[Capdist-auditions] Open Auditions for THE CAKE March 3 & 5 at Schenectady Civic Players

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	 OPEN AUDITIONS FOR  SCHENECTADY CIVIC PLAYERS’  

   THE CAKE

 BY BECCA BRUNSTETTER 

	  Directed by Sara Paupini 

	 AUDITIONS: TUESDAY, MARCH 3 & THURSDAY, MARCH 5    (Performance
dates: May 8 thru 17) 

	AUDITIONS AT 7:30 PM AT SCHENECTADY CIVIC PLAYERS, 12 S. CHURCH ST.,
SCHENECTADY. SIGN-UP BEGINNING AT 7:15 PM. ROLES FOR 3 WOMEN AND 1 MAN
(READING FROM THE SCRIPT)_ _ 

	DELLA MAKES CAKES, NOT JUDGMENT CALLS – THOSE SHE LEAVES TO HER
HUSBAND, TIM. BUT WHEN THE GIRL SHE HELPED RAISE COMES BACK HOME TO
NORTH CAROLINA TO GET MARRIED, AND THE FIANCé IS ACTUALLY A FIANCéE,
DELLA’S LIFE GETS TURNED UPSIDE DOWN. SHE CAN’T REALLY MAKE A CAKE
FOR SUCH A WEDDING, CAN SHE? FOR THE FIRST TIME IN HER LIFE, DELLA HAS
TO THINK FOR HERSELF

	AUDITION INFO 

	FOR SMALL-TOWN BAKER DELLA, THE CREATION OF SWEET AND SUMPTUOUS CAKES
IS A RAPTUROUS EXPERIENCE. HER LOVE OF BAKING IS MATCHED BY THE
INTENSE AFFECTION SHE FEELS FOR JEN, THE YOUNG WOMAN SHE HELPED TO
RAISE AND VIEWS AS A SURROGATE DAUGHTER. BUT WHEN JEN ASKS THAT DELLA
BAKE A CAKE FOR HER WEDDING TO ANOTHER WOMAN, DELLA’S RELIGIOUS
BELIEFS STOP HER COLD. WITH IMMENSE HEART AND HUMOR, BRUNSTETTER’S
PLAY NAVIGATES THE MESSY COLLISION OF THE PERSONAL AND THE POLITICAL,
WHILE ILLUMINATING THE HUMANITY OF ALL INVOLVED. 

	(ALL AGES ARE APPROXIMATE) 

	DELLA- LATE 40S-60S.  NORTH CAROLINIAN, BORN AND RAISED. A RELIGIOUS
AND SOCIALLY CONSERVATIVE WOMAN. WARM, GENUINE, CARING; SHE HAS A
MATERNAL INSTINCT DESPITE THE FACT THAT SHE HAS NO CHILDREN OF HER
OWN. AN OLD FRIEND OF JEN’S FAMILY. MARRIED TO TIM. SHE SEES HERSELF
AS OPENMINDED, BUT HER LIFE HASN’T BROUGHT HER INTO CONTACT WITH
MANY PEOPLE WHO CHALLENGE THE WORLD-VIEW SHE GREW UP WITH. A PROLIFIC
AND ENTHUSIASTIC BAKER, SHE HAS BEEN CHOSEN AS A CONTESTANT FOR THE
GREAT AMERICAN BAKING SHOW. 

	JEN- LATE 20S-EARLY 30S. BORN AND RAISED IN NORTH CAROLINA, SHE HAS
BROUGHT HER SOUTHERN MANNERS WITH HER TO BROOKLYN, WHERE SHE HAS MADE
A HOME WITH HER FIANCéE, MACY. AN EXPERIENCED EVENT PLANNER WITH A
COMPULSIVE ATTENTION TO DETAIL. CONSIDERATE, KIND, AND ENTHUSIASTIC,
SHE WANTS TO SEE THE BEST IN PEOPLE, THOUGH SHE DOESN’T ALWAYS SEE
IT IN HERSELF. HER TRADITIONAL UPBRINGING IS OFTEN AT ODDS WITH HER
NEWFOUND LIBERAL LIFESTYLE, AND PLANNING HER LESBIAN WEDDING IN HER
HOMETOWN BRINGS THAT TENSION TO A CRISIS POINT. 

	MACY- LATE 20S- EARLY 30S. BORN AND RAISED IN NEW YORK. PROGRESSIVE,
SHARP, OUTSPOKEN. VERY CONFIDENT IN HER BELIEF SYSTEM, AND SHE
DOESN’T HESITATE TO CHALLENGE THOSE WHO THINK DIFFERENTLY. INNATELY
CURIOUS AND INQUISITIVE. SHE HAS A DEEP LOVE FOR JEN, ALTHOUGH SHE IS
IMPATIENT WITH JEN’S WILLINGNESS TO MAKE ALLOWANCES FOR HER
CONSERVATIVE SOUTHERN FRIENDS AND FAMILY. SHE IS WHO SHE IS, AND SHE
WON’T MAKE COMPROMISES TO CODDLE PEOPLE’S FEELINGS. AFRICAN
AMERICAN. 

	TIM- LATE 40S-60. DELLA’S HUSBAND.  A GOOD SOUTHERN BOY. HE’S A
PLUMBER WITH A GREAT WORK ETHIC, WHO TAKES PRIDE IN PROVIDING FOR HIS
HOUSEHOLD. HE IS COMFORTABLE IN HIS TRADITIONAL VALUES, AND HAS NEVER
SEEN ANY NEED TO QUESTION HIS BELIEFS. HE IS LOVING AND LOVED, THOUGH
PERHAPS NOT COMPLETELY IN TOUCH WITH HIS EMOTIONS. 

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