UPCOMING AUDITIONS
New Moon Theatre announces AUDITIONS for The Minutes, by Tracy Letts
September 30 , October 1st 2024
SIGN IN OUTSIDE THE GREEN ROOM STARTING AT 2:30.
First come first served.
All actors are encouraged to audition, regardless of gender, race, sexuality, ability or any physical characteristics.
Audition Material: Readings from the script. Sides are posted below
Production dates: December 12,13,14 2024
Rehearsal Dates: Monday to Thursday 2:30-4:30
Synopsis: This scathing new comedy about small-town politics and real-world power, from the author of August: Osage County and Killer Joe, exposes the ugliness behind some of our most closely held American narratives while asking each of us what we would do to keep from becoming history’s losers.
Characters:
▪ PEEL (Male). Pediatric dentist & new council member. Recently moved to town
▪ MAYOR SUBERBA – (female ) Slick (but not too slimy) Mayor of Big Cherry
▪ Ms. JOHNSON (female) – Carefully quiet council clerk, a bit harried
▪ BLAKE (African American female ) – Goes with the flow, enjoys a good Happy Hour
▪ BREEDING (Male) – The most non-PC council member. Smarmy & crude
▪ HANRATTY (30’s-50’s) – Likes to fight to get his way.
▪ ASSALONE (Male) – Unscrupulous, with an unfortunate name that is usually mispronounced.
▪ INNES (Female) – Self-involved council member, singularly focused, Older
▪ MATZ (Female ) – Ditzy, lives in her own head
▪ OLDFIELD (Male) – Long-serving (and frequently befuddled) council member, Older
▪ CARP (Male) – Missing council member
AUDITION SIDES (click the links to view the pdfs)
Page 9 – 11. Hanratty, Peel Blake.
Start: “Shame about Carp”
End: “You can’t compare Social Security.”
Page 18 – 20. Superba, Breed, Oldfield, Assalone
Start: “What are you saying?”
End: “I may not.”
Page 20 – 21. Innes, Superba, Breed, Matz
Start: “Your honor”
End: “Maybe you don’t.”
Page 30 – 32. Peel, Assalone, Superba, Matz
Start: “You missed a meeting.”
End: “All right, we can move on to our next item.”
Page 40 – 42. Assalone, Superba, Breeding, Innes
Start: “What’s that smell?”
End: “And the town of Big Cherry was saved.”
Page 46 – 47. Blake, Innes, Oldfield, Breeding, Hanratty
Start: “I mentioned last week…”
End: “Emancipate this, turkey!”
Page 57 – 58. Johnson monologue
Start: “Number Five. The council….”
End: “Mr. Carp's tenure with the council was completed. (NB: APP-X 974, 'Tr. Carp on BCHF; 10/25.)"
Page 64 – 65. Carp monologue (we may not do it all, but please prepare the monologue)
Start: “I’d like to read some of it to you.”
End: “and that’s how the town got its name.”
Page 66 – 67. Carp, Breeding, Hanratty
Start: “How about apologize….”
End: “Then I’ll take it over to the Grassland….”