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Call for Readers for Play Reading Festival
at First Run Theatre in Creve Coeur, MO
First Run Theatre is looking for non-Equity, volunteer readers for its’ annual Play Reading Festival. The festival takes place at DeSmet Jesuit High School in Creve Coeur on March 25, 26, and 27. Directions to the school are on our web site (www.firstruntheatre.com). The festival is the final step in First Run’s year-long selection process for the 2011-2012 season. Four plays have been selected as finalists. The plays, dates and times of the readings, and character descriptions are:
Friday, March 25, 2011, 7:00 PM – In His Service by Cate Richards (see ** note below.)
Elizabeth (Bettie) Jameson, 17-year-old white female, daughter of James Jameson
Sallie Jameson, 15-year-old white female, younger sister of Bettie Jameson
Aggie, Negro female servant to John and Susan Jameson, age 16
John Jameson, former U.S. Congressman, now an Atty-at-Law, and lay minister. 56
Isaac Boulware, Local attorney appointed to assist John Jameson, 26
Nathan Chapman Kouns, Law student appointed to aid John Jameson. 22
Jemma, Negro female slave to the Kouns family, 18
Celia, Negro female slave accused of murdering her master, 19
Narrator – reads almost everything except the actors’ lines
Saturday, March 26, 2011, 1:00 PM – Divine’s Grace by Richard LaViolette (see ** note below.)
The Rev. Doctor Robert H. Locksley, Vicar of St. Cuthbert’s Church, white male late 20s
Lady Mary DeBonnaire, daughter of the dowager Countess white female early 20s
Mr. Reynald Greenleaf Littlejohn, verger of St. Cuthbert’s, white male mid-40s
Lady Jane DeBonnaire, dowager countess, white female early 50s
Mr. Guy Lackland, English, South-African, white male late 30s
Inspector Montague, police detective, white male late-30s
Sir Hubert Macaulay, K.C., famous barrister, white male mid-40s to mid-60s
Sir Gaius Armstrong-Brown, K.C., barrister, white male mid-50s
Mr. Justice Reginald Starling, barrister, white male mid-60s
Narrator – reads almost everything except the actors’ lines
Saturday, March 26, 2011, 30 minutes after Divine’s Grace – The Kerpash Affair by Richard LaViolette (see ** note below.)
Jerome Kerpash, hedge fund manager, white male mid- to late-60s
Kidnapper A, male, 20s-30s
Kidnapper A, male, 30s-40s
Miriam Kerpash, trophy wife, white female, late-40s
Lt. Alan Fitzsimmons, city detective, male, early- to mid-50s
Detective Margaret Blanchard, female, late-30s to early-40s
Helen Redstone, Kerpash’s “kept” woman, white female, and 40
Robert Cotter, federal district attorney, male, early 50s
Sean Fitzsimmons, white male, late-20s
Narrator – reads almost everything except the actors’ lines
Sunday March 27, 2011, 2:00 PM – Behind the Chair by Jason Slavik (see ** note below.)
Laura, Asst. manager of beauty salon, white female, late-20s to early-30s
Maria, retired hairdresser turned saleswoman, white female, mid 50s to late 60s
Natasha, hairstylist, Moscow-born, white female, late 30s early 40s
Dorian or “D,” hairstylist, “second in command,” 30s
Melanie or “Mel,” least experienced hairstylist, early 20s
Miss Olivia, Hairstylist, female, mid 50s. Always has a gospel song on her tongue
Allysandra, female, esthetician and masseuse
Maple, female, nail technician
Mrs. Ives, white female, wealthy older customer, late 60s to early 70s
Ms. Cain, New district mgr from takeover company, white female, late 30s early 40s
LU-CIPHER 9000, male, new computer, “speaks” multiple languages
Woman, white female, plays multiple roles
Man, white male, plays multiple roles
Narrator – reads almost everything except the actors’ lines
- If character’s age, gender, and/or race are NOT specified, actor can be any age, gender, and/or race, subject to the specifications..
If interested in one or more roles, please contact one of the following: for In His Service, Jim Meady (314-606-7244 / davenport48@sbcglobal.net), for Divine’s Grace and/or The Kerpash Affair, Richard LaViolette (636- 225-5831/ ralaviolette@hotmail.com), and for Behind the Chair, Brad Slavik (314-352-5114 / info@firstruntheatre) or Jason Slavik (314-352-5114 / jeslavik@charter.net)
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