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Lamplighters Theatre is holding auditions for

 

A Perfect Ganesh
A Comedy by Terence McNally

 

DIRECTED BY : Jennifer Peters
PRODUCED BY: Pam Stompoly

AUDITION DATES: Monday & Tuesday,
October 14 & 15 2024 from 7:00 – 10:00 pm

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CALLBACKS BY INVITATION ONLY: October 16, 2024, at 7:00pm.  Those actors called back will be notified right after auditions

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Please use Sign Up Genius link above to secure an audition spot:

 

***AUDITIONS WILL  BE HELD IN THE THEATRE LOBBY***

5915 Severin Drive, La Mesa, CA 91942

 

SHOW RUN: February 28 through March 23, 2025. 
INDUSTRY NIGHT: Monday, March 11 at 7:30 pm 
PERFORMANCES: Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30 pm, Sundays at 2 pm
Second Saturday, March 1, 2025, is a 2:00 matinee; no evening performance

SHOW EXTENSION:  Please reserve the weekend of March 28 – 30, for a possible extension.

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AUDITION INFORMATION

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Please prepare a two-minute (max) contemporary comedic monologue.
 

No performance conflicts permitted.
 

Please use Sign Up Genius link above to secure an audition spot.

Please bring your most current headshot and resume.
 
All roles are open for inclusivity and diversity. 
Lamplighters is an all-volunteer organization.

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SYNOPSIS 

 

The pilgrimage tradition is turned on its head when two outwardly unremarkable, middle-aged lady friends throw themselves into a rousing tour of India, each one having her own secret dreams of what the fabled land of  intoxicating opposites will do for the suffering she hides within. Faced with the women’s despair, who but the golden elephant god could intervene? Fluid in his power to assume any guise, at peace with all things, Ganesha is the spiritual center around which the play spins itself, drawing upon the tragic and the comic, the beautiful and the deplorable, until a breathtaking release arrives for both women at his hands.​

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ROLES AVAILABLE:  Two females, two males
 
Margaret Civil and Katherine Brynne - 50’s -60’s: 
Female presenting – 50 -60 – From Greenwich, Connecticut – Caucasian.  Both have money and privilege, but the kind they don’t realize they have.  While Margaret comes across as prim, proper, and most intolerant of secondhand embarrassment, Katherine seems free, and ready to go where the wind takes her, other people’s opinions be damned.
 
Please note – both women are confronting their separate pasts in this show. The playwright uses harsh and offensive language to accomplish this.
 
Man:
Open to all – All races and genders are encouraged to audition.
 
This role consists of someone different in each scene, including but not limited to Katherine’s husband and son, fellow travelers, porters, stewards and ticket counter personnel. All characters are male presenting but are from varying countries and of different status.
 
Ganesha:
A Hindu God – Ganesha has an elephant’s head and will be wearing a mask for a large portion of the show.
 
Male or female presenting actor of South Asian descent. Ganesha serves as narrator, and chorus. Ganesha is everyone and everywhere, fluid and peaceful.
 
Ganesha plays several roles other than the Hindu God – including fellow travelers, hotel workers, both male and female presenting.​