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In a plantation house, a family celebrates the sixty-fifth birthday of Big Daddy, as they sentimentally dub him. The mood is somber, despite the festivities, because a number of evils poison the gaiety: greed, sins of the past and desperate, clawing hopes for the future spar with one another as the knowledge that Big Daddy is dying slowly makes the rounds. Maggie, Big Daddy's daughter-in-law, wants to give him the news that she's finally become pregnant by Big Daddy's favorite son, Brick, but Brick won't cooperate in Maggie's plans and prefers to stay in a mild alcoholic haze the entire length of his visit. Maggie has her own interests at heart in wanting to become pregnant, of course, but she also wants to make amends to Brick for an error in judgment that nearly cost her her marriage. Swarming around Maggie and Brick are their intrusive, conniving relatives, all eager to see Maggie put in her place and Brick tumbled from his position of most-beloved son. By evening's end, Maggie's ingenuity, fortitude and passion will set things right, and Brick's love for his father, never before expressed, will retrieve him from his path of destruction and return him, helplessly, to Maggie's loving arms.
Audition Form - Please print and bring completed to your audition. Blank forms will be available for any unable to print in advance.
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Audition Sides
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Casting Information
Margaret (Maggie the Cat) - Female, 23-36: Brick’s wife, edgy, tense and suspicious of Brick's friendship with his friend Skipper.
Brick - Male, 23-36: Former athlete, favorite son of the family, has become a difficult alcoholic after the suicide of his best friend Skipper.
Big Daddy - Male, 50-75: the family patriarch, known to be brash and vulgar.
Big Mama: - Female, 50-75: sincere, embarrassingly dedicated to a man who seems to despise her, considers Brick her “only son.”
Mae - Female, 30-45: mean, agitated, schemes with her husband Gooper to inherit Big Daddy’s estate.
Gooper - Male, 30-45: the eldest, yet least favored sibling, a successful corporate lawyer who resents his parents' love for Brick, schemes to take over the family estate.
Reverend Tooker - Male, 35-70: tactless, opportunistic, hypocritical guest at the birthday party.
Dr Baugh - Male, 35-70: Big Daddy’s physician.
The Children - Male or Female, 7-15: Mae and Gooper’s kids, badly behaved, spoiled children who intermittently interrupt the action.
The Help - Male or Female, 18-64: plantation servants who appear off and on throughout the play.
Brick - Male, 23-36: Former athlete, favorite son of the family, has become a difficult alcoholic after the suicide of his best friend Skipper.
Big Daddy - Male, 50-75: the family patriarch, known to be brash and vulgar.
Big Mama: - Female, 50-75: sincere, embarrassingly dedicated to a man who seems to despise her, considers Brick her “only son.”
Mae - Female, 30-45: mean, agitated, schemes with her husband Gooper to inherit Big Daddy’s estate.
Gooper - Male, 30-45: the eldest, yet least favored sibling, a successful corporate lawyer who resents his parents' love for Brick, schemes to take over the family estate.
Reverend Tooker - Male, 35-70: tactless, opportunistic, hypocritical guest at the birthday party.
Dr Baugh - Male, 35-70: Big Daddy’s physician.
The Children - Male or Female, 7-15: Mae and Gooper’s kids, badly behaved, spoiled children who intermittently interrupt the action.
The Help - Male or Female, 18-64: plantation servants who appear off and on throughout the play.
Location
310 N 27th Street Gadsden, AL 35904 |
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