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Production
Mary Barfoot – 60: Definitely not an old lady. Charismatic, egocentric, sexy. Enjoys young women’s attention and admiration. An ex-militant suffragette who now runs a school for secretaries. Is in love with Rhoda.
Rhoda Nunn – 35: An orphan who has become a New Woman with a tendency to zeal. Loyal, idealist, physically passionate - about to burst into flower. Mary’s lover and a teacher at her school.
Virginia Madden – 40: Anxious, agitated and hyperbolic. Impoverished ex-governess and alcoholic. Confused about her sexuality - secretly desires to dress as a man.
Alice Madden – 46: Ex-governess and sister to Virginia. The take-charge older sister - deeply conservative, but full of inner passion. Chastity is more than comfortable for her.
Monica Madden – 21: Delectable younger sister to Alice and Virginia. Provocative and playful. Struggles with an intense natural sexuality which becomes a revolutionary perspective.
Everard Barfoot – 35: Sensual, confident, enticed by the New. Cousin to Mary Barfoot. Ex-doctor just beginning a life of leisure. Falls in love with Rhoda and the Woman Question.
Rehearsals Start: Early January (the first read through will be on December 15th)
Show Run: March 12th - March 23rd, 2025
Performances are on Wednesdays - Saturdays at 8pm and Sundays at 2 pm
Please email your headshot and résumé in one pdf document, along with the names of the character(s) you’d like to audition for to: ageofarousal@alumnaetheatre.com
The submission deadline is Friday, November 22nd at 11:59pm
*Please prepare a short monologue, no more than 3 minutes and be ready to be redirected.
*While the play is set in London, England, it is not the desire of the director to use British accents.
*This is a Non-Union, Non-Paying production.
The Alumnae Theatre welcomes and encourages submissions from individuals of all cultures, ethnicities, gender identities, sexual orientations, and body types.
For more information: https://alumnaetheatre.com/
Play Synopsis
Set in an era of tumultuous change, this play explores the forbidden and gloriously liberated self, where characters grapple with explosive and contradictory desires. It is a time of enormous political, emotional and sexual change. People are bursting their corsets with unbridled desire. There are half a million more women than men living in England. The women’s suffrage movement is fuelled by sheer numbers. Women demand rights. Passions erupt and confusion reigns…
It's a time of passion and confusion. Virtue is barely holding down its petticoats. People are bursting their corsets with unbridled desire. It's 1885, and the typewriter and the suffrage movement are sending things topsy-turvy. In the midst of it all, five ambitious New Women and one Newish Man struggle to find their way. Miss Mary Barfoot runs a school for secretaries with her young lover, Miss Rhoda Nunn. But when the Misses Madden - spinsters Virginia and Alice and beautiful young Monica - arrive, along with the attractive Dr. Everard Barfoot, things can never be the same.
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