Website Redtwist Theatre
Storefront Theatre in Edgewater’s Bryn Mawr Historic District
Redtwist Theatre is seeking submissions from actors for the regional premiere of Sarah Ruhl’s How to Transcend A Happy Marriage, directed by Elizabeth Swanson.
About the play: At a dinner party in New Jersey, two couples discuss a fascinating new temp in Jane’s office who has two partners and kills her own meat. When they invite the temp, Pip, and her two male partners to a New Year’s Eve celebration, discussion turns to action and the exploration of unexplored desire turns animalistic – and then Jane’s daughter sees it all. How to Transcend a Happy Marriage blurs the lines of monogamy and asks how deeply friends, lovers and strangers connect.
Material to Prepare:
Please submit two contrasting contemporary monologues (under three minutes total) via unlisted YouTube or Vimeo link to THE AUDITION FORM (link coming) by 11:59 PM on April 20th. Please do not email Eileen your audition directly for the sake of their inbox 🙂
Audition form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfSixbUssAoWQFUlDDtHQb7jvJUdUXmsVKmu5Hxoa-amZ_oxQ/viewform?usp=dialog
The script will only be available for those invited to callbacks; please do not send emails requesting the script.
Time Commitment:
First Rehearsal: July 7
Load-In: August 4
Tech: August 9 & 10
Opening: August 17
Closing: September 21
Character Type/Restrictions:
GEORGE (GEORGIA) -- In her late forties or so. Any ethnicity. Searching; married to Paul.
PAUL -- In his late forties or so.Any ethnicity. Virile; married to George.
JANE-- In her late forties or so. Any ethnicity. Capable; married to Michael.
MICHAEL-- In his late forties or so. Any ethnicity. Sensitive; married to Jane
PIP-- In her late 20s or early 30s. Any ethnicity. A beautiful woman, named Deborah. Known to all as Pip.
DAVID-- (pronounced Dah-veed) In his early-to-mid 30s Any ethnicity. David is not from the United States. In a relationship with Pip and Freddie. Mathematician. He has a vague Slavic accent that is hard to place.
*David has been cast by a Redtwist Ensemble Member. Seeking UNDERSTUDY for David.
FREDDIE-- In his late 20s or early 30s. Gentle; attractive to both sexes. In a relationship with Pip and David.
JENNA-- Sixteen, fierce and tender. Any ethnicity. Michael and Jane's daughter.
To apply for this job email your details to eileen@redtwist.org