OPEN AUDITIONS!
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AVAILABLE ROLES:
ANA SMITH (f): 30's. Pronounced "Ah-nuh". Beautiful. Charming. Smart. Accomplished. Organized. A columnist for a daily paper. The "Mother Bee". Her grace masks a need to control.
ROBERT NOVUM SMITH JR (m): 30's. Ana's golden-boy, handsome, charismatic, underachiever husband who is starting to search for meaning. Met in college. Upper-crust background.
WILLIAN LEE NOTHANGEL (m): 30's. Rob's conservative, well-read, well-dressed, disciplined college roommate. Ana's former boyfriend. History buff. Unmarried.
JENNIFER McCLINTOCK (f): 30's. Ana's friend. Pretty. Shy. Smart. Tends to burst out with awkward truthful comments. Despite some lack of self-confidence, she is the grounding center of the group. Unorganized and oblivious to her own attractiveness. Unmarried.
LILLY LOUISE JACKSON (f): 20's. Black. A go-getter. Former debate captain who is on the cusp of all current trends and yet can still put her foot in her mouth in social occasions. Laughs at appropriate and inappropriate times. A great lover of books and Ana's protege at the paper.
ALEX (m): 30's. The new guy. A very smart, well-read academic who has lost his moorings and is searching for real connection. Professor of comparative literature.
PUNDIT (either): Plays five characters. SAM, Wal-Mart guy; FRANK, Secret Service Agent; ELSA, jaded literary agent; MRS. SIMPSON, sky diver; and CARL, inmate book dealer.
CHARACTER NOTES:
The cast can be expanded to 11 actors by having each of the PUNDIT roles played individually.
ALEX can be cast in any race or ethnicity. LILY must be black. ANA, JEN, WILL and ROB can be any race or ethnicity except black.
ANA SMITH (f): 30's. Pronounced "Ah-nuh". Beautiful. Charming. Smart. Accomplished. Organized. A columnist for a daily paper. The "Mother Bee". Her grace masks a need to control.
ROBERT NOVUM SMITH JR (m): 30's. Ana's golden-boy, handsome, charismatic, underachiever husband who is starting to search for meaning. Met in college. Upper-crust background.
WILLIAN LEE NOTHANGEL (m): 30's. Rob's conservative, well-read, well-dressed, disciplined college roommate. Ana's former boyfriend. History buff. Unmarried.
JENNIFER McCLINTOCK (f): 30's. Ana's friend. Pretty. Shy. Smart. Tends to burst out with awkward truthful comments. Despite some lack of self-confidence, she is the grounding center of the group. Unorganized and oblivious to her own attractiveness. Unmarried.
LILLY LOUISE JACKSON (f): 20's. Black. A go-getter. Former debate captain who is on the cusp of all current trends and yet can still put her foot in her mouth in social occasions. Laughs at appropriate and inappropriate times. A great lover of books and Ana's protege at the paper.
ALEX (m): 30's. The new guy. A very smart, well-read academic who has lost his moorings and is searching for real connection. Professor of comparative literature.
PUNDIT (either): Plays five characters. SAM, Wal-Mart guy; FRANK, Secret Service Agent; ELSA, jaded literary agent; MRS. SIMPSON, sky diver; and CARL, inmate book dealer.
CHARACTER NOTES:
The cast can be expanded to 11 actors by having each of the PUNDIT roles played individually.
ALEX can be cast in any race or ethnicity. LILY must be black. ANA, JEN, WILL and ROB can be any race or ethnicity except black.
SYNOPSIS:
Loads of laughter and literature collide in this smart hit comedy about books and the people who love them. Ana is a Type A personality who lives in a letter-perfect world with an adoring husband, the perfect job and her greatest passion: Book Club. But when her cherished group becomes the focus of a documentary film, their intimate discussions about life and literature take a turn for the hilarious in front of the inescapable camera lens. Add a provocative new member along with some surprising new book titles, and these six friends are bound for pandemonium. Sprinkled with fun theatrical references to documentaries and novels galore from Moby Dick and Age of Innocence to Twilight and The Da Vinci Code, this buoyant comedy on contemporary culture will have everyone laughing … and reflecting. The Book Club Play is a delightful new play about life, love, literature and the side-splitting results when friends start reading between the lines.
Loads of laughter and literature collide in this smart hit comedy about books and the people who love them. Ana is a Type A personality who lives in a letter-perfect world with an adoring husband, the perfect job and her greatest passion: Book Club. But when her cherished group becomes the focus of a documentary film, their intimate discussions about life and literature take a turn for the hilarious in front of the inescapable camera lens. Add a provocative new member along with some surprising new book titles, and these six friends are bound for pandemonium. Sprinkled with fun theatrical references to documentaries and novels galore from Moby Dick and Age of Innocence to Twilight and The Da Vinci Code, this buoyant comedy on contemporary culture will have everyone laughing … and reflecting. The Book Club Play is a delightful new play about life, love, literature and the side-splitting results when friends start reading between the lines.
AUDITION PREPARATION
Bring resume and headshot, if available.
Auditioners will read selected sides from the script. (Available at the audition).
Auditioners may also prepare an OPTIONAL one-minute comedic monologue of their choosing.
THE BOOK CLUB PLAY is scheduled for six performances over two weekends, June 6 - 15, 2025.
Please bring a list of all conflicts from April - June 2025.
Auditioners will read selected sides from the script. (Available at the audition).
Auditioners may also prepare an OPTIONAL one-minute comedic monologue of their choosing.
THE BOOK CLUB PLAY is scheduled for six performances over two weekends, June 6 - 15, 2025.
Please bring a list of all conflicts from April - June 2025.
