AUDITIONS: THE CLEAN HOUSE

AUDITIONS: THE CLEAN HOUSE

AUDITION NOTICE:

TITLE: THE CLEAN HOUSE

AUTHOR: Sarah Ruhl

DIRECTOR: Meredith Miranda

RUN: June 9th  – July 8th 2023. Fridays & Saturdays 8pm, Sundays at 2pm. Special performances on Thursday and Sunday nights may be added for private parties and special events.

This is a volunteer community theater production.  Non-Equity.  There is no pay. At this time, all volunteers including actors must be fully vaccinated to participate in shows.

AUDITION DATES:

Open Call:

Dates: Monday, April 17th and Tuesday, April 18th 2023. (Auditioners only need to come to one night of Open Call Auditions.)

Times: 7pm – 9pm

Location: Long Beach Playhouse  

Callbacks:

Wednesday, April 19th 7pm – 10pm, by invitation only.

REHEARSALS:

First Read-Through: Saturday, April 22nd, Noon – 4pm.

Regular Rehearsal: Monday-Thursday evenings, 7pm – 10pm; Saturdays, 10am – 3pm. (Select Sunday rehearsals may be added as necessary, 7pm -10pm)

(See Beginning Rehearsal Schedule BELOW for specific dates and times.)

Location: Long Beach Playhouse

AUDITION REQUIREMENTS:

Bring headshot and resume. Sides for cold readings will be provided at the auditions. *Please prepare a brief joke to tell.

Please bring your vaccination card as written proof of full vaccination to the auditions. Masks will be required at the auditions.

SHORT SYNOPSIS:  

A romantic comedy about loss, love, change and redemption, The Clean House is both whimsical and touching. A serious career-oriented doctor, Lane, has hired a quirky Brazilian maid. The only problem is that the maid, Matilde, hates to clean. Instead, she longs to be a comedienne. Lane is deserted by her husband, Charles, who leaves her for his mistress, Ana, a passionate, older Brazilian woman upon whom he recently performed a mastectomy. Sarah Ruhl’s enchanting play reminds us that there is humor and beauty to be found in life’s most unlikely messes.

2003-2004 Susan Smith Blackburn Prize Winner, 2005 Pulitzer Prize in Drama Finalist. 

CASTING THE FOLLOWING ROLES:

NOTE: Everyone in this play should be able to tell a really good joke.

LANE (F, 40-60s, Ethnicity: OPEN) A doctor. She is devoted to order.

MATHILDE (F, 20s-early 30s, Ethnicity: LATINX or AFRO-LATINX) Lane’s Brazilian cleaning lady. She has a refined sense of deadpan. She is devoted to creating the perfect joke.  (Must be capable of performing/learning Brazilian-Portuguese accent/dialogue )

VIRGINIA (F, 40s-60s, Ethnicity: OPEN) Lane’s sister. She is devoted to cleaning.

CHARLES (M, 40s-60s. Ethnicity: OPEN) Lane’s husband. A compassionate surgeon. He is childlike underneath his white coat. In Act 1, Charles plays Mathilde’s father. (Movement experience is a plus. Must be comfortable with kissing/intimate scenes.)

ANA (F, 50-60s, Ethnicity: LATINX or AFRO-LATINX) An Argentinian woman. She is impossibly charismatic. In Act 1, she plays Mathilde’s mother. She is older than Lane. (Must be capable of performing/learning Argentinian accent/Spanish dialogue. Movement experience is a plus. Must be comfortable with kissing/intimate scenes.)

BEGINNING REHEARSAL SCHEDULE: