Auditions for “The Outsider” – Gateway Players Theatre
July 14 @ 6:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Gateway Players Theatre in Southbridge, MA is hosting auditions for “The Outsider” written by Paul Slade Smith. Auditions will be held on Sunday July 12th and Tuesday July 14th at 6:30pm, in Fellowship Hall at Elm Street Congregational Church, 61 Elm Street, Southbridge, MA.
Auditions will consist of cold-readings from the script. Show dates are October 9, 10, 16, 17 and 18.. Rehearsals will be on Mondays and Wednesdays at 6:30 pm, starting August 3rd. Character information is listed below. This is an adult production. Directed by Patrick Bracken, and Produced by Ed Humphries. For more information, please contact Gateway at 508-764-4531, or Ed Humphries at ehumphires72@gmail.com. Presented by permission through special arrangement with Concord Theatricals, A Dramatists Play Service Title
Synopsis: Ned Newley doesn’t even want to be governor. He’s terrified of public speaking; his poll numbers are impressively bad. To his ever-supportive Chief of Staff, Ned seems destined to fail. But political consultant Arthur Vance sees things differently: Ned might be the worst candidate to ever run for office. Unless the public is looking for the worst candidate to ever run for office…. A timely and hilarious comedy that skewers politics and celebrates democracy.
The production is seeking 7 actors to fill the following roles:
PAIGE CALDWELL – female 20s to 40s; a professional publisher. A smart, confidant woman who sees politics as a series of contests to be won.
DAVE RILEY – male 30s/40s; The Chief of Staff to the new Governor. Very smart but – despite years of experience in government, endearingly earnest and naive on the subject of politics.
LOUISE PEAKES – female 30s to 50s; A temp employee hired as the Governor’s executive assistant. Personable, likable, impressively confident AND entirely inept. Without knowing it, she has the air of a politician about her.
NED NEWLEY – male 50s/60s; The new Governor. A person of impressive ability but a complete lack of confidence. A man awaiting permission to enter a room in which he is already standing.
ARTHUR VANCE – male 50s/60s; One of the most experienced and successful political consultants in the country. He’s a showman, but his excitement is 100% genuine and it’s contagious.
RACHEL PARSONS – female 30s; A TV reporter. Straight forward and honest, and inquisitive by nature – she’s seen enough of life – and politics – to be cynical but she’s more apt to make a wry joke.
A. C. PETERSON – male; 30s to 50s. A TV cameraman – a working man who is just fine being the person you didn’t notice was there. He has a low tolerance for idiocy and would rather not interact with anyone. This doesn’t make him unfriendly – just a mystery.