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Auditions for The Foreigner will be from 6:00 - 9:00 p.m. on Monday and Tuesday, October 6 and 7 in the Main Stage of Withycombe Hall. The tryouts will be open to all persons, students and community members alike. The auditions will consist of readings from the script. Monologues need not be prepared, but a review of the play in advance is highly encouraged.
Scripts may be checked out at the Theatre Office in Withycombe Hall on the OSU campus starting September 2nd.
A play by Karen Brody
Wed and Thurs, August 27 and August 28 at 6 pm
Lab Theatre in Withycombe Hall at OSU
Performances October 9 – 12
Produced with the support of Dr. Charlotte Headrick and the University Theatre, the Center for Humanities, Dr. Larry Roper’s office, the Anthropology Department, Women Studies, and with the assistance of the University Theatre
The play is part of an international movement to spark discussion about how maternity care can be more mother-friendly and to benefit local birth organizations
Casting the following roles:
AMANDA is a 28-year-old stay-at-home mother of two who lives in the suburbs of Seattle, Washington. She’s athletic, mainstream, but liberal and very confident. Her voice is strong and powerful.
BETH is a 35-year-old successful, high-powered computer systems manager from New Jersey. She’s friendly, confident and very straight forward.
JANET is a 41-year-old lesbian who is a cameraman for documentary films. She lives in San Francisco. She’s happy and easy-going.
JILLIAN is a 45-year-old stay-at-home mother of four originally from Ohio, but lives in South Texas. She is very upbeat, light, funny – Jillian always sees the humor in life. She is optimistic and trusting with a naiveté that’s charming.
LISA is a 37-year-old African-American who works for an international women’s rights organization in Washington, DC. Lisa is angry, sarcastic and deeply sad about her birth experience.
NATALIE is a 30-year-old successful artist who lives in Albuquerque, New Mexico. She is a strikingly beautiful bi-racial woman, smiles A LOT, is not super “earthy-crunchy” but is open to using alternative health like herbs and acupuncture.
SANDY is a 33-year-old freelance editor for an online magazine. She lives in Wisconsin and is likeable, with a "girl-next-door" voice.
VANESSA is a 25-year-old Hispanic woman from New York City who runs her own business. She is strong-willed, funny, with a "couldn’t care what anybody thinks about me" attitude.
OTHER CHARACTERS who speak for a short period of time include obstetricians, nurses, midwives, a doula, husbands, mothers and mother-in-laws.
For more information call
Kimberly Gifford 541-754-9473 or Kryn Freehling 541-971-3100