SUMMER Submission - Turtle Shell Productions Auditions

SHOWCASE

SUMMER – Photo / Resume Request

Turtle Shell Productions (NYC) Equity Showcase, approval pending’

Rehearsals/Performances: 4/14 – 5/1/11

Casting Director: John W. Cooper

NYC auditions and callbacks will be held February 10^th thru 25^th, 2011, by appointment only.

For consideration, mail picture and resume to:

Turtle Shell Productions

300 West 43rd Street, Suite # 403

New York, NY 10036

Attention: SUMMER casting

Synopsis: It is Summer 1910. Charity Royall, a lonely young librarian, feels trapped in her sleepy New England village. She is pretty and intelligent, but she has little formal education and few friends. Her overprotective guardian, Mr. Royall, has just tried to seduce her. She dreams of romance and of escaping to a more exciting life in the big city. And she thinks she's finally found her chance when she meets Lucius Harney, a city-bred architect who is studying colonial houses in the vicinity. She offers to serve as his guide, and the two quickly grow fond of each other. But Mr. Royall questions Lucius's intentions and sends him packing. Lucius leaves to sort out his affairs. Charity, now pregnant and unsure of her future, learns that Lucius and a more worldly woman, Annabel, are about to be engaged. She considers informing him of her pregnancy, but fears becoming solely an obligation. Alone and abandoned, Charity concludes that the only way to support her baby is through prostitution. But she is saved from her bleak future in a way she least anticipates.

Seeking:

Charity Royall:

(Age 19 - 25) (F) a lonely village librarian. Turn-of-the-century country beauty from the hills, feisty with a strong emotional range.

Annabel Balch:

(Age 19 – 25) (F) Upper crust snob.

Lucius Harney:

(Age 25 – 35) (M) an urbane architect. Romantic lead who has a charm with the turn-of-the century ladies.

Liff Hyatt:

(Age 30 – 45) (M) an inarticulate mountain man. Please note if you can play: a percussion instrument, banjo, harmonica, or any blue grass instruments but not necessary.

Miss Hatchard:

(Age 55 + ) (F) the village matriarch.

Mr. Royall:

(Age 45 - 60) (M) Charity’s guardian, a disappointed, self-educated lawyer. Handsome man who yearns to love again.

Dr. Merkle:

(F) (Age 50+) a shrewd abortionist