Audition Notice
River City Community Players is pleased to announce auditions for our Winter production of Crimes of the Heart by Beth Henley.
Auditions are scheduled for December 2 and 3 from 7-9pm.
Those wishing to audition are encouraged to sign up, but walk-ins are also welcome.
Auditions are at Gayton Kirk Presbyterian Church, 11421 Gayton Road, Henrico, Virginia, 23238.
Rehearsals will begin in December 2024.
There will be 6 total performances between February 21 and March 1. All performances will be held at Gayton Kirk Presbyterian. No performers are paid.
Auditions will be from provided sides. Please either send your headshot (or recent selfie) and resume to brandystevens434@gmail.com or bring a printed copy of each to the audition. If sending your headshot and resume digitally, please send each as separate files attached to the email. Make sure to include your full name.
Callbacks will be held, if needed, on Thursday, December 5 at 7:30pm.
Readings will be from sides. All call back auditions must be in person.
Character Breakdown:
Lenny Magrath - 30, the oldest sister
Chick Boyle - 29, the sisters’ first cousin
Doc Porter - 30, Meg’s old boyfriend
Meg Magrath - 27, the middle sister
Babe Botrelle - 24, the youngest sister
Barnette Lloyd - 26, Babe’s lawyer
About the Play
The scene is Hazlehurst, Mississippi, where the three Magrath sisters have gathered to await news of the family patriarch, their grandfather, who is living out his last hours in the local hospital. Lenny, the oldest sister, is unmarried at thirty and facing diminishing marital prospects; Meg, the middle sister, who quickly outgrew Hazlehurst, is back after a failed singing career on the West Coast; while Babe, the youngest, is out on bail after having shot her husband in the stomach. Their troubles, grave and yet, somehow, hilarious, are highlighted by their priggish cousin, Chick, and by the awkward young lawyer who tries to keep Babe out of jail while helpless not to fall in love with her. In the end the play is the story of how its young characters escape the past to seize the future—but the telling is so true and touching and consistently hilarious that it will linger in the mind long after the curtain has descended.