​Plays

Is This Seat Taken? by Laura Gaspari, Directed by Liz Rapelye

The Book Club by CC Coyne, Directed by Catherine LaMoreaux

The Choca by Tom Cavanaugh Directed by Annick Vasquez

An Hour to Kill by Susan Cain McQuilkin, Directed by Mead Winters

Eventually Ever After by Dan Mauer, Directed by Mimi B. Francis

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Dragonfly Multicultural Arts Center is committed to inclusive and diverse casting. We encourage actors of all ethnicities, backgrounds, gender identities, and abilities to audition. Our goal is to create an equitable and welcoming environment where all performers feel valued and represented.

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Roles

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The Book Club – 4 female-identifying and 1 male-identifying, ages 30-50

Synopsis: High school teachers meet for a book club that takes the place of professional development. Conflicts emerge that demonstrate that teachers' behavior can resemble that of their students'.

Cindy: a high school Theater/English teacher, about 30

Evelyn: a high school English teacher, about 50

Andrea: a high school English teacher, about 38

Lisa: a high school English teacher, about 45

Tony: a Phys Ed teacher, about 35-50

 

Eventually Ever After 1 female-identifying 20-30, 4 male-identifying 20-70

Synopsis: A woman writer submits a story to her otherwise all male writers group without telling them the piece is autobiographical. As the men deliver their scathing critiques, it quickly becomes evident that she has a different story to tell than the one on the page.

LUCY (f) -- Late-20s to Early 30s, a first grade teacher and aspiring short story writer. Demure and polite on the outside, cynical and weary on the inside.

OWEN (m) -- Late-20s to Early 30s, medical writer and aspiring novelist. A nerd with potential if only he could get out of his own way.

WALT (m) -- Early 70s, a retired police dispatcher and aspiring screenwriter. The Simon Cowell of the group.

MILES (m) -- Mid- to late-30s, a tax accountant and aspiring screenwriter. Another nerd. Thinks memorizing "Save the Cat" will unlock the secret to writing success. A textbook example of the Dunning-Kruger effect.

TED (m) -- Early 50s, a widowed insurance salesman and aspiring novelist. Empathetic. Sensitive. A guy with more heart than talent.

WOMAN'S VOICE (f) -- Adult of indiscernible age. Voice of  librarian over

 

Is This Seat Taken?:  1 man, one woman

Joseph - NYC detective , rough but sensitive, any age

           Michael : NYC detective, very sensitive, any age. Attractive Female

 

The Choca: two female-identifying 30-40

Synopsis: Two women meet for the first time and bond over vodka and potty training while sitting at a bar

KIMBERLY - Anyone who identifies as female, 30s-40's, a new mother with a 2 year old daughter.

ELISSA - Anyone who identifies as female, 30s-40s, a working Mom/Bartender with two kids at home. The voice of experience.

 

An Hour to Kill: 1 female-identifying 20s, 1 male-identifying 20s, 1 M or F

Synopsis:  Killing time before their dinner reservation, Rick wants to prove to Darcy that fortune tellers are frauds.  What happens to his smug confidence when the unexpected occurs in Miss Eva's reading room?

Darcy, late 20's

Rick, late 20's

Miss Eva, middle aged woman or man in drag

with an Eastern European accent