Auditions
Curtain Going Up!
Thursday, February 2nd from 6-8 PM
Saturday, February 4th from 10 AM - 2 PM
Auditions will be held at St. Peter's Church Auxiliary Hall on W. Water St., just behind the church. Enter through the side door between the buildings. Go up 1 flight of stairs and enter the double doors on your right.
Casting Requirements
7 males, 10 females
Miss Irene Burgess - the Drama teacher, is young - in her early 30s - and attractive in an adult, intelligent sort of way. She wears rather tailored clothes in order to contrast with her students. She is tactful and energetic and has a good sense of humor; she also has no idea, despite some evident nervousness, of what she is in for in the production of her first play at Riverview High School. She has a tendency, common to many teachers, to keep constant check on the time by glancing at her wristwatch.
Mr. Norman Carter - He is the journalism instructor, a well set-up man in his early 30s with an amiable manner and a great deal of charm.
Lorry (Loretta) Fuller - Lorrie is a natural, handsome girl with a frank straightforward approach to life. She is popular with boys and girls and teachers - a rare combination in an individual. Her manner is simple and direct. She seems, at first glance, the last one in the group who might let theatrical success or ambitions change her course. She wears simple clothes.
Andy (Andrew) Fullbright - Andy is an excitable young man, not nearly so handsome as Jocko in the usual sense, but full of a natural outgoing charm that is genuine. Without much ado about it, he is a good student and an athlete - but his interest int he school play is purely romantic: Lorry. He wears casual clothes with a careless grace.
Nancy Leveridge - a pretty young lady, about 17, with great and driving ambitions; she has the intelligence and drive necessary to carry out most of them, too, but her "most-likely-to-succeed: attitude, while it engenders a certain respect among her classmates, also, sadly enough, sets her apart from them and makes her rather unpopular; being fundamentally sensitive, she feels this, but unfortunately there is littel she can do about it. She dresses extremely well, better than most of the girls, and in a slightly more adult manner. She condunts herself with a great deal of poise - a manner which verges on the icy occasionally, especially when she is placed on the defensive.
Jocko Guthrie - is the "actor-type". He wears a sports jacket, sports, shirt, a carelessly knotted scarf in place of a tie; he is handsome in a standardized, hollywoodish sort of way; and above all he is conscious of his charm. He is accustomed to being, and enjoys being, the center of attention. He may someday, with the proper hardships to overcome, develop into a pleasance, ordinary, likable human being; but at the moment his manner - "the boy with the biggest line" - is a trible hard to take; however, most of the girls like it. He speaks precisely, always attempting but not always achieving a languid superiority to his mundane surroundings.
Miss Carolyn Moran - she is young - not more than 35 - and if she would allow her personality some scope, she might even be attractive. But, she is a sugar-sweet person who makes everyone immediately suspicious of her sincerity. She is the home economics teacher and with her students does costuming for the plays.
Milt Sanders - a bundle of adolescent energy, fast-moving, brash, guilty of awful practical jokes, but at the same time oddly likable. He wears a brilliant plaid bowtie, saddle shoes, loud slacks, and a pale yellow shirt. In the play within the play, Milt plays a Southern retinue during the Civil War, with a stereotypical drawl and appears in black face.
Miss Henrietta Rivers - She is in her 50s, gray hair, a precise firm manner, dignity without warmth. She is the Senior Class Advisor.
Buck O'Hara - about 17, athletic type - with a vengeance, huge, slow, woman-shy, hesitant in manner, easily embarrassed except on the ball-fields. He wears a sweatshirt as standard equipment and regards all girls with suspicion.
Elsie Hunter - about 17, blonde, inclined to vivid clothes, frank if not brash.
Mr. Tony Peterson - "Old Tony" - as he is sometimes affectionately, sometimes bitterly referred to by the students - is a grizzled man who could be almost any age between 50 and 90: dour, eccentric, fundamentally soft-hearted but crotchety. Tony rather enjoys his reputation as a grouch. He wears blue overalls, a faded workshirt, and a bandana handkerchief dangles from his rear pocket. Graying hair and bushy brows, possibly.
Mr. Richard Leveridge - a dignified gentleman, Nancy's father, and a banker. He wears a conservative business suit and carries a hat.
Janet Young - about 17, a less positivie personality, a hero-worshipper, wears ultra-feminine, even frilly clothes, petite, a giggler.
Joan White & Sylvia Moore - are typical girls of their age - of contrasting types and coloring. Both are rather uninhibited and rowdy, great friends, almost inseparable. They wear school clothes of the skirts and sweaters variety.
Kyle Roberts - is a flamboyant, authoritative, theatrical type of individual who speaks grandly, uses flourishing and impressive gestures, and dominates the scene.