[Capdist-auditions] Auditions for The Heidi Chronicles

[Bunbury Players]

Announcing auditions for Bunbury Players’ production

The Heidi Chronicles

Written by Wendy Wassterstein

Directed by Amy Hausknecht

All roles are open to performers of all ages, ethnicities and gender
identities.

Heidi Holland: We see her from her late teens to her late 30s; an art
historian and writer, highly articulate, intelligent, thoughtful; we see
her journey over almost 25 years from a high school student to an
accomplished writer and new mother; throughout this time, Heidi maintains
her values, ideals, and loyalties while many of her friends adjust theirs
to fit the social and political climate of the times; she is a serious and
good person with an ironic sense of humor, who struggles to understand her
place and identity in a changing world.

Scoop Rosenbaum: Heidi’s sometime lover, a charismatic, Jewish journalist
with irresistible charm and sex appeal; he’s an insightful, successful,
well-educated overachiever who is attractive and self-centered; incredibly
smart, with an ability to think on his feet and an uncanny understanding of
the way the world works, he knows exactly how to make it work for him;
self-confident and warm, he loves Heidi deeply but knows that she’s not the
right match for him.

Peter Patrone: We see him from his late teens through his late 30s; Heidi’s
best friend, a fiercely clever and literate pediatrician; he is by turns
both sensitive and cynical; charming and witty, he and Heidi meet at a high
school dance and forge a friendship which will last for years; thoughtful,
articulate, warm, charming, with a real depth of feeling.



Susan Johnston: We see her from her late teens through her late 30s;
Heidi’s oldest friend who throws herself fully into whatever she pursues in
life; we see her journey from a high school student obsessed with boys, to
a feminist law student, to a Supreme Court clerk, to a member of a Montana
women’s collective, to a Hollywood studio executive; intelligent, bold,
direct, though not terribly introspective; she seems to change identities
with the changing world and current fashion but is fully committed to every
identity she assumes.

Fran/Molly/Betsy/April: Fran is a lesbian graduate student in a women’s rap
group in the early ‘70s, opinionated, authoritative, and warm; Molly is a
member of a Montana women’s collective; Betsy is a pregnant magazine
editor; smart, sardonic, down to earth; April is the glib, well-dressed
host of “Hello New York," a TV talk show, who leads the glamorous life of a
media star and is able to talk about anything regardless of whether she
knows anything about it.

Jill/Debbie/Lisa: Jill is a sheltered, repressed, yet cheerful suburban
housewife and mother whose self-awareness blossoms through her
participation in a women’s rap group in the early ‘70s. Debbie is an
activist protesting the lack of inclusion of women artists at a museum; she
is committed and carries a bullhorn. Lisa is Scoop’s wife, a children’s
book illustrator “from the best Jewish family in Memphis," attractive,
traditional, optimistic, and good-hearted.

Becky/Denise/Clara: Becky is a teenage waif at a women’s rap group in the
early ‘70s; she has stumbled upon the group because she has no one else to
turn to; utterly sincere, vulnerable, and trusting. Denise is a young
professional woman of the ‘80s, a bright, attractive, ambitious, educated
yuppie in her 20s; energetic, successful, doesn’t question herself or her
world.

Chris Boxer/Mark/TV Technician/Waiter/Ray: One actor to play five
distinctly different roles. Chris Boxer is a prep-school student council
president at a school dance in 1964; Mark is a nice young man who has been
watching Nixon’s resignation; Ray is an anesthesiologist, kind and
intelligent.



Auditions

Saturday, September 10th at 1PM

Saratoga Springs Public Library

Dutcher Community Room

No preparation needed – you will asked to do cold readings from the script

Proof of vaccination REQUIRED to audition!

Rehearsals

Tuesdays & Thursdays from 7PM-9PM

Saturdays from 1PM-5PM

Beginning Saturday, September 17th

Prince of Peace Lutheran Church

Tech Week Schedule (Albany Barn)

Saturday, October 29th (Load-In) - 8AM

Sunday, October 30th - 1PM Call

(Dark Monday, October 31st)

Tuesday, November 1st - 7PM Call

Wednesday, November 2nd - 7PM Call

Thursday, November 3rd - 7PM Call (Invited Dress)



NO ABSENCES permitted during tech week.

Performances

Friday, November 4th at 8PM

Saturday, November 5th at 8PM

Sunday, November 6th at 2PM

The Albany Barn

If you have any questions, please contact the director via email at
amychausknecht at gmail.com.
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