OPEN AUDITIONS
Monday and Tuesday, November 8 & 9, 2021
Auditions start at 7 p.m.
Produced by TBA
Directed by JIM LAMONTE
Buck Creek Playhouse will hold open auditions for GOOD PEOPLE a comedy by David Lindsay-Abaire on Monday and Tuesday, November 8 and 9, 2021, at 7 p.m. at the playhouse, 11150 Southeastern Avenue.
Director Jim LaMonte is looking for a diverse group of 4 women and 2 men, with one role specifically written for an African-American woman. All roles are available.
AUDITION PREPARATION
Bring resume and headshot, if available.
You will read selected scenes from the script.
GOOD PEOPLE is scheduled for six performances for the weekends of February 4, 2022 – February 15, 2022.
Please bring a list of all conflicts from November 2021 through February 15, 2022.
Rehearsals are tentatively set to begin in mid-November 2021.
AVAILABLE ROLES
MARGARET/MARGIE
Female, 40s to 50s
A woman from a blue-collar family in South Boston. She is poorly educated and debt strapped, with a disabled kid at home. She is filled with resentment, fear and need. She is searching for a way out of her situation when she remembers someone from her past who has made good. She attempts to reconnect with him, but he has long since left the world that she is still in.
JEAN
Female, 50s
A loyal friend to Margie, there when she needs her. She has a comic edge to her and uses that humor to make tough situations feel better.
DOTTIE
Female, 60s
Margie’s landlady who also takes care of Margie’s child who has a disability. Dottie is patient with Margie and her constant financial woes but only to a point. Dottie is not in a position to be giving away free housing and does need to get paid at the end of the day.
STEVIE
Male, 20s to 30s
Margie’s boss at the Dollar store, and still maintains their friendship after he fires her. He is a nice guy who is often made fun of by colleagues.
MIKE
Male, 40s to 50s
Mike group up in the same neighborhood as Margie, but has gone beyond the blue-color lifestyle he grew up in. He is now a doctor living with his wife (Kate) who is nothing like the women of Southie. He is clinging on to his new life just waiting for the inner-Southie in him to come in and destroy what he has created for himself.
KATE
Female, 30s to 40s
The opposite of the other characters in so many ways. She is a kind, well educated, has manners and grew up privileged. She is a college professor and although she can be pushed a little bit she will fight if you push her too hard. She is married to Mike. This character is written as an African American woman.
Female, 40s to 50s
A woman from a blue-collar family in South Boston. She is poorly educated and debt strapped, with a disabled kid at home. She is filled with resentment, fear and need. She is searching for a way out of her situation when she remembers someone from her past who has made good. She attempts to reconnect with him, but he has long since left the world that she is still in.
JEAN
Female, 50s
A loyal friend to Margie, there when she needs her. She has a comic edge to her and uses that humor to make tough situations feel better.
DOTTIE
Female, 60s
Margie’s landlady who also takes care of Margie’s child who has a disability. Dottie is patient with Margie and her constant financial woes but only to a point. Dottie is not in a position to be giving away free housing and does need to get paid at the end of the day.
STEVIE
Male, 20s to 30s
Margie’s boss at the Dollar store, and still maintains their friendship after he fires her. He is a nice guy who is often made fun of by colleagues.
MIKE
Male, 40s to 50s
Mike group up in the same neighborhood as Margie, but has gone beyond the blue-color lifestyle he grew up in. He is now a doctor living with his wife (Kate) who is nothing like the women of Southie. He is clinging on to his new life just waiting for the inner-Southie in him to come in and destroy what he has created for himself.
KATE
Female, 30s to 40s
The opposite of the other characters in so many ways. She is a kind, well educated, has manners and grew up privileged. She is a college professor and although she can be pushed a little bit she will fight if you push her too hard. She is married to Mike. This character is written as an African American woman.
