AUDITION NOTICE

(Non-Union, Non-paying)

LES BELLES-SOEURS

by Michel Tremblay (translated by John Van Burek and Bill Glassco)

Directed by Katherine Bignell-Jones

Performance Dates: September 9 to October 1, 2016

AUDITIONS will be held at the Village Playhouse, 2190 Bloor St. West (around the corner from Runnymede subway station) at the following times:

• Wednesday, June 15, 2016 / 7 – 10 pm
• Thursday, June 16, 2016 / 7 – 10 pm
• Saturday June 18, 2016 / 11am – 5pm
• CALL BACKS: Monday June 20, 2016 / from 7pm

NOTE: Rehearsals & Performances are at 2190 Bloor St. West.

First read: Tuesday, July 5 / 7-10pm. Rehearsals will begin shortly after: Tuesdays and Thursdays 7-10 pm, and Sundays 1-5 pm (rehearsal dates are flexible depending on actor availability) AND every night of tech week beginning Sunday, September 4.

The play in a nutshell:

Germaine Lauzon wins one million Green Stamps and invites friends and family to help paste them into books – and simmering resentments shake up all fifteen women. It’s been translated into 20 languages and may be Canada’s most-produced play.

CHARACTERS (ages refer to characters, not actors – and are approximate):

1. Germaine Lauzon – housewife, 40’s, second oldest of four sisters. Has a sense of superiority due to her winning 1 million trading stamps.
2. Linda Lauzon – Daughter of Germaine, 20’s, works in retail. Has an impulsive personality. Constantly at odds with her mother.
3. Rose Ouimet – Third oldest sister, 35-45, the comedian of the family. She dares to say what others won’t. Her secret: quietly enduring the repeated sexual assaults of her brutish husband.
4. Gabrielle Jodin – Oldest sister, 48-55. She is subdued, reserved and self-effacing.
5. Lisette de Courval – 40’s, a neighbour. Thinks herself more sophisticated and morally above her more vulgar neighbours. She is awkward in her condescension.
6. Marie-Ange Brouillette – late 20’s. Jealous, angry, hard done by, over looked, ignored. First to arrive and first to steal from Germaine.
7. Yvette Longpré– 40’s – 50’s, a neighbour. The very personification of happiness and contentment, thus making her seem completely invisible.
8. Des-Neiges Verrette – 30’s – 40’s, a neighbour. Still single,  but longs for Mr.Simard.
9. Thérèse Dubuc – mid 30’s, a neighbour who cares for her invalid mother in-law. Sometimes in a troubling way.
10. Olivine Dubuc – 90’s, invalid, wheelchair bound mother in-law of Thérèse. She is bitter. Very few lines.
11. Ginette Ménard – 17-20, friend of Lise & Linda. Little nosey. Hard home life. Desperately wants to be liked by her friends, who perpetually reject her.
12. Lise Paquette – 19-22, friend of Linda and Ginette. Naive, desperate, just discovered that she is pregnant
13. Rhéauna Bibeau – 55-65, aging bachelorette. Lives with Angeline. She is the more dominating of the two.
14. Angéline Sauvé – 55-65, aging bachelorette, who lives with Rheauna. Docile, but reveals a tightly held secret.
15. Pierrette Guérin – 32 (but can look older), has lived a hard life. The youngest sister. Black sheep of the family. Ostracized by her family and abandoned by her man Johnny.