Dark Comedy: Out of work and out of love, Becky Nurse is an ordinary but strong-willed grandmother, just trying to get by in post-Obama America. She’s also the great-great-great-granddaughter of Rebecca Nurse, who was infamously executed for witchcraft in 1692 – but things have changed for women since then, haven’t they? Desperate to raise her troubled teenaged granddaughter right, and also hook up with an old flame, Becky visits a local witch for help. But those spells and potions don’t work out exactly as planned.
Characters:
Becky – (mid-fifties to sixties)
Bob – (mid-fifties to sixties) the man she loves
Gail/Abigail – (late teens – can be played by actress in their twenties) Becky’s granddaughter and Abigail in Act 2
A Witch – (woman in her sixties to eighties)
Stan – (17 or 18 but can be played by an actor in their twenties) a little bit androgynous
Shelby – (thirties), has several degrees in art history
The Judge/The Jailer/Magistrate/Creepy Voices: (a man, thirty+)
Auditions are cold readings at the Theater in the Playhouse at Waterville Station, 17 Railroad Square, Waterville, ME.
9/29 – 6:00PM-8:30PM
9/30 – 6:00PM-8:30PM
Directed by Arturo Meneses; email menesesat@gmail.com if you are unable to audition in person or would need another time before then to audition.
Play is performed 11/14, 15, 16; 11/28, 29, 30
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