Five Women Wearing the Same Dress by Alan Ball

  • Non-Equity
  • Anywhere

Website Saint Sebastian Players

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Pay Rate: $0
Audition Date and Time: Monday, February 10, 7–10 p.m. CALLBACKS by invitation: Wednesday, February 12, 7–10 p.m.
Audition Location: Saint Sebastian Players at St. Bonaventure, 1625 W. Diversey, Chicago (enter through stage door in parking lot)

Audition requirements: Reading scenes from the script; those auditioning will receive sides in advance.

Synopsis
A humorous look at the complexities of friendship. During an ostentatious wedding reception at a Tennessee estate, five reluctant, identically clad bridesmaids hide out in an upstairs bedroom, each with her own reason to avoid the proceedings below. As the afternoon wears on, these five very different women joyously discover a common bond in this wickedly funny, irreverent and touching celebration of the women’s spirit.

Material to Prepare:

Sides will be provided.

Time Commitment:

Rehearsals begin mid-February, taking place weeknights and Saturday afternoons.

Performances: April 25–May 18, 2025
Fridays and Saturdays 7:30 p.m., Sundays 2 p.m.
All rehearsals and performances take place at St. Bonaventure, 1625 W. Diversey. Parking available.

Please do not submit if you are unavailable for any performances or tech week beginning Saturday, April 19 (Easter schedule is TBD).

Character Type/Restrictions:

Frances, early 20s female, a painfully sweet but sheltered fundamentalist
Meredith, early 20s female, the bride’s younger sister, whose precocious rebelliousness masks a dark secret
Trisha, early 30s female, a jaded beauty whose die-hard cynicism about men is called into question
Georgeanne, early 30s female, whose heartbreak over her own failed marriage triggers outrageous behavior
Mindy, mid- to late 30s female, the cheerful, wisecracking lesbian sister of the groom
Tripp, late 20s male, a charming bad-boy usher to whom there is more than meets the eye

To apply for this job email your details to auditions@saintsebastianplayers.org