Auditions are next week!

Auditions for San Diego City College's fall productions: ANATOMY OF GRAY by Jim Leonard, Jr., directed by Katie Rodda; and METAMORPHOSES by Mary Zimmerman, directed by Lisa Berger.

Auditions are Thursday, August 23 from 6:00 - 10:00 p.m. in the Saville Theatre on City College's campus. No appointment necessary. Prepare a 1-2 minute contemporary monologue. If you do not have a prepared piece, you may read from the script. Everyone cast is required to enroll in 3 units of credit.

Callbacks:
GRAY: August 24 from 3:30 - 6:30
METAMORPHOSES: August 24 from 7 - 10
Be prepared to stay the entire time.

ANATOMY OF GRAY:
Directed by Katie Rodda
First rehearsal: Monday, August 27 @ 3:30pm-6:30pm
Opening: Friday, September 28 @ 8:00pm
Closing: Sunday, October 7 @ 2:00pm
Venue: SDCC Blackbox Theatre

Rehearsals will be M-Th 3:30pm-6:30pm, and some Fridays. Times and days are subject to change.

General Description
After 15-year old June’s father dies, she prays for a healer to come to her small town of Gray, Indiana; then a man in a hot air balloon crashes into town, claiming to be a doctor. At first the new doctor cures anything and everything, but soon the town’s preacher takes ill with a mysterious plague which quickly spreads throughout the tight-knit community. Set during the late 1800s, Anatomy of Gray explores death, love, faith, and healing.

Casting breakdown
June Muldoon: 15 years old, very smart and inquisitive, stubborn, usually kind, bored of Gray; the arrival of the doctor is literally the answer to her prayers

Galen P. Gray: a doctor who is uncomfortable around blood, Jewish, city-born, kind and very patient with the people of Gray, IN, speaks a few passages in Hebrew

Rebekah Muldoon: June’s mother: smart, understanding, tired, steadfast, can be counted on to do what needs to be done

Pastor Phineas Wingfield: a Baptist pastor, suspicious of Dr. Gray, lost his eye baptizing a cat, narrow-minded and stubborn

Crutch Collins: farmer, clever, a solid man with strong convictions, married to Belva, whom he cares for deeply

Belva Collins: farmer’s wife, a kind woman, supportive, nurturing, excited a doctor has come to town, married to Crutch, whom she cares for deeply

Tiny Wingfield: Pastor Wingfield’s younger sister, very excited to have a healer in town, generally positive about everything, very sweet and trusting

Homer: teen, a farmhand, sweet and kind, desperately in love with June, dependable, good-natured, but not very bright

Maggie: owns the diner in town, sharp and somewhat suspicious of the healer, a take-no-nonsense kind of woman, generally kind

Seeking actors of all ethnicities, sexes, and gender identifications.

METAMORPHOSES
Directed by Lisa Berger
First rehearsal: Tuesday, September 25 @ 3:00 pm
Opening: Friday, October 26 @ 8:00pm
Closing: Sunday, November 4 @ 2:00pm
Venue: SDCC Saville Theatre

Rehearsals will begin September 25 and will be Tuesdays and Thursdays from 3 – 6, Wednesday, Fridays, and Sundays from 6 – 10. There may be other weekends, to be determined.

General Description
Metamorphoses brings Ovid’s tales to stunning visual life. Set in and around a large pool of water onstage, Metamorphoses juxtaposes the ancient and the contemporary in both language and image, reflecting the variety and immediacy of storytelling.

Casting breakdown
The cast of Metamorphoses will be comprised of an ensemble of actors (15-20 people?) who will play a variety of roles, including Aphrodite, King Midas, Eurydice, Orpheus, and many others. Actors will all play more than one role and their movement and ensemble work will provide storytelling support throughout the production.

The play will be staged in and around a pool of water, so yes, cast members will get wet.

Seeking actors of all ethnicities, sexes, and gender identifications.

Questions? Contact Katie Rodda at krodda@sdccd.edu or 619/388-3088. Check out our blog: citycollegetheatre.blogspot.com