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Terms of Endearment by Dan GordonAUDITION DATES: July 15 at 6pm and July 20 at 10am
PERFORMANCE DATES: Sept 26-Oct 6
Drama
Challenges in life and love test the resilience of a mother-daughter relationship in Terms of Endearment. Though Emma is often exasperated by her highly-opinionated mother, Aurora, they talk every day about their problems, from Aurora finding unexpected love even as she becomes a reluctant grandmother, to Emma's struggle in her troubled marriage. But when they need one another most, will they be able to find courage in each other? This funny and touching story captures the delicate, sometimes fractured bonds between mothers and daughters, husbands and wives, and lovers, both old and new.
Cast needed: 3w, 3m, (6-9 actors possible: 3-5w, 3-4m)
Characters:
Aurora Greenway - Female, 50-69; Mother of Emma with whom she has a complex, strong, yet caring relationship. She’s completely involved in her daughter’s family problems. Smart, “hard-to–please,” she is passionate in life and love.
Emma Greenway - Female, 20-39; realistic, feisty when she needs to be, sees the good in life. As smart as her Mom, she has the heart of a lioness and is deeply committed to her husband, her children, and her mother.
Garrett Breedlove - Male, 50-69; next-door neighbor to Aurora. A retired astronaut. A womanizing alcoholic who has let himself go. Develops a tenuous and surprising relationship with Aurora.
Flap Horton - Male, 20-39; Emma’s high school sweetheart and now wayward husband. Inattentive. Trying to find his own path, he accepts a position of a college professor in Des Moines, Iowa, separating the family hundreds of miles from Emma's meddlesome mother.
Patsy Clark - Female, 18-39; Emma’s best girlfriend who continues on to college, eventually becoming successful in NYC. Also smart, full of life, a dedicated friend, she is always there for Emma. Plays additional roles, Doris (young date of Garrett) and the nurse in the hospital.
Doctor Maise - Male or Female 40-69; Emma’s doctor, impatient, clinical, brusque.
Rudyard
Doris
Nurse
Operator
Teddy
Heather
Young Woman
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
The Hearn Stage, 1104 3rd St,Alexandria,LA,United States
