Breakdown of Show and Roles for the New Play Festival

As an actor is in exciting and challenging and exceptionally rewarding to create a character for the very first time. This is a unique experience. The playwright is right there in the rehearsal room as you are working together to create a unique piece of living, breathing art!

10 minute SHOW BREAKDOWN

Hermanas by Lizette Hernandez 

SYNOPSIS: After stepping away from the party, Lila and Andrea catch up after being away from each other for some time... 

Character Breakdown:

LILA: Just turned 21.

ANDREA: Her sister with some advice.

It Doesn’t End Well or Tinseltown by Aisleigh Harvey

SYNOPSIS: A train station in Tinseltown creates a platform for one woman’s creative struggle. It doesn’t end well.

Character Breakdown:

KATE: woman, mid-thirties, very type A. She is also very busy and very important.

JENNA: woman, early twenties, wearing all black and a hideous work vest. Hates her job. Dropped out of college and is now trying to make it as an actor in LA.

Extra Life by Carly Stacey

SYNOPSIS: A break in results in a very unexpected friendship between two people from very different walks of life.

Character Breakdown:

MIKE (20’s) High School jock.

TIMOTHY (20’s) Spends way too much time gaming.

Growing Pains by Joseph B. Staszak

SYNOPSIS: Growing up and growing old.

Character Breakdown:

BEN: is an intelligent stoner without a care in the world. He is 23 years old with no ambition, working as a manager of a juice bar. Many people say he is wasting his talents, but Ben is happy and having fun with life so he doesn’t mind the negative view they have.

JOE: is a wise and experienced young man despite only being 28 years old. He is driven, motivated and excels in everything he does. He is blunt and outspoken and practices constructive criticism because he cares about people. He will be almost yelling and talking as if to put Ben in his place.

One Last High by Elise Grant

SYNOPSIS: Lily and Justin have been together for the past 2 years. They are in an abusive relationship physically and emotionally and can’t seem to kick heroine

Character Breakdown:

LILY: A 21-year-old Caucasian female that is 30lbs underweight because she has been strung out on heroine for the last two years.

JUSTIN: A 21-year-old Caucasian male that is also underweight and has been strung out on heroine for the last 3 years.

Blue Line Home by Devin McKenna

SYNOPSIS: Gary finds solace in the past and the future as he waits for more than just the BART train.

Character Breakdown:

GARY: Early 40’s. Always looks tired and worn. He has the tendency to become highly motivated, but than gives up on the first or second hurdle. When things go wrong, they’re “never” his fault. It must be said that he is, for all intents and purposes, a good man. He was once a pillar of promise, and an honorable man. He has become the product of unfortunate circumstance, and these qualities have become his last line of defense. But he is now lost. He has become beaten, and broken. He is hopeless. 

ATTENDANT: She is somewhere between real, and automated. She is not imagined by GARY. She is very real, and not at the same time. She should start sounding very manufactured, gradually moving to a more organic speech.