Auditions for the 2024 Staged Reading Series
Wednesday, May 15, 6 pm at the Yountville Community Center (6516 Washington Street, Yountville, CA 94599)
Non-AEA; no pay. We are filling 50+ roles and 10 narrators! All adult ages and genders. Only 2 rehearsals per performance date!
Performances: May 31st, June 14th, June 28th, July 12th, July 26th, August 9th, and August 23rd, all at 7 pm at Napa Valley Unitarian Universalists.
All auditioners should be prepared to cold read from the scripts.
PLEASE NOTE: You do not have to actually be the age of the character described in order to read a role.
Fill out the audition form here!
Can’t make the May 15th audition date? Let us know and we’ll schedule an online audition date.
About the plays
MAY 31
The Kindness of Strangers by Dan Borengasser
In an independent living facility for elderly actors, a young man, Darin Fisher, arrives under false pretenses to direct a Shakespearean play. Unbeknownst to the residents, he’s an undercover cop investigating suspicious deaths. When his cover is nearly blown, Darin must decide whether to uphold the law or protect the residents who have unwittingly befriended him.
1 M presenting; early 30s
1 F presenting; mid to late 20s
6 F presenting; 70s – 90s
6 M presenting; 70s – 90s
Narrator; any gender, any age
JUNE 14
Loving, Wendy by Kathryn Zaniboni
When two siblings, while cleaning their family summer home after the passing of their elderly parents, discover a box of letters illustrating a suspicious relationship between their mother and an unlikely friend, a side of their mother is revealed that starts a quest to find out who she really was and who they want to be.
2 F presenting; mid-40s
1 M presenting; mid-40s
1 M presenting; 20s & mid-40s
1 F presenting; 20s & mid-40s
1 F presenting; 20s, mid-40s & 70s
1 adult; any gender, any age
Narrator; any gender, any age
JUNE 28
The Next to the Last Box by Karen Marguerite Caronna
Darkly humorous, The Next to Last Box, addresses love, death, and jealousy among an aging group.
4 F presenting; 60+
1 M presenting; 70+
Narrator; any gender, any age
JULY 12
An Evening of Shorts
Speed Dating by Curt Strickland
Speed dating leads to a widow and widower finding a new love after their loss.
1 M presenting; 65ish
1 F presenting; 60ish
Narrator; any gender, any ageThe Matchmaker by Mindy Roll
Carol, an older divorcee, is ready to re-enter the dating scene. Madison, a dating app coach, has built a wildly successful business on matchmaking for Gen Z. When Carol hires Madison to get her back on the scene, all dating hell breaks loose. Can a Gen Z dating approach work for an older crowd? Can Madison find Carol a good match?
1 F presenting; 25ish
1 F presenting; 62ish
Narrator; any gender, any ageDon’t Just Sit There! by Diane H. Sampson
You never know what might happen in a dentist’s waiting room, especially when the dentist is running late! Two patients and a receptionist embark on an unexpected journey when the reading of Vogue magazine triggers unsolicited confessions and a very bizarre request. Toothaches are to be expected, but heartaches? Not so much!
1 F presenting; 50s
1 M presenting; 20s – 30s
1 F presenting: 40s
Narrator; any gender, any ageHeartache Tonight by Laura Thoma
When Patrick refuses to help Melinda find her library hold; a DVD; it’s the last straw—Melinda’s tired of being ignored! What starts out as a confrontation has the potential to end as an unlikely powerful connection.
1 M presenting; 20s
1 F presenting; 50+
Narrator; any gender, any age
JULY 26
In the Dream Castle by Drew Katzman
A generation gave us “make love, not war” and then the same generation gave us endless conflict, burgeoning economic inequality, and Trump. How did that happen? As that generation rounds the corner into the home stretch and gets ready to shuffle off this mortal coil, IN THE DREAM CASTLE explores this question by looking at the lives of two women and their lifelong friendship from early childhood through tomorrow.
2 F presenting playing ages ranging from
six to seventy-seven.
Narrator; any gender, any age
AUGUST 9
For a Brighter Tomorrow by Sophia Naylor
It’s 1974. Cosmonauts Dmitri and Yuri are onboard a secret Soviet space station, a tiny capsule miles above Earth. As the cosmonauts argue the mundane intricacies of life—particularly the best way to woo Pat Nixon—they’re interrupted by an urgent radio message. Suddenly the fate of the planet rests in the hands of these two unlikely heroes, who must work together to determine the right thing to do in a world gripped by secrets, suspicions, and lies.
2 M presenting; 30’s
Radio voices; any age, any gender
Narrator; any gender, any age
AUGUST 23
The Patriarch by Shayne Kennedy
The deep Irish roots of a Chicago family are revealed to be rotten when their much-beloved patriarch does what he feels he must to keep his family’s legacy intact. The newest member finds herself parsing through Chicago heritage, Celtic myth, and the nature of love and power, holding the future of the family line in her hands.
2 F presenting; mid 20s
3 F presenting; 50 +
3 M presenting; 50+
Narrator; any gender, any age