AUDITION
THE GRAVITATIONAL PULL OF BERNICE TRIMBLE
a Drama by Beth Graham
March 07 - 29, 2025 at Village Playhouse, 2190 Bloor St W, Toronto

Contact Information

Name
Anne Harper
Email
villageplayersauditions@gmail.com
Phone
(416) 767-7702
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Location, Dates & Times

Address
Map Village Playhouse, 2190 Bloor St W, Toronto
Audition
Fri, Dec 13, 2024 | 07:00pm - 10:00pm
Sat, Dec 14, 2024 | 01:00pm - 05:00pm
Sun, Dec 15, 2024 | 11:00am - 04:00pm
Callbacks
Wed, Dec 18, 2024 | 07:00pm - 10:00pm

Production

Director
Valary Cook
Music Director
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Choreographer
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CAST INFOMATION

CHARACTERS:

  • Bernice (59): a strong, practical woman with a sense of humour, facing a fate she witnessed in her mother
  • Iris (20s–30s): middle child, narrator and Bernice’s confidant, somewhat stoic, practical, funny- centres the story
  • Peter (20s–30s): the youngest, a mathematician who is somewhat socially awkward, clever and introverted
  • Sarah (20s–30s): eldest, somewhat frantic, headstrong woman, obsessively focused on her child
PREPARATION INFORMATON
PREPARATION:
  • Auditionees must read the play (available at the Toronto Public Library).
  • Please prepare a 1 -2 minute dramatic monologue
  • There will also be a cold read from the play

TO BOOK AN AUDITION: Please email a copy of your headshot and resume to villageplayersauditions@gmail.com with your preferred date, time, interested role(s), and contact information. Once we receive and confirm your details, we will give you a day and time for your audition, sending you a script, if interested. 
 
 
SYNOPSIS

Iris Trimble is trying to hold it all together. She may very well fly off the face of the earth if she doesn’t hang on to the kitchen counter. At least that’s how she feels after her mother, Bernice, a lively, recently widowed fifty-nine-year-old breaks the news that she has Alzheimer’s. In an effort to cope with the stress, Iris makes her mother’s famous Everything That Is Bad For You Casserole, a childhood favorite. Her siblings, on the other hand, are on opposite sides of the spectrum: Sarah, the eldest, irately demands a second opinion, while Peter, the youngest, seems completely unfazed. As for Bernice, she’s still as vivacious as ever, always up for a good laugh, and, most of all, ready to finally put herself first.

Id: 452 Posted: Nov 25, 2024
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ACT-CO Callboard PDOVers. 4.1 Feb 08, 2024 [JBW]