[Capdist-auditions] Auditions for A Matter of Grace with Confetti Stage

[Jeff Hocking]

CONFETTI STAGE ANNOUNCES AUDITIONS FOR THE REGIONAL PREMIERE OF
MARY MILLER's AWARD WINNING PLAY A MATTER OF GRACE

A Matter of Grace exposes the ugly side of the American economy: the
downsizing, the greed, and the games we play with other people's lives.

A modern day Faust, the story hinges on a bet. A deal is made between
Joanne Lugano, the advertising sales director at a small cable TV
network, who has sacrificed everything for her career and having hit
the glass ceiling is now driven only by the amount of pain she can
inflict upon others, and her assistant, Ann McKenzie, a single woman
in her late thirties struggling to keep a job in a career she never
wanted in a world she never envisioned. The rippling effects of this
bet envelop the lives of everyone in the office and beyond, ultimately
entrapping Joy, a homeless woman on the streets of Manhattan, who
becomes their unwitting victim in this cat-and-mouse game of life and
death.

Through the lives of three women we watch as they gradually switch
places, reversing roles, as their dialogue overlaps and their lives
mirror one another in ways that blur the line between the rich and the
poor - "there but for the grace of God go I."

CHARACTERS AVAILABLE FOR THIS CONFETTI STAGE MAINSTAGE PRODUCTION ARE:

ANN MCKENZIE - a businesswoman (plays in her 30s). A prior victim of
downsizing, she is single, alone, and frightened of losing the job she
has now.

JACK CONNER - a sharp young man (plays 20s).  He dresses and attempts
to live above his means.  He looks like the cover of GQ and he knows it.

HUGH WAGNER - an older man (plays 50s - 60s trying to look younger).
A veteran of the television business who is not ready to quit, just
yet.  He wears heeled boots to add height and a bad toupee.

JOANNE LUGANO - the boss. (plays late 30s - mid 50s).  She is single,
driven and frustrated with disappointment.  Well dressed.  She has
fought her way up the corporate ladder and hit the glass ceiling.

JOY - a homeless woman. (plays in her 30s) Recently homeless, through
no fault of her own.


AUDITIONS WILL BE HELD ON MONDAY, APRIL 7 & TUESDAY, APRIL 8 @ 7:00PM
EACH EVENING.

AUDITIONS WILL BE AT CONFETTI STAGE @ THE WOMEN'S BUILDING, 79 CENTRAL
AVENUE, ALBANY, NY.

THOSE AUDITIONING WILL BE ASKED TO READ SELECTIONS FROM THE SCRIPT.

PLEASE CONTACT MANAGING ARTISTIC DIRECTOR, NEILSON JONES @  
NEILJONES at CONFETTISTAGE.COM FOR A PDF COPY OF THE SCRIPT, IF INTERESTED.

REHEARSALS WILL BEGIN MID APRIL, WITH PERFORMANCES SET FOR THE FIRST  
TWO WEEKENDS IN JUNE.


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