Open Auditions: Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf
Open Auditions: Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf Washington Street Players to hold open auditions at the Holliston Senior Center, 150 Goulding Street, November 3 and 4 – 7:00 to 8:45 pm
Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf by Edward Albee
Produced by Washington Street Players
Directed by Jacqueline Jursek
Performance Dates: February 26 and 27, March 5 and 6, 2010
Open auditions will be held at the Holliston Senior Center
150 Goulding Street
November 3 and 4 – 7:00 to 8:45 pm
Winner of the 1963 Tony Award for Best Play. THE STORY: George, a professor at a small college, and his wife, Martha, have just returned home, drunk from a Saturday night party. Martha announces that she has invited a young couple—an opportunistic new professor at the college and his shatteringly naïve new bride—to stop by for a nightcap. When they arrive the charade begins. The drinks flow and suddenly inhibitions melt. It becomes clear that Martha is determined to seduce the young professor, and George couldn't care less. George and Martha's inhuman bitterness toward one another is provoked by the enormous personal sadness that they have pledged to keep to themselves: a secret that has been the foundation for their relationship. In the end, the mystery in which the distressed George and Martha have taken refuge is exposed, once and for all revealing the degrading mess they have made of their lives.
George – An embittered, and brilliant, history professor who’s failures in life have become a cruel punch line for his wife, Martha. (40’s – 50’s)
Martha – Married to George; embittered by the trappings of a volatile marriage and disillusioned by what life hasn’t brought to her table. (40’s – 50’s)
Nick – a new history professor at the college. (30’s)
Honey – Wife to George; naïve, small framed. (20’s – early 30’s)
(WE ASK THAT YOU PLEASE BE FAMILIAR WITH THE SCRIPT BEFORE AUDITIONING)