| Auditions Saturday, March 3, 2012 11:00am until 2:00pm
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UNRELENTING RELAXATION
April 20th - May 27th
Fridays and Saturdays at 8pm, Sundays at 2pm
by Amanda DeMaio
Directed by Mike Martin
"...the most graceful and compelling anti-war piece I've ever seen" -- OC Weekly"
A bold original play written by STAGES own Amanda DeMaio, Unrelenting Relaxation has received rave reviews all over Orange County and Los Angeles. A powerhouse play about four European women forced into prostitution by the Japanese regime during World War II, and the doctor who tries to help them any way she can, even if it's just to help them die
Mature Subject Matter
Unrelenting Relaxation Script Sample
CHARACTER BREAKDOWN:
Dorothy Rothschild (Female Mid 30's-Mid 50's): From Krosno, Poland. Sarcastic, bitter, and incomplete. Polish accent required.
Jane Hudson-Burke (Female Mid 30's-Mid 50's): From Norwich, England. Refined, hopeful, and quiet. British accect required.
Louisa-May Brockman (Female Mid 30's-Mid 50's): From Odense, Denmark. Intelligent and guilt-ridden. Danish accent required.
Hanya Westola (Female Mid 30's-Mid 50's): From Helsinki, Finland. Strong, often connected but at times detached. Finnish accent required.
Ariela Solis (Female Mid 30's-Mid 50's): From Paris, France. Resolved and matter-of-fact. The organizer. French accent required.
Interviewer: (Male Any age): The voice of the audience.
Auditions will consist of cold readings from the script. A PDF of the script in its entirety as well as audition sides will be available on this page prior to the audition.
Please come prepared with headshot and resume. As stated above ALL of the women in the show have accents. We don't expect accents to be spot on perfect for audition purposes, but please know that you will be asked to make an attempt at them.
There is the possibility of some pay for this production.
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| Auditions Saturday March 10th @11am
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PURGATORIO
April 28th - May 26th
Saturdays and Sundays at 5pm
by Ariel Dorfman
Directed by Jeff Lowe
"Are there crimes for which there can be no forgiveness?"
A man and a woman enter a room. We see only a small bed, two chairs, and a table. Is it an asylum? A prison? Interrogation room? Questions are asked and answered. We feel we know the story. In this room, both the man and woman are faced with the truths of their lives. Playwright Ariel Dorfman puts before us the question of justice and forgiveness. Are there crimes for which there can be no forgiveness? If there is no forgiveness, how do we move on with our lives? PURGATORIO reacquaints us with the tragedy of Jason and Medea.
Perhaps no ancient tale has inspired more debate or provoked more horror. Through Dorfman's evocative language and keen understanding of humanity, we see the story anew through his crystalline lens. The play is a charged, poetic inquiry into human relationships that dangles the possibility of redemption just out of reach
Adult Content
Synopsis:
A man and a woman are stuck in a room. One of them is the patient, the other, a physician. These two people are, though never mentioned in the play by name, Jason and Medea, a man who took an exotic woman as a wife, who bore him children, to only leave her for a woman more like himself in looks only. In response, she killed their two sons and his new bride. The man attempts to get the woman to repent for her sins, and admit her wrongdoings in life, so that she might be reborn again on earth. The scene changes revealing that the woman is now the physician, and the man is the patient, requiring him to do the same thing. The scene switches back to the first scene ending with both the man and the woman being forced to start over from the beginning having broken the one and only rule: The patient can never know the identity of the physician. Either both of them repent, or they must both start over from the beginning of their time, in Purgatorio.
Casting:
Man - A physician, any age
Woman - A patient, any age
There is no pay
Production runs: April 28th-May 26th. Saturdays and Sundays at 5PM
Please bring resume and headshot.
Auditions will consist of reading from the script.
Audition Sides:
Man and Woman Sides
Man Sides
Purgatorio Woman Sides
Purgatorio Synopsis
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