Auditions
AUDITION NOTICE: “The Children” by Lucy Kirkwood
Directed by Madalyn Rilling
Show Dates: January 29th – February 15th
Audition Date: Sunday, November 16th from 9:30am – 12:30pm at SET at the The Fifty Niner, 2409 W Colorado Ave, Colorado Springs, CO 80904. If necessary, callbacks will take place Tuesday, November 18th from 6:00 – 8:00pm.
If you are not available for an audition slot, please reach out via text at 510-859-3022.
Auditions will consist of readings from the script. Sides are here: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1577wGA5_GBlMJ6Z8M9ATvxMfOvAVuc1X?usp=sharing
Sign up for an audition slot here: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/409094EAEAF2FA7FD0-60273972-auditions
Please bring a current headshot and resume, if available.
Synopsis: Hazel and Robin, retired nuclear scientists, live in a coastal cottage impacted by a disaster at a local power station. Rose, a former colleague, appears at their doorstep after an absence of 38 years. She is not entirely welcome. Long-buried currents of an old love affair between Rose and Robin threaten to overflow at any moment and catching up with each others’ lives over the last four decades throws differences into sharp relief. As the three spend time together, it becomes clear that Rose has come with a proposition that requires them all to consider what they owe to each other and to their children. Set in Britain.
Available Roles:
Hazel – 60s – Retired nuclear scientist. Married to Robin with four children. Orderly, direct, practical.
Robin – 60s – Retired nuclear scientist. Married to Hazel. Flirtatious, protective, impulsive, surprisingly sentimental.
Rose – 60s – Retired nuclear scientist. Independent, free spirit, off-kilter sense of humor.
Intimacy note: Robin and Rose have the following physical contact: kiss, neck kiss, chest grab. Hazel and Robin have the following physical contact: near kiss with a pull away, hand kiss. We will be working with an intimacy choreographer.
SET encourages performers of all ethnicities, gender identities, as well as performers with disabilities, to attend every audition.
If cast, all roles are on a volunteer basis and unpaid. Springs Ensemble Theatre is unable to hire members of Equity at this time.