Audition Notice for “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?”
MVLCT Is thrilled to kick off our 45th Anniversary with a production of the Edward Albee classic, Who’s Afraid of Virgina Woolf?
Audition Dates:
Sunday, November 3 at 6:00pm in the Uptown Theatre at the First Street Community Center in Mount Vernon
Monday, November 4 at 6:00pm in the Uptown Theatre at the First Street Community Center in Mount Vernon
Callbacks (If needed) Tuesday, November 5 at 6:00 in the Uptown Theatre at the First Street Community Center in Mount Vernon
Performance Dates:
February 7-8 and 14-15, 2025 at 7:30pm and February 9, 2025 at 2:00 pm in the Uptown Theatre at the First Street Community Center in Mount Vernon
Audition Information:
This show is open to auditioners aged 18+.
No need to prepare anything as you’ll read selections from the script.
Come dressed to move.
Bring your schedule of conflicts and a writing implement.
Fill out our audition form here or at auditions.
Directed by Jarrod DeRooi, last seen as Macbeth in our Shakespeare in the Park production of Macbeth.
“George, a professor at a small college, and his wife, Martha, have just returned home, drunk from a Saturday night party. Martha announces, amidst general profanity, that she has invited a young couple—an opportunistic new professor at the college and his shatteringly naïve new bride—to stop by for a nightcap. When they arrive the charade begins. The drinks flow and suddenly inhibitions melt. It becomes clear that Martha is determined to seduce the young professor, and George couldn’t care less. But underneath the edgy banter, which is crossfired between both couples, lurks an undercurrent of tragedy and despair. George and Martha’s inhuman bitterness toward one another is provoked by the enormous personal sadness that they have pledged to keep to themselves: a secret that has seemingly been the foundation for their relationship. In the end, the mystery in which the distressed George and Martha have taken refuge is exposed, once and for all revealing the degrading mess they have made of their lives.”
Character Breakdown
George
A professor of history in a small New England college who is married to the daughter of the president of the college.
Martha
George's wife, a domineering, discontented woman who alternately loves and reviles her husband.
Nick
A new arrival on the faculty who is about thirty years old and interested in getting ahead.
Honey
Nick's wife, a rather uninteresting woman whose relationship with Nick and fear of adult responsibility have kept her a child.
Please reach out to mvlcommunitytheatre@gmail.com with questions.
