MAINSTAGE AUDITIONS
The Foreigner by Larry Shue
Directed by Ed Mulcahy
Auditions: February 18 and 19, 2008, in the Studio Theatre.
Performances May 2, 3, 8, 11, 12, 13, 15, 16, 17, - 2008
Place and Time: "Betty Meeks' Fishing Lodge Resort, Tilghman County, Georgia, U.S.A.;" the recent past, spring
Persons of the Play:
Sgt. "FROGGY" LeSUEUR "30-50, perhaps," British Army sergeant, "well-fed, flushed with the spirit of adventure"
CHARLIE BAKER "Froggy," 30-50 also English, He seems quietly, somehow permanently, lost;" "I've sat behind my grey little proofreader's desk for twenty-seven years"
The rest of the characters are from rural Georgia
BETTY MEEKS - "60-70 "... like, everyone, is wise about some things and naive about others"
REV. DAVID MARSHALL LEE 25-35, "a friendly, open face... He seems rather to be a regular guy-- humorous, and open, he would appear, good to have on our side."
CATHERINE SIMMS , 22 -25, fiancee of David and pregnant by him when the action of the play begins, "formidable little figure.
OWEN MUSSER , 20s-40s, "dank presence... Psychologists tell us to beware of a man with two tattoos. One, he may have gotten on a drunk or a dare. But two means he went back. Owen is a two-tattoo man. "
ELLARD SIMMS , 16-20 Catherine's younger brother, He is a overgrown, backward youth, who spends much of his time kneading something tiny and invisible in from of his chest."
TOWNSPEOPLE: non-speaking
STUDIO AUDITIONS
See You Next Season for New Rounds of Auditions!
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