Auditions for WALTER CRONKITE IS DEAD
The Little Theatre of Manchester is auditioning for Joe Calarco’s WALTER CRONKITE IS DEAD directed by Gloria Trombley for a June production. Auditions are BY APPOINTMENT ONLY on Sunday, April 11 at 1 PM to 4 PM and Monday, April 12 at 7 PM to 9 PM, at Cheney Hall, 177 Hartford Road, Manchester. Callbacks will be Wednesday, April 14th.
IN-PERSON AUDITION
This is an in-person audition, and the strictest COVID guidelines (including mask enforcement and social distancing) will be followed to ensure the safety of all involved. These auditions are BY APPOINTMENT ONLY. Those auditioning will be required to schedule themselves for a 15-minute time slot using LTM’s website. A MASK IS REQUIRED.
No monologues are required as you will be asked to read from the script. All roles are open.
REHEARSALS
Rehearsals will begin on Monday, May 3rd, 2021 and will be three days a week (Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday) for all weeks preceding Tech Week which will begin on Sunday, June 6th, 2021. Performance dates are June 11th - 21st, Friday and Saturday evenings and Saturday and Sunday afternoons. All actors must be available during the entire Tech Week as well as all performance dates. Absences during Tech Week or the run of the show WILL NOT be accommodated.
CHARACTERS
Margaret
Late 60’s (these ages are just suggested by the playwright)
“can be distant until you crack her shell”
she is searching for new horizons
a great storyteller
Prim
Liberal (Blue state?)
Eccentric
More fashionable of the two women
Good posture
An obsessive matron who loved the Kennedys – named her children after them!
Drinks white wine
Patty
In her 50’s (as given by the playwright)
Warm personality
Chatterbox/talkative
Enthusiastic
She loves traveling
Boisterous/Loud… LET’S TALK!
Wears a ‘fanny pack’ and jeans - buys her clothes from Walmart and Target
Conservative (Red state?)
A Southerner from Tennessee
Relaxed posture
Has “looney monologues” – she’s on a 50 state tour/trip
Drinks coke
Based loosely on stereotypes, these two strangers are unlikely people who meet and feel free to reveal much to each other; they are not politically correct, yet they both feel it is OK to disagree and even argue, as long as you keep an open mind and remain a kind person! (it is definitely not set in the politically combustible 2020/2021!!) At times it seems like we are witnessing two sides of the culture war of 2010 and each woman challenges their preconceived notions of life.
“Both are proud women, who don’t expect to receive some shocking moral lesson. But, true to life, by the end they’ve learned a bit, and this bit that sinks in proves more culturally enlightening than any trip or travel they’ve done. Calarco spares us too much-forced symmetry – both characters are reminded of the need to listen, but one is better at it, and the other may or may not put in the effort to get there – so the payoff comes piecemeal, collected mainly from modest punchlines and the simple pleasure of watching two great actresses skim the watery line between the funny and the deeply serious.” From a review at The Signature Theatre
For more information: auditions@cheneyhall.org
Little Theatre of Manchester is a non-equity, community theatre – no pay is involved.
The Director of the production has the right to dismiss and replace an actor at any time, for any reason during the rehearsal or performance period.