Auditions for This Side of Crazy by Del Shores
- Cory Molner
- Jul 22, 2024
- 2 min read
convergence-continuum announces auditions for
This Side of Crazy by Del Shores
directed by Kate Smith
PLAY DESCRIPTION:
Ditty Blaylock, the most prolific singer in gospel music history, is being honored by Gospel Music Network. All the stars are aligning to showcase Ditty’s songs on her TV special. But there is one glitch. A little hiccup. Ditty has promised a reunion of The Blaylock Sisters, her three adult daughters who were once national sensations – “little superstars for Jesus.”
Rachel, the oldest sister, who lives with Ditty, is furious when she finds out that her baby sister Bethany, an atheist and lesbian, and Abigail, her middle sister who has “anger issues” and currently is confined to a mental facility, are headed home. What the public doesn't know is that these complicated sisters have been estranged for over twenty-five years – and extreme past circumstances, including a husband left in a coma, have made reconciliation impossible.
Once the sisters are reunited, secrets are revealed, tempers flare and family wounds are exposed. But… the show must go on!
AVAILABLE ROLES:
DITTY BLAYLOCK The matriarch of the family. Seventy, but some "work" has perhaps kept her looking younger. Once a stage mother, she is controlling and narcissistic. Lives for the dramatic and the spotlight.
RACHEL BLAYLOCK HANKS is the oldest sister. She’s forty-eight, pretty, conservative and well-preserved and can never be wrong.
BETHANY BLAYLOCK, the youngest sister is a very hot, hard-bodied forty-five. She has failed at marriage and love too many times to count, is now an atheist and a lesbian. She is always thinking, questioning, and most likely has untreated ADHD.
ABIGAIL BLAYLOCK is the middle sister. She’s forty-six, but looks older and has lots of suppressed anger. Betrayed by her sister Rachel, who stole her fiancé, Abigail strangled the man who also betrayed her.
ABOUT THE AUDITIONS:
Sunday, August 11th at 2 - 4 PM
Monday, August 12th at 7 - 9 PM
Auditions will occur at the LIMINIS Theatre 2438 Scranton Rd. Cleveland, OH 44113
PRODUCTION DATES:
Production will be Friday December 6th - 21st, with performances Thursday – Saturday at 8pm.
For questions, please contact the Director Kate Smith.
All Roles receive a $400 stipend.
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