The Darien Players

Upcoming Auditions

Title:	Cry Havoc
Author:	Allan R. Kenward
Directed by:	Richard Mancini
Audition Dates:	Monday May 19 & Tuesday May 20 in the DAC Arts Studio at 7:30pm All roles are open. Be prepared to read from the play. Sides are available in the DAC office or upon request 12 women Age breakdown is general – do not let it discourage you from auditioning *Note that this play was written during the war years of the 1940s and that its situations and characters, as well as the author’s descriptions that follow, reflect the attitudes of that time. For more information, please visit http://arts.darien.org/players/playersAuditions.php or contact the producer Dan Friedman at 914.659.8292 or dan5hammocks@aol.com
Performance Dates:	Performance dates are July 11-July 26, Fridays & Saturdays at 8pm, Sundays at 2pm. This production is non-union, non-paid.
	Hailed as a female Journey's End, this is the story of nurses on Bataan. In a sort of dugout subjected to gunfire the individual characters emerge to offer a collective reaction to war. These include the strong minded doctor, her restrained and poised assistant and the volunteer nurses: a vacuous Southern girl, a swaggering bully, a couple of timid aesthetes, an ex burlesque girl and the inevitable spy. They get on each other's nerves, arrest the wrong person for spying and confront the real traitor. They are rescued from their buried dugout only to face the firing squad. This is a compelling, caustic revelation of human beings under fire.
Parts:	ROLES DOC MARSH (50’s-60’s) – an older woman of great activity SMITTY (30’s-40’s) – handsome, lean, competent, thorough and cool FLO HARRIS (20’s-30’s) – “corn-fed”, slow of speech and action but a bit of a philosopher in her own way PAT CONLIN (20’s-30’s) – fiery, a bit of swagger about everything she does GRACE LAMBERT (20’s-30’s) – “well-formed” and attractive HELEN DOMERET (20’s-30’s) – lovely, carries herself like a model, thoughts run continually to men NYDIA JOYCE (20’s-30’s) – literal-minded Southerner SUSAN WEST (20’s-30’s) – British, continually protecting her younger sister ANDRA WEST (20’s-30’s) – British, more fragile than her older sister CONSTANCE MARKS (20’s-30’s) – china doll of a girl, delicate and possibly too fragile for the work ahead STEPHANY (STEVE) FOLDEN (20’s-30’s) – large, muscular, carries herself like a man SADIE (40’s & up) – substantial woman, the cook of the unit

Title:	The Darien Players Unplugged
Author:
Directed by:	Session Three: TBD
Audition Dates:	Session Three: TBA
Performance Dates:	Session Three: TBD
	No Sets. No Props. No Costumes. Only Actors with Scripts. Putting a new face and name on The Actors/Playwrights Workshop that has been part of The Darien Players’ program for many years, this newly rebranded “workshop” is poised to help bring more new material to the stage. The goal of The Darien Players Unplugged is to both foster the development of new works for the stage (both short form and full length) and to give actors a chance to hone their craft in a way they don’t normally do so. Writers will be able to submit one-acts or excerpts from longer works (no more than 20 pages). A program will be put together by a “Director” of no more than five submissions for each session. The program will be free for audiences (with a suggested donation for entry) and will run no more than two hours with an opportunity after each piece for interaction between the writer, the actors and the audiences. For the Writer: This “workshop” is designed to give the writer an opportunity to hear what their work sounds like as well as get feedback from people on how to improve the piece. Material brought by the writer can be a short play, an excerpt from a longer play (one act or full length) or even pages from a screenplay or novel. One of the things we will NOT do is tell a writer what their piece should be, only to help a writer realize its full potential. When it comes time for the staged readings, if the work is still an excerpt or in a rough form, we will set up the situation for the audience via an MC (the director). For the Actor: This workshop is designed to provide a creative outlet for people who want to act but are unable to make huge commitments of time. Actors who show up at each session will be given parts in each piece. While they may not fit the bill for what the writer envisions as the finished piece, it should give the actor an opportunity to stretch their boundaries (having an elderly female playing a six year old boy, men playing women, women playing men, etc. for example). If you are a writer and are interested, please e-mail tdpunplugged@optonline.net to register for any session. If you are an actor and are interested, please just show up to one of our auditions or e-mail tdpunplugged@optonline.net if you can’t make that date, but are still interested.
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