(HACKETTSTOWN, NJ) -- Centenary Stage Company will be having auditions for the brand-new play Whippoorwill by Ruth Kirschner. Auditions will be held by appointment only on Friday, February 25 from 11:00am – 5:00pm. To schedule an appointment, call the Centenary Stage Company box office at (908) 979-0900. The auditions will be held in the Kutz Theatre of the Lackland Performing Arts Center at 715 Grand Avenue, Hackettstown, NJ on the campus of Centenary University.
If you are unable to attend, send resumes, headshots, and reels to [email protected] Att: Casting. Performers may prepare a monologue appropriate to the material or read from sides. Sides can be found online at centenarystageco.org and will also be provided the day of auditions.
Whippoorwill is a brand-new show by Ruth Kirschner. Originally submitted for the 2019 Women Playwrights Series, Whippoorwill tells the story of 9-year-old Bibi and her mother in suburban Ohio. They have made a good life for themselves, but Bibi is determined to get to the bottom of what really happened with her missing father, about whom her mother tells a different story each time she asks.
Performances will run March 31 through April 10.
Offers are out for roles, as noted below, but submissions will still be accepted for those parts. For more information, to download sides or the full text visit centenarystageco.org org.
Seeking:
Francine: (offer out) Bibi’s single mom, parenting blogger
Larry: (offer out) Francine’s Ex, Bibi’s Father, Afghan War Veteran, Wanderer
Bibi: (offer out) 9 ¾ years, Francine and Larry’s daughter, on the cusp
Mrs. Newcastle: (offer out) Age 80, Francine’s next-door neighbor
Andrew: (offer out) 50s, Jamaican Rastafari Uber driver
Morgue Attendant: Male, 30-40
Motel Clerk/Radio Host: Male
Centenary Stage Company remains committed to the health and safety of our community and adheres to all requirements set forth by the State of New Jersey. For more information regarding CSC COVID-19 policies and policy updates, visit centenarystageco.org/faq.
The 2021-22 season of performing arts events at the Centenary Stage Company is made possible through the generous support of the Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation, the NJ State Council on the Arts, the Shubert Foundation, the Blanche and Irving Laurie Foundation, the Sandra Kupperman Foundation, the John and Margaret Post Foundation, and CSC corporate sponsors, including Platinum Season Sponsor The House of the Good Shepherd, Silver Sponsors Hackettstown Medical Center Atlantic Health System, Home Instead Senior Care (Washington), and Fulton Bank, and Centenary Stage Company members and supporters.
