Auditions

A Comedy/Drama in the Grumbacher Studio

Director: Jack Hartman

AUDITION DATE: February 22 & 23, 2022

AUDITION TIME: 7pm

SHOW DATES: April 22-24 & 28, May 1 , 2022

PREPARATION: No preparation needed

SYNOPSIS:
The action is set in Truvy’s beauty salon in Chinquapin, Louisiana, where all the ladies who are “anybody” come to have their hair done. Helped by her eager new assistant, Annelle, the outspoken, wise-cracking Truvy dispenses shampoos and free advice to the town’s rich curmudgeon, Ouiser; an eccentric millionaire, Miss Clairee, who has a raging sweet tooth; and the local social leader, M’Lynn, whose daughter, Shelby , is about to marry a “good ole boy.” Filled with hilarious repartee and not a few acerbic but humorously revealing verbal collisions, the play moves toward tragedy when the spunky Shelby (who is a diabetic) risks pregnancy and forfeits her life. The sudden realization of their mortality affects the others, but also draws on the underlying strength—and love—which give the play, and its characters, the special quality to make them truly touching, funny and marvelously amiable company in good times and bad. 

Until further notice:

FACE MASKS: Due to recent increased covid cases, face masks are required to be worn at auditions. Those 12 and older (who are cast) will need to be/need to get vaccinated. Please provide your vaccination card, if you have one, when signing in for auditions.

It is the theatre’s intention to keep the cast healthy and safe with hopes to not have to wear a mask by the time of the production. The theatre has also installed touchless soap dispensers and a bi-polar ionization system, the latest technology for airborne virus mitigation, that will eliminate any contaminants in the air throughout the building.