Auditions Jan. 2 and 3rd

Auditions will be held for The Dining Room by A.R. Gurney. This play will be co-directed by Kevin McGuire and Cheryl Atkins.

Dates: Monday January 2, 6:30-8:00 pm
Tuesday January 3, 6:30-8:00 pm

Callbacks: Tuesday January 3, 6:30-8:00 pm

Location: Sunflower Cafe at East Mountain High School, 25 La Madera Road, Sandia Park

Roles available:
Minimum of 3 males and 3 females who will play multiple characters across multiple age ranges- a tour de force of the actors’ versatility and skill.

The play is set in the dining room of a typical well-to-do household, the place where the family assembled daily for breakfast and dinner and for any and all special occasions. The action is a mosaic of interrelated scenes—some funny, some touching, some rueful—which, taken together, create an in-depth portrait of a vanishing species: the upper-middle-class WASP. The actors change roles, personalities and ages with virtuoso skill as they portray a wide variety of characters, from little boys to stern grandfathers, and from giggling teenage girls to Irish housemaids. Each vignette introduces a new set of people and events; a father lectures his son on grammar and politics; a boy returns from boarding school to discover his mother’s infidelity; a senile grandmother doesn’t recognize her own sons at Christmas dinner; a daughter, her marriage a shambles, pleads futilely to return home, etc. Dovetailing swiftly and smoothly, the varied scenes coalesce, ultimately, into a theatrical experience of exceptional range, compassionate humor and abundant humanity.

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