Denver auditions are February 11 and 12, 2013 from 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m., by appointment only. Call the Arvada Center at 720-898-7200 to schedule a time. Actors must be 18 years and older to audition.
Experienced
actors with strong acting abilities are needed. Please see the
character breakdown (after the jump) for specifics on available roles. Actors
should prepare (one) 2 - 3 minute monologue of the style and period of
the piece. A current headshot and résumé are required. Equity members
must have a current equity ID card.
ARVADA CENTER – Dividing the Estate Character Breakdown:
Stella Gordon (75-85)
– The no-nonsense octogenarian matriarch of the Gordon family. Though
dementia dulls her memory, Stella is opinionated and arbitrarily
willful.
Lucille (52-62) – Stella’s dutiful daughter, a widow, who lives on the estate to help care for it and her mother.
Mary Jo (50-60) – Stella’s relentlessly calculating daughter, down from Houston to get her share.
Son (35-45) – Lucille’s son, Pauline’s fiancé. He manages the Gordon estate and Stella’s finances with reason and integrity.
Mildred (45-55) – a patient, but sharp-tongued cook who works at the Gordon estate. African American.
Doug (80-95)
– old housekeeper who has worked at the Gordon estate his entire life.
Proud, though physically weak and mentally slipping. African American.
Lewis Gordon (54-64) – Stella’s son, an alcoholic gambler. Sensitive despite his dissolute ways.
Pauline (30-40) – Son’s fiancée, a high school English teacher. Earnest and somewhat more intellectual and “modern” than the Gordons.
Cathleen (20-30) – A young, emotional employee who attends junior college and is striving for a better life. African American.
Sissie (20-25) – Mary Jo’s self-absorbed daughter.
Emily (20-25) – Mary Jo’s materialistic daughter.
Bob (50-60) – Mary Jo’s scheming husband, an out-of-work Houston realtor.
