AUDITIONS FOR 'NIGHT MOTHER by MARSHA NORMAN March 3, 2013

Auditions will be held Sunday March 3rd and Monday 4th Sunday & Monday at 7:00 pm...Surfside Playhouse, Cocoa Beach, FL

We need two adult women, one in her 30s – 50s, one in her 50s – 70s

Jessie and her mother share a small house on an isolated country road. Jessie's father is dead; her loveless marriage ended in divorce; her absent son is a petty thief; her last job didn't work out and, in general, her life is stale and unprofitable. As the play begins Jessie asks for her father's service revolver and calmly announces that she intends to kill herself. At first her mother refuses to take her seriously, but as Jessie sets about tidying the house and making lists of things to be looked after, her sense of desperate helplessness begins to build...

THE CAST
JESSIE CATES: A divorced woman who lives with her widowed mother. She is an epileptic who has experienced seizures most of her life. Nothing in life has worked out for this woman, including raising a grown son who turned out to be a disappointing loser. She has suffered with severe extended depression that has never been treated. In the play her long standing despair has been temporarily relieved by a decision that has her uncharacteristically peaceful and talkative. The usual gray pallor and unsteady physical energy of this woman have given way to a new purpose that is expressed in productivity and detached humor.

THELMA "MAMA" CATES: A widow, she is starting to feel her age and has easily allowed her depressed daughter to come and take care of all of the details of her life. She sees life as she wants it to be, rather than how it is. She speaks quickly and enjoys talking. She is a simple country gal who never wanted much and could find a way to be happy with whatever she had, even if it meant lying to herself and others. She has no need for intimacy in relationships, but is energized by social situations.

Show dates: April 19 - April 28, 2013 (two weekends), Fridays/Saturdays 8:00pm, Sundays 2:00pm

http://www.surfsideplayers.com/index.php/auditions/nightmother