Auditions
Lamplighters Theatre is holding auditions for
Five Women Wearing the Same Dress
By Alan Ball
DIRECTOR: Teri Brown
PRODUCER: Heather Kenney
AUDITION DATES: January 14 & 15, 2024 at 7:00pm
Please use Sign Up Genius link to secure an audition spot:
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/409094AACAC29ABFE3-46871426-lamplighters
***AUDITIONS WILL BE HELD IN THE THEATRE LOBBY***
5915 Severin Drive, La Mesa, CA 91942
CALLBACKS BY INVITATION ONLY: January 17, 2024, at 7:00pm. Those actors called back will be notified the day following auditions.
SHOW RUN: March 1 through March 24, 2024
INDUSTRY NIGHT: Monday, March 11, 2024
PERFORMANCES: Fridays and Saturdays at 8:00 pm, Sundays at 2:00 pm
SHOW EXTENSIONS:
Please reserve the afternoons of March 16 & 23, for possible matinees.
Please reserve the weekend of March 29-31 for a possible 1 week extension.
AUDITION INFORMATION: Please prepare a one-minute contemporary comedic monologue.
PLEASE PROVIDE ALL CONFLICTS BETWEEN now and March 31.
Please bring your most current headshot and resume.
All roles are open for inclusivity and diversity.
Lamplighters is an all-volunteer organization.
SYNOPSIS
During an ostentatious wedding reception at a Knoxville, Tennessee, estate, five reluctant, identically clad bridesmaids hide out in an upstairs bedroom, each with her own reason to avoid the proceedings below. As the afternoon wears on, these five very different women joyously discover a common bond in this wickedly funny, irreverent, and touching celebration of women’s spirit.
ROLES AVAILABLE: Five females / 20s – 30s, one male / 20s – 30s
MEREDITH – (female presenting, Southern dialect, any race, 20s) A bridesmaid. Sister of the bride. She is the “rebel” of the family. Has a hard shell to cover up her soft side and past traumatic experiences. Can be seen as inappropriate or wild when it comes to her choices. Must be comfortable with dressing and undressing on stage and simulated smoking/drug use.
GEORGEANNE – (female presenting, Southern dialect, any race, 30s) A bridesmaid. Her heartbreak over her own failed marriage and history as the bride’s “ugly sidekick” in high school triggers self-effacing humor. Must be comfortable with simulated alcohol consumption and smoking/drug use on stage.
TRISHA – (female presenting, Southern dialect, any race, 30s) A bridesmaid. One of the bride’s former high school friends with a supposed bad reputation and a die-hard cynicism about men. Must be comfortable with simulated alcohol consumption and smoking/drug use and kissing on stage.
FRANCES - (female presenting, Southern dialect, any race, 20s) A bridesmaid. Cousin of the bride and Meredith. Has a seemingly innocent air about her. Very religious.
MINDY - (female presenting, Southern dialect, any race, 20s-30s) A bridesmaid. The cheerful, wise-cracking lesbian sister of the groom. Eats like a vacuum. Feels unwelcome by her new sister-in-law. Happily in a relationship with her partner for years. Must be comfortable with simulated alcohol consumption and smoking/drug use on stage.
TRIPP DAVENPORT - (male presenting, Southern dialect, any race, 20s-30s) A wedding usher. Cousin of the groom and Mindy. A charming bad boy of whom there is more than meets the eye. Smooth and straightforward. A conversationalist. Must be comfortable with simulated drug use and kissing on stage.
