Auditions
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Things I Know to be True
by Andrew Bovell
Director: Shirley Sydenham
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Synopsis:
Is unconditional love absolute? Or is there a step too far? This touching, humourous and brave play is centred around that dichotomy.
The play takes place over a year, during which time each member of an Adelaide family faces secrets and deals with truths that impact their life. Andrew Bovell's beautifully written play weaves many threads that may make us consider our own attitudes and biases.
Season dates:
23 April 2025 to 10 May 2025
Audition dates:
Friday 31 January 2025 from 7.30pm
Saturday 1 February 2025 from 2.30pm
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Audition venue:
Williamstown Little Theatre, 2-4 Albert St Williamstown
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Audition information:
It is essential to read the script before auditioning. If you would like a script please email the director, Shirley, at ssydenham@wlt.org.au. Please indicate your preferred role and preferred audition day. All auditionees will be emailed a list of audition pieces which will include excerpts of the character’s monologue piece/s.
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Rehearsals:
There will be a few weeks of one-to-one work on monologue before full blocking rehearsals commence. There may be some variation of days and venue prior to 5 March 2025.
Preferred rehearsal evenings are Tuesdays and Thursdays, 7.30pm - 10.00pm (negotiable, depending on actors’ availabilities) and Sundays, probably 1.30pm – 5.00pm (Sunday times are negotiable).
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Roles available:​​
There are six roles available with no pre-cast roles. All ages are a guideline.​
BOB – 63, retrenched auto worker, a full on devoted family man. He’s calm, good natured, peacemaker, mediator… except when pushed too far. Feeling at a loose end with not enough to do, he does a lot of gardening, particularly a rose bed that is his pride and joy.
FRAN – 57, a senior nurse working full time. She is still mothering despite her exclamations that she’s over being a mum. She has been a dominant force in all their lives and is sometimes intuitive about them.
Their children:
PIP – 34, education department bureaucrat. Married with two school-age girls. She’s like her mother, driven, decisive, pushing on with her career. But, though very fond of her supportive husband, she wonders whether or not they have a future together.
MARK/MIA – 32, IT specialist. Has always been very close to Rosie, their ‘baby’ sister. A bit of a loner since childhood, very much an observer. Unhappy with their life, with who they are, they’ve begun the progress to a massive change in their life.
BEN – 28, financial services officer, Fran’s favourite. She still does his laundry and cooks for him. Ben’s chasing the lifestyle of the movers and shakers at work. He’s stealing from the firm and is heading for a fall.
ROSIE – 19, much loved favourite of all the family. She doesn’t know who she is or what she wants to be yet. She went overseas to ‘grow up’ but the man of her dreams turned out to be a nightmare and she came home to heal. She’s sometimes the observer from the sidelines, sometimes the teller of the story.​
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To book an audition please contact the director, Shirley, at ssydenham@wlt.org.au
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Williamstown Little Theatre is a community theatre, and as such, actors are not paid.
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