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Actors Collaborative Toledo announces auditions for Eleemosynary by Lee Blessing.Directed by Fran Martone. Auditions will be held on Saturday, June 29th from 3:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m. and on Sunday, June 30th from 5:00 p.m.-7:00 p.m.
Casting needs: 3 female presenting actors, 1-late teens, i-30's -40's, and 1-50's-60's
The play will be performed on September 20-22, 2024, at Trinity Episcopal Church.
The play probes into the delicate relationship of three singular women: the grandmother, Dorothea, who has sought to assert her independence through strong-willed eccentricity; her brilliant daughter, Artie (Artemis), who has fled the stifling domination of her mother; and Artie’s daughter, Echo, a child of exceptional intellect—and sensitivity—whom Artie has abandoned to an upbringing by Dorothea. As the play begins, Dorothea has suffered a stroke, and while Echo has reestablished contact with her mother, it is only through extended telephone conversations, during which real issues are skirted and their talk is mostly about the precocious Echo’s single-minded domination of a national spelling contest. But, in the end, after Dorothea’s death, both Artie and Echo come to accept their mutual need and summon the courage to try, at last, to build a life together—despite the risks and terrors that this holds for both of them after so many years of alienation and estrangement.
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Trinity Episcopal Church, 416 N St Clair St, Toledo, OH 43604, United States,Toledo, Ohio
