aUDITION aNNOUNCEMENT
University of Redlands
School of Performing Arts – Theater & Dance
These Shining Lives
by Melanie Marnich
Directed by Brady Greer Huffman
AUDITION INFO
Auditions will consist of provided monologues (see below.)
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When & Where
November 11 & 12 at 6:30
TAB on UofR Campus
Callbacks by invitation - November 13 at 6pm
Performances
March 19 & 20 at 7:30pm,
March 20 & 21 at 2pm
Rehearsals
January 11 thru March 10
M, T, W, Th, F from 6pm to 10pm
Occasional Sat from 9am to 4pm
Tech Rehearsals
March 11, 12, 15, 16, 17, 18 from 6pm to 11pm
March 13 from 11am to 11pm
Synopsis
These Shining Lives chronicles the strength and determination of women considered expendable in their roles working at the Radium Dial Company, exploring their true story and its continued resonance.
All students cast must enroll in THA 105, 205, or 305.
cHARACTER bREAKDOWN
CATHERINE DONOHUE
Female Identifying, mid to late twenties,
Hopeful, Jovial, Determined, Intimacy Required
FRANCES
Female Identifying, mid to late twenties,
Reserved, Nurturing, Worrisome
Also plays Reporter 2, and an Official.
CHARLOTTE
Female Identifying, mid to late twenties,
Sassy, Tough, Flirtatious
Also plays Reporter 1.
PEARL
Female Identifying, mid to late twenties,
Bubbly, Sentimental, Caring
Also plays Daughter, Judge 2.
TOM DONOHUE
Male Identifying, mid to late twenties,
Product of His Time, Earnest, Traditional
MR. REED
Male Identifying, to play 30+,
Charming and Manipulative,
MALE IDENTIFYING ACTOR 1
Dr. Rowntree, Son, Dr. Dalitsch
MALE IDENTIFYING ACTOR 2
Radio Announcer, Company Doctor, Judge, Leonard Grossman
Author’s note: This play is at times choral, at times docudrama, at times just a play. It should be delivered with spirit, energy and verve – and the women are the embodiment of this. Do not play these women as victims in any way. They have more strength than that. They never sink into sentimentality or weakness.
Monologues
FEMALE IDENTIFYING MONO
MALE IDENTIFYING MONO