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AEA Special Appearance
Contract and non-AEA. Stipend for non-Equity.
Open Call, Saturday, April 19
10:00 am - 12:00 noon for THE THEATER PROJECT
The Theater Project is updating its files prior to casting
its summer and fall productions; casting for both shows will
be completed by May 15
The Theater Project, Union County College’s Professional
Theater Company is located on the Cranford campus, 1033
Springfield Avenue, Cranford, NJ 07016.
TheaterProject@aol.com
Actors from New York should take the 113 NJ Transit bus from
Port Authority leaving at 9:00 am, arriving in Cranford
about 9:45 am. Disembark at the train station in downtown
Cranford and Theater Project stage manager will provide
transportation to and from audition.
FLAMING GUNS OF THE PURPLE SAGE by Jane Martin, runs July
10-August 3
DEFYING GRAVITY by Jane Anderson, runs September 25 -October
12.
CAST BREAKDOWN
Purple Sage:
spoofs rodeo queens, cowboy movies, bad guys, true love and
grotesque true crime dramas.
three women, four men, 20s -- 50s,
Women:
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Big 8, a former rodeo queen with a skill for taking very
good care of young cowboys with back problems
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Shirl, Big 8's sister, works down at the local
slaughterhouse, and is always bringing home "treats."
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She Devil, recovering biker girl, with hair the color of
"throwed up strawberry milkshake."
Men:
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Rob Bob, a young aspiring rodeo star and old western
movie fanatic -- Big 8's latest patient.
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Black Dog, a one-eyed Ukrainian Hells Angel. Requires
extreme physicality - he dies a lot.
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Baxter Blue, overaged Boy Scout who serves as the town
sheriff and Shirl's and main squeeze.
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Donnie Pride, young cowhand and aspiring rodeo star -
small role, could possibly double as Black Dog
Defying Gravity,
for women, three men , 20s – 60s, A fantasy
reflection on the 1986 Challenger explosion, exploring human
kind’s thirst for the world beyond our grasp.
Women:
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Elizabeth, the adult daughter of someone very like
Christa McAuliffe
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Teacher, someone very like Christa McAuliffe
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Donna, a bartender at a NASA hang out- THIS ROLE IS
CAST
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Betty, a retiree who is driven to Florida to watch the
Challenger take off
Men:
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CB,
a NASA mechanic, 40s or up
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Ed,
Betty’s husband, a retiree
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Monet,
the French painter, whose spirit appears to be floating
through Cape Canaveral. THIS ROLE IS CAST
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