Magnolia Theatre Company, Dayton’s feminist theatre company, is proud to partner with the University of Dayton’s Theatre, Dance, and Performance Technology program for its 2023-24 Season. Auditions have concluded for the shows in that will be produced in 2023.
Auditions for Penumbra will occur May 5, 2024. Click below for details.
Magnolia Theatre Company, Dayton’s feminist theatre company, announces auditions for their final project of the 2023-24 Season. Auditions will be held May 5, 2024, 3-6pm at the Metropolitan Arts Center 126 N. Main St. Dayton, OH 45402, Studio A Second Floor. Auditions will consist of readings from the script. Those interested in the role of Tattoo Artists should be prepared to demonstrate live drawing skills. Please come dressed to move; audition will include some movement work.
Please register with this audition from. Sides are provided in form.
Personnel: Ara G Beal, producer; Countess Winfrey, Director
Penumbra by Thelma Virata de Castro
A Femme Artisan Staged Reading
Rehearsal start date: May 21, 2024
Rehearsal frequency: May 21, 28-30, 2024 6-9pm*
Performance Dates: May 31, 2024, evening, June 1, 2024, matinee
*Talkbacks will occur after both performances
Breakdown: Summary: Gullie, Osprey, and Ric are all lost and find their way to the beach and each other. Through a combination of music, live drawing, and questioning of linear time, they manage to find their way back to themselves. Playwright’s Notes: They were all raised in the United States and their speech reflects this. All characters can be portrayed by cis, trans, or non-binary actors. Content Disclosure: The show explores themes of adoption, stepparents, alcoholism, cancer, and homelessness.
The role of Gullie has been precast
RIC--Just turned 18. Black male. Helpful if familiar with guitar playing.
OSPREY--Mid 60s. White male. Also plays WOMAN from Gullie’s past.
TATTOO ARTIST--Formerly incarcerated . BIPOC. Any age and gender identity.
Offstage voice--News reporter, stepdad, immigration officer, other
Stage Directions
Non- Union. All artists and crew will be paid a $200 stipend.
Gina Handy Minyard
Founding Artistic DirectorAuditions will be held January 5-6, 2024 at the Metropolitan Arts Center 126 N. Main St. Dayton, OH 45402, Studio A Second Floor. Auditions will consist of readings from the script. Please register with this audition from. Sides are provided with audition confirmation.
Callbacks will be held on January 6 from 1-3pm (only as needed).
Five Lesbians Eating A Quiche by Andrew Habgood and Evan Linder
Rehearsal start date: March 1
Rehearsal frequency: 3-4 days a week throughout March (weekdays will be evenings, weekends will be mid afternoon) March 1,2,8,9,12-16,20-23, 26-30 *subject to change
Tech: April 1-3, 2024 evenings
Performance dates: April 4-7, 2024 PNC Arts Annex (5 performances)
Director: Gina Handy Minyard
Breakdown:
Description: It’s 1956 and The Susan B. Anthony Society for the Sisters of Gertrude Stein are having their annual quiche breakfast. As the assembled “widows’ await the announcement of the society’s prize-winning quiche, the atomic bomb sirens sound! Has the Communist threat come to pass? How will the “widows” respond as their idyllic town and lifestyle faces attacks?
Content Disclosure: All roles require closed mouth lip to lip contact and highly physical comedy- (intimacy direction provided). The play discusses/portrays the following topics: sexuality, both lesbian and heterosexual.
Note: Though Dale and Ginny are the youngest of the five officers, the ladies can vary in age. Seeking females, 20-60- any ethnicity.
Non-union. Actors will be paid a $1000 stipend at the closing of the show.
From the playwright: Think Wuthering Heights and Jane Eyre and the Bronte sisters…but this is the present. All characters have an American accent.
Content Disclosure: The roles of Agatha and Emilie require mouth to mouth contact and stage combat. The play discusses/portrays the following topics: sexuality, both lesbian and heterosexual, domestic violence, death, stage blood.
This cast will be a combination of University of Dayton students and non- union professional actors. All non- union professional actors will be paid a $600 stipend. Those interested in being considered for Huldey will be asked to sing a 30 second excerpt of an a capella pop ballad at the audition.
