Maine Playwrights One Act Festival Auditions
AUDITION DATES:
Saturday, March 28 from 2:30-4:30pm - or - Monday, March 30 from 6:00-8:00pm
(auditioners need only attend one day)
Audition for Pippin during the same weekend! Click here for more info.
PERFORMANCE DATES:
June 4 - 14
An Overview:
We are proud to present another One Act Festival with all four one act plays written by Maine playwrights! One weekend's performances will be cabaret-style seating with wine, cheese, soft drinks, and more. The other weekend will be presented with normal theater seating.
What to Expect:
Auditions will consist of cold readings from the scripts; no preparation is needed.
The Plays:
on astral projection & troubleshooting for the stars
At the place where Heaven and Earth meet, there is a projection booth. In it, a Very Important Projector is in the process of breaking down, and a very unimportant projectionist is about to have the most universal experience of all: an existential crisis of astronomical proportion - or, as it is more commonly known, “calling I.T. for help.”
Written by Keaton Harper of Limerick, ME. Directed by Maci Burgess.
Characters:
Written for 3 actors. Suggested doubling: CFO/BODY, I.T./SPIRIT, DEV/REMINDER. All characters can be played by actors of any adult age and gender.
THE CFO - Cosmic Film Operator. Doesn’t get out much.
I.T. - Interplanetary Technician. Like a Disco Fever Dream…or quite possibly a Nightmare.
DEV - The Literal Devil.
VOICE OF GOD? - As in, THE God. Maybe? Exists in prerecorded sound cue form Only.
A BODY - This one’s pretty self explanatory.
A SPIRIT - See above description.
A REMINDER - Walking PSA.
Dust
Set against the backdrop of The Great Depression, a defeated and hopeless man makes an unlikely connection with a hobo while waiting to hop a freight train in the Oklahoma Panhandle.
Written by Eddie Adelman of Belfast, ME. Directed by Tyler Johnstone.
Characters:
MAN (25-35, male)
HOBO (mid 30s-40s, male)
Kitchen Knife
Fleeing the horrors of post-apocalyptic America, Daphne finds refuge at an idyllic farm run by a mysterious man and his household of women. But all is not well in this seeming paradise, and Daphne must decide whether safety comes at too great a cost.
Written by Angelina Nichols of Stockton Springs, ME. Directed by Ivy Lobato.
Characters:
HANNAH: (20s-30s, female) - A pregnant wife.
JOYCE: (40s-60s, female) - Hannah’s mother.
DAPHNE: (20s - 30s, female) - A newcomer.
ROSEMARY: (20s-30s, female) - Another woman. Nonspeaking.
Miss Le Gallienne Announces the New Season
Actress Eva Le Gallienne faces her first press conference after the fire that almost killed her and the scandal of her girlfriend's divorce. A photographer’s flashbulb triggers a post-traumatic response, and Eva’s public persona unravels as the shocking memories overwhelm her narrative.
Written by Carolyn Gage of Southwest Harbor, ME. Directed by Gwyneth Sauvage.
Characters:
EVA LE GALLIENNE (33, female) - A young woman.