Glimmer Globe Theatre is thrilled to host open auditions for three exciting new plays as part of our 2023 NEXT! Readings of New Works by Regional Playwrights. This year we’ll be featuring:

Sun. March 12 at 3PM:
Dirt by Christopher Carter Sanderson

Sun. March 26 at 3PM
Cairo by Ryan Skinner

Sun. April 16 at 3PM
Un Hombre by Stephen Kaplan

Glimmer Globe Theatre is seeking a diverse and inclusive cast for this year’s plays and encourages all to audition regardless of performance experience! Rehearsals (4-5 max) will take place largely Fridays-Sundays, with some possible exceptions. Details about each play and characters can be found below, followed by audition sides (script excerpts). A reader will be present at each audition to stand in for the other role(s) in each audition side.

Auditions slots are available in-person at Fenimore Art Museum on Sat. Feb. 26 & Sun. Feb. 27. Those who cannot be here in person can submit a video. Please just reach out to auditions@fenimoreart.org to make virtual audition arrangements. All actors will be asked to provide proof of full COVID-19 vaccination at their audition.

Please sign up for an audition slot via the following spreadsheet:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1DjtlUdCuXa04IaI5roJuwLdhP-bCsZW8tFrWuPSt7lI/edit?usp=sharing

If you’re unable to sign up for a slot via this spreadsheet, or if you have any other questions, please reach out to us at auditions@fenimoreart.org!

Dirt by Christopher Carter Sanderson
Sunday, March 12 at 3PM
Directed by Omonike Akinyemi

Synopsis: In a farmhouse on what’s left of a once-great farm estate in Northern Virginia, USA, a family has just lost their mother, who succumbed to dementia and old age. She was white. Her natural son from another marriage, who is also white, is has been the caretaker for her and her husband, who is Black, for years. Their other son, his from a previous marriage long ago, is Black. The forces pulling on the unraveling family’s members defy stereotype and cliché as they alternately battle and plead with each other to shape the future of the family – or are they repeating an entire country’s doomed past? By turns funny, tragic, poetic, unhinged, disarming, and armed – not entirely unlike the South of today – Dirt leaves the audience with many new questions, and plenty to consider about brotherhood… maybe even in a whole new way.

Characters:
JAMES JR., a white male 30. Scruffy. Southern. Looks a little lost.
JAMES SR., their father, a Black man who is right around 70. An impressive presence; an old- school businessman who would be comfortable North or South.
GARLAND, his brother, a Black man, closer to 40. Neat, well put together appearance and manner, very well-spoken with little Southern accent.
JANE, 30’s Asian woman from the South, very poised and professional. A lawyer in Northern Virginia (Nova), where lawyers are well-employed.
JANET, a white woman, particularly handsome, late 40’s or 50’s. Southern, cosmopolitan. A lawyer in Nova also.
MONICA, late 20’s, a “mixed race” Black woman, student. Professional and vulnerable.

Sides (excerpts) available HERE
Script available HERE

Cairo by Ryan Skinner
Sunday, March 26 at 3PM
Directed by Lissa Sidoli

Synopsis: Byron, who is battling early onset dementia, travels with Sam and Clay (who he helped raise) to a family cabin in Cairo, New York, for what the two of them expect to be a simple trip down memory lane. But they are soon to uncover some brutal secrets and clash with one another, as they try to keep whatever family bonds between them intact before the trip is done.

Characters:
SAM or SAMANTHA, 30, WHITE…TOUGH AS NAILS, NO FILTER, STREET SMART
BYRON, 64, AFRICAN AMERICAN, EXPERIENCING EARLY DEMENTIA, ODDLY ADVENTUROUS
CLAY, 35, WHITE… STILL HAS THE MIND OF A BOY, NOT SURE ABOUT THE REAL WORLD
YOUNGER BYRON, 44. AFRICAN AMERICAN…. REGRETS NOT DOING MORE WITH LIFE, GENTLE SOUL
DEBRA, 40, WHITE….RESTAURANT OWNER, NO NONSENSE, NEVER SUGAR COATS

Sides (excerpts) available HERE
Script available HERE

Un Hombre by Stephen Kaplan
Sunday April 16, at 3PM
Directed by Mary Davis Fralick

Synopsis: A modern-day golem story about Rebecca Wolfson, a recently widowed single mother, who makes a clay man that comes to life and serves as a Bar Mitzvah and Spanish tutor for her 12-year-old son. As mother and son get wrapped up in the distractions that this seemingly perfect solution to their problems offers, the clay man begins questioning his own existence and purpose, forcing all three to confront the truths they’ve all been avoiding.

Characters:
REBECCA WOLFSON – 40s. Mother to JOSH. A clay sculptor mourning the recent loss of her husband and trying her best, though often failing, to take care of her son and hold their lives together. Grew up in a Spanish-speaking home.
JOSH WOLFSON – 12 – almost 13. Precocious and struggling with the loss of his father as he prepares for his upcoming Bar Mitzvah. Smart, angry, sad, confused.
ADAM – Innocent, like a child, and eager to please, like a puppy dog. Very attractive and built. Oh, and he’s made out of clay. Familiarity with the Spanish language strongly preferred .

Sides (excerpts) available HERE
Script available HERE