AUDITIONS

DETAILS

Audition slots available by appointment; Tuesday, October 13th 6:30-9:30pm at BPA (Bainbridge Performing Arts) on Bainbridge Island or Wednesday, October 14th 6-9:30pm at TPS (Theatre Puget Sound) in Seattle.

Callbacks will be held in person by invitation on Tuesday, November 17th 6:30-9:30pm at Bainbridge Performing Arts on Bainbridge Island.

Rehearsals Rehearsals will be January 11th - March 3rd and will be four days a week (Mon, Tues & Thurs evenings and Sat daytime). A more complete rehearsal schedule will be provided at callbacks. All rehearsals and performances will take place at Bainbridge Performing Arts on Bainbridge Island.

Performances will be March 4th-21st; Friday and Saturdays at 7:30 and Sundays at 3:00 at Bainbridge Performing Arts on Bainbridge Island.

Bainbridge Performing Arts is located on Bainbridge Island, a short walk from the ferry terminal. The 35-minute ferry leaves from Colman Dock on the Seattle waterfront and walk-on ferry passes will be provided for our Seattle-area cast members for rehearsals and performances. Mileage reimbursements will be provided to our non-ferry riding cast members. Bainbridge Performing Arts is pleased to offer a $400 stipend to all performers cast in our Mainstage productions, in recognition of the time and energy required to participate. While this stipend is intended to help offset the cost of participation, it is not a wage or salary and does not constitute employment. Participation remains a volunteer engagement, and the stipend is provided as a token of appreciation for your contribution to the artistic life of our community. BPA is committed to access, opportunity, and representation in all its projects, and we greatly look forward to performers of any and all genders, races, abilities, and body types at auditions.

Roles available for 3 male presenting and 4 female presenting adults over 18.

REQUIREMENTS

Please see synopsis and character list below.

Fill out the audition form below, which includes a place to upload resume and headshot.

For your audition, please prepare a 1-2 minute monologue.

If you have questions, please contact Deirdre Hadlock dhadlock@bainbridgeperformingarts.org

SYNOPSIS

In a seemingly perfect, well-to-do Victorian home, proper gentleman and scientist Dr. Givings has innocently invented an extraordinary new device for treating “hysteria” in women (and occasionally men): the vibrator. Adjacent to the doctor’s laboratory, his young and energetic wife tries to tend to their newborn daughter – and wonders exactly what is going on in the next room. When a new “hysterical” patient and her husband bring a wet nurse and their own complicated relationship into the doctor’s home, Dr. and Mrs. Givings must examine the nature of their own marriage, and what it truly means to love someone.

CHARACTERS

Dr. Givings: A proper, analytical scientist and doctor in his forties who treats female (and occasional male) "hysteria" using his newly invented electrical vibrator.

Catherine Givings: The doctor's young, energetic, and curious wife in her late twenties who cares for their newborn and wonders what happens in her husband's adjacent laboratory.

Sabrina Daldry: A patient in her early thirties suffering from anxiety and depression who seeks treatment from Dr. Givings.

Mr. Daldry: Sabrina's wealthy, older husband in his forties or fifties who accompanies her to appointments and grapples with their complicated relationship.

Elizabeth: An African-American wet nurse in her early thirties hired to nurse the Givings' baby after her own child passes away.

Annie: Dr. Givings's efficient and grounded medical/midwife assistant in her late thirties.

Leo Irving: An eccentric young English artist and patient of the doctor in his twenties or thirties who experiences his own emotional and physical awakening.