AUDITION NOTICE FOR PERSIMMON TREE PLAYERS’ SPRING 2024 PRODUCTION

The Savannah Sipping Society

by Jessie Jones, Nicholas Hope & Jamie Wooten

Auditions:

Sunday, January 28 and Tuesday, January 30

7:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.

Callbacks (if needed) on Wednesday, January 31 at 7:00 p.m.

Open call, cold readings from the script

Please schedule your audition HERE

Victory Hall Theater

401 Valley Street, Scottsville, VA 24590

Performance Dates:

April 20, 21, 26, 27, 28

Directed By:

Tom Green

Summary

In this delightful, laugh-a-minute comedy, four unique Southern women find themselves in need of escape from the sameness of their day-to-day routines. Drawn together by fate and an impromptu happy hour, these new-found friends decide it’s high time to reclaim the enthusiasm for life they’ve lost throughout the years.

Characters

Randa – A perfectionist and workaholic.  Struggling to cope with a surprise career derailment that, unfortunately, reveals she has no life and no idea how to get one.  Stage age of 49.

Dot – Reeling from her husband’s recent demise and the loss of their plans for an idyllic retirement.  Facing the unsettling prospect of starting a new life from scratch, all alone.  Stage age of 69.

Marlafaye – Earthy and boisterous, a good ol’ Texas gal.  Blasted into Savannah in the wake of losing her tom-cattin’ husband to a twenty-three-year-old dental hygienist.  The strength of her desire to establish a new life is equaled only by her desire to wreak a righteous revenge on her ex.  Stage age of 57.

Jinx – A spunky ball of fire, new to town.  Offers her services as a much-needed life coach for the women, but overlooks the fact that she’s the one most in need of sage advice.  Stage age of 53.

Randa’s Grandmother (non-speaking role) – Elegant matriarch.  Appears and dies.

Productions Details

Rehearsals will primarily be held on Sundays, Tuesdays, and Wednesdays each week, with the potential for additional rehearsals as we approach performance dates. Those auditioning must be available in the evenings beginning on Sunday, April 14 for the entire week before the show opens. All performances and most rehearsals will be held at Victory Hall.