Auditions for “Off She Goes”

Gateway Players Theatre in Southbridge, MA is hosting auditions for the world premiere of a brand-new play, “Off She Goes”, written by local playwright Ed Humphries (“Dad’s Dance”, “The Lost World”, “The Monkeybar Mafia”)  on Sunday January 28th at 3 pm  and Monday January 29th at 6:30 pm in Fellowship Hall of Elm Street Congregational Church, 61 Elm Street in Southbridge, MA. Entrance is on Park Street (around the corner). . Interested performers need only attend one audition. Show dates are May 3, 4, 5, 10 & 11. Rehearsals will begin in late February. Auditions will consist of cold reading(s) from the script.

The production is looking to fill the following roles:

Ellie – Female – late 50’s and older (the character is in her 80s so an actor can be aged up)

Anna – Female – same as above

Clark – Male – 20’s

Young Ellie – Female – 20’s

Arthur – Male – late 50’s and up

Jackson – Male – 20’s and up (can be any adult age)

Michael – Male – 30’s and up

Corinne – Female – 30’s and up

Peter – Male – 30’s and up

The characters of Ellie, Anna, Arthur and Young Ellie should be performed with a British accent.

Please contact Ed Humphries (ehumphries72@gmail.com) with any questions.

Synopsis:

“Off She Goes” is a comedy/drama about a British war bride, Ellie – who after saying goodbye to her husband of 60 years, moves into an assisted living community – assuming she’ll just mark time until her own time comes. But fate has other plans for her when she meets her new roommate, Anna – also a British war bride who came to the States after the war and finds she shares a surprising connection with Ellie. As Ellie flashes back to the pivotal moments of her life – the two women form a friendship and come to realize that while they may never have gone home again, maybe home has finally come back to them.