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| Written by Brian Friel Directed by Brooke Malloy Produced by Brianne Higgins & Brooke Malloy |
| AUDITION DETAILS BELOW! |
| Audition Dates: Tuesday, December 9th, 7-9pm Wednesday, December 10th, 7-9pm Callbacks (if necessary): Thursday, December 11th, 7-9pm **Please be familiar with the script.** Place: Antrim Playhouse 15 Spook Rock Road, Wesley Hills, New York At The Auditions: Sides will be provided. Accents not necessary, but welcome. |
| CHARACTER BREAKDOWN |
About the Play
Dancing at Lughnasa is set in Ballybeg, a fictional landscape
in Donegal Ireland. Michael, raised by his unmarried
mother and four spinster aunts in 1930’s Ireland, recounts
the story from when he was 7 years old.
Their lives are interrupted by the arrival of two men – the
boy’s long-lost father and his uncle, returned after 25
years as a missionary in Africa.
Character Descriptions:
**all roles, except for Gerry, require an authentic
Donegal Brogue. A dialect coach will assist us
throughout the duration of rehearsals.
MICHAEL – A young man, the narrator. Gives the
impression of having moved on from the provincial,
impoverished world of Ballybeg, but is profoundly
affected by and deeply appreciative of the experiences he
had there.
KATE – Just Forty years old, a schoolteacher. The
family wage earner, and well aware of the responsibility
this brings. A very proper woman with straitlaced
attitudes, she has a tendency to be critical, but is unable to
control her compassion for those she loves.
MAGGIE – Thirty-eight, housekeeper, the joker of the
family, with weaknesses for men and cigarettes. Her role
includes caretaker of the family poultry along with baking
and cleaning, but when crisis appears, she steps up to take
charge.
AGNES – Thirty-five, a knitter. She is a dreamer, shy
and introspective, and she looks for chances to escape the
humdrum domesticity of the family cottage.
ROSE – Thirty-two, a knitter. As the Irish say, her mind
is with God. She has the desires of a woman in her
thirties and the mind of an eight year old girl.
CHRIS – Twenty-six, Michael’s mother, and a good
mother. Her love of life and trusting nature led to the
present situation. She lives with the shame of bearing an
illegitimate child, a great moral burden in rural Ireland at
the time.
GERRY – Early thirties. A charming Welshman who
managed to seduce Chris. He visits at intervals and
proposes marriage, although he has a wife and children
back in Wales. Basically dysfunctional, he tries everything
and succeeds at nothing. Speaks with a standard British accent.
JACK – Fifty-three, a missionary priest, now returned
home after 25 years in Uganda, shrunken and jaundiced
with malaria. Recalled by the Catholic hierarchy because
the natives he was sent to convert, converted him.
Dancing at Lughnasa is set in Ballybeg, a fictional landscape
in Donegal Ireland. Michael, raised by his unmarried
mother and four spinster aunts in 1930’s Ireland, recounts
the story from when he was 7 years old.
Their lives are interrupted by the arrival of two men – the
boy’s long-lost father and his uncle, returned after 25
years as a missionary in Africa.
Character Descriptions:
**all roles, except for Gerry, require an authentic
Donegal Brogue. A dialect coach will assist us
throughout the duration of rehearsals.
MICHAEL – A young man, the narrator. Gives the
impression of having moved on from the provincial,
impoverished world of Ballybeg, but is profoundly
affected by and deeply appreciative of the experiences he
had there.
KATE – Just Forty years old, a schoolteacher. The
family wage earner, and well aware of the responsibility
this brings. A very proper woman with straitlaced
attitudes, she has a tendency to be critical, but is unable to
control her compassion for those she loves.
MAGGIE – Thirty-eight, housekeeper, the joker of the
family, with weaknesses for men and cigarettes. Her role
includes caretaker of the family poultry along with baking
and cleaning, but when crisis appears, she steps up to take
charge.
AGNES – Thirty-five, a knitter. She is a dreamer, shy
and introspective, and she looks for chances to escape the
humdrum domesticity of the family cottage.
ROSE – Thirty-two, a knitter. As the Irish say, her mind
is with God. She has the desires of a woman in her
thirties and the mind of an eight year old girl.
CHRIS – Twenty-six, Michael’s mother, and a good
mother. Her love of life and trusting nature led to the
present situation. She lives with the shame of bearing an
illegitimate child, a great moral burden in rural Ireland at
the time.
GERRY – Early thirties. A charming Welshman who
managed to seduce Chris. He visits at intervals and
proposes marriage, although he has a wife and children
back in Wales. Basically dysfunctional, he tries everything
and succeeds at nothing. Speaks with a standard British accent.
JACK – Fifty-three, a missionary priest, now returned
home after 25 years in Uganda, shrunken and jaundiced
with malaria. Recalled by the Catholic hierarchy because
the natives he was sent to convert, converted him.
| PERFORMANCE DATES: March: 6th, 7th, 8th*, 13th, 14th, 15th*, 20th, 21st, 22nd* *Sunday Matinee Performances |
