The Intentional Theatre is holding auditions for its next production, "The Replacement" by Jacob M. Appel, to be staged in September/October. This dark comedy follows the plans of Bonnie, a dying mother of three, to provide her husband and daughters with her "replacement" after her passing. It goes without saying that mom's plans go a bit awry unexpectedly.
Rehearsals are expected to be held on Monday and either Wednesday or Thursday nights, depending on cast availability, beginning on or around July 14. Shows will run Friday and Saturday nights for three weekends, beginning the last weekend of September through the first two weekends of October, and be presented in the Intentional Theatre (Margaret Stacy) barn at Jordan Green in Waterford.
Roles available are for Bonnie's husband Donald, a 50-ish over-ambitious window manufacturer, and two of her unemployed daughters Pam and Dana, both in their late 20's. Auditions will include readings from the script as well as theater exercises. Auditions will be held Tuesday June 24 and Wednesday June 25 at the Intentional Theatre barn from 7 pm to 10 pm. To schedule an audition, please visit intentionaltheatre.com and follow the links for the audition signup page, or send an email to auditions@intentionaltheatre.com with the subject line "The Replacement", and include your name, phone number, the role you would be auditioning for, and which night (or both if you’d like) you would be attending.
The Intentional Theatre specializes in bringing new works to the stage by writers that have not yet become a household name. Our motto, “giving theatre back to the actor”, means we engage the actors to be a major creative force in the development process, giving them more to do than regurgitate memorized lines. Our rehearsal process begins with several deconstruction read-throughs wherein the cast and director come to a deeper understanding of the story, allowing them to tell it accurately and truthfully as the playwright intended. In the end, the words are said and actions performed because they are proper, not merely markings on a script.