the loss of her child, working things out on her own, for herself. Edgy, skittish, nervous. What’s next?
• R.C. (late twenties /late thirties) Pragmatic, down-to-earth. Good time gal who calls it as she sees it. Fiercely loyal.
• PETER (mid to late 20s) Military vet. High-tension focus, urgent, sharp. Deceptively child-like, but all senses on alert, explosive physical potential, even when still. Uncomfortable in his own skin, uncomfortable around other people. Unpredictable: Diffident and distant one moment, then sudden and immediate. The wheels are always turning.
• JERRY GOSS (late thirties/early forties) Ex-con, rough edges, laid-back demeanor but mean as a snake, and just as lethal. Country music, beer and a razor-sharp temper. Smiles before he strikes.
• DR. SWEET (thirties to fifties) Government. Establishment. Practiced. Quick. And a liar.
  

NOTE: THE ROLES OF PETER AND AGNES ARE EXTENSIVE AND PHYSICALLY AND EMOTIONALLY DEMANDING. EARLY MASTERY OF THE TEXT WILL BE ESSENTIAL.