[Capdist-auditions] CORRECTed: Auditions THURSDAY! Curtain Call Theatre!

[Robert Gonyo]

*CORRECTED from previous post!

Auditions!! THURSDAY 10/18 at 6:30pm – Curtain Call Theater, Latham*

* http://www.curtaincalltheatre.com/   *

*For more information, contact Cindy Brizzell-Bates (Director) at 221-2235
or cbates at siena.edu.*

*Looking for Normal*

By Jane Anderson

*Time*: The present   *Place*: Somewhere in Ohio



*Characters*:

*Roy* – middle-American and middle-aged

*Irma* – Roy's wife. The same.

*Wayne* – their son, early 20's, a roadie

*Patty Ann* – their daughter, 13, a tomboy

*Roy Senior* – Roy's father, a farmer

*Em* – Roy's mother, a farmer's wife

*Rev. Muncie* – their pastor

*Frank* – Roy's boss at the John Deere plant

*Grandmother Ruth* – Roy's grandmother from another time

*The Story:*

Roy and Irma have been married for twenty-five years. They have two
children. They live in the heartland. They're respected members of their
church and their community. When Roy and Irma go to their pastor for
marriage counseling, Roy confesses that he's a woman trapped in a man's body
and would like to have a sex change. As would be expected, Irma throws Roy
out of the house. But their bond as a couple is stronger than either of them
imagined, and eventually Irma finds a way to make peace with this
unfathomable situation and accept her transformed husband as her lifelong
mate. They not only have to wrestle with the meaning of their marriage, they
must deal with the delicate dynamics of their family as well. Roy is
burdened by his father's stubborn assessment of his manhood and his mother's
sad acceptance of life's cruelties. Irma, in the midst of menopause, is
struggling with her adolescent tomboy daughter, Patty Ann, who is raging
against the injustices of her own budding hormones. And the grown and absent
son, Wayne, who has always bemoaned his father's emotional limitations, is
now outraged by his father's desire to be a woman. Overseeing it all is
Roy's legendary grandmother, who left her husband and son to pursue her own
sexual and emotional needs. The play explores the complexities of marriage,
family and deconstructs the very notion of love. (from Dramatists Play
Service, Inc.)

*Rehearsal Schedule:* Rehearsals begin around January 7th and rehearsals
will generally be held Sunday afternoons or early evenings, and Mon-Wed
approx. 6:30-9:30pm. This schedule can be altered based on the actor's
schedules.

*Performance Schedule:* February 22nd – March 22nd – Wed & Thurs at 7:30pm;
Fri & Sat at 8pm; Sun at 2pm.
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