AUDITION ANNOUNCEMENT
THEATREWORKS @ the Square
Saturday, January 22, 2022, from 2:00 – 3:00 PM and Sunday,
January 23rd from 5:30 – 6:30 PM
TheatreWorks at the Square, 2085 Monroe Ave
Cold readings from the script
SHOWDATES ARE Friday, Saturday, and Sundays March 11 – 20, 2022
Produced by Emerald Theater Company in residency at TheatreWorks @ the Square for 25 years. Directed by Hal Harmon
Shattered Secrets: an honest, witty and raw look at childhood sexual abuse and how those victims carry the shame, anger and confusion into their adulthood. A group of people from very different ages, races, incomes, status and environments that all share the same scars, come together for a 12-step recovery meeting. Shattered Secrets dramatizes a support group for incest survivors in which members work out their pent-up emotions.
Roles are open to any race.
TOM – Male or non-binary actor Early 20’s to late 30’s, clean cut and very much a grown up little boy. He wears a sports coat, button down shirt and knit tie done very tightly around the collar. The effect is as much nerdy as it is preppy. TOM has cultivated naiveté as a lifestyle and resists all attempts to introduce him to true adulthood. Any girl’s mom would meet him and know her daughter would be safe. A man who does not like to be touched. He carries a great deal of tension in his lower torso and has trouble sitting still. When nervous, which is often, he laughs with a grating, hyena-like laugh.
SYLVIA – Female Late 30’s to late 60’s; elegant, dressed in perfect Beverly Hills success clothes. Her image is so sharp it cuts. SYLVIA is only cheerful when she wants to be, manipulative by nature, biased, a grudge-keeper, and very afraid of the human race. She defends herself by ruthless confrontations and an aura of invincibility. Rage is her drug of choice, and she indulges whenever possible. Underneath it all, she hurts and just wants to get even with a world that has never understood.
AKASHI – Female, any age old enough to make her seem battered, cynical, world-weary and too aware. She has seen it, done it, been it, come close to overdosing on it, and nothing impresses her except her own pain. Very cool in a burned-out kind of way. She presents herself as a mess – mismatched sweats, hair unstyled, no make-up, etc. Yet when called upon, she can be competent and efficient; she just avoids the responsibility whenever possible. AKASHI deals with her pain even when it pins her to the mat, which it usually does. She is the voice of the wilderness crying back with a very bad case of laryngitis.
ELIZABETH – Female 20’s to 30’s; pleasant looking but not a beauty; a bit heavy though she’s recently lost weight. She is dressed nicely but not too elaborately, as if for work in a non-competitive office. Her basic demeanor is quietly strong, careful and dignified. She keeps a wall up between herself and the other characters, careful not to get “hooked” by them. ELIZABETH carries with her a sense of calm that comes from fighting one’s demons to a standstill. Underneath it all, however, are still more demons, and she’s not as recovered as she’d like to think. Coming back to the meeting is like entering a minefield. She’s convinced that she has swept it of its danger, but not entirely sure.
For your protection, all patrons are required to wear masks in the theater, thank you.
THEATREWORKS @ the Square
Saturday, January 22, 2022, from 2:00 – 3:00 PM and Sunday,
January 23rd from 5:30 – 6:30 PM
TheatreWorks at the Square, 2085 Monroe Ave
Cold readings from the script
SHOWDATES ARE Friday, Saturday, and Sundays March 11 – 20, 2022
Produced by Emerald Theater Company in residency at TheatreWorks @ the Square for 25 years. Directed by Hal Harmon
Shattered Secrets: an honest, witty and raw look at childhood sexual abuse and how those victims carry the shame, anger and confusion into their adulthood. A group of people from very different ages, races, incomes, status and environments that all share the same scars, come together for a 12-step recovery meeting. Shattered Secrets dramatizes a support group for incest survivors in which members work out their pent-up emotions.
Roles are open to any race.
TOM – Male or non-binary actor Early 20’s to late 30’s, clean cut and very much a grown up little boy. He wears a sports coat, button down shirt and knit tie done very tightly around the collar. The effect is as much nerdy as it is preppy. TOM has cultivated naiveté as a lifestyle and resists all attempts to introduce him to true adulthood. Any girl’s mom would meet him and know her daughter would be safe. A man who does not like to be touched. He carries a great deal of tension in his lower torso and has trouble sitting still. When nervous, which is often, he laughs with a grating, hyena-like laugh.
SYLVIA – Female Late 30’s to late 60’s; elegant, dressed in perfect Beverly Hills success clothes. Her image is so sharp it cuts. SYLVIA is only cheerful when she wants to be, manipulative by nature, biased, a grudge-keeper, and very afraid of the human race. She defends herself by ruthless confrontations and an aura of invincibility. Rage is her drug of choice, and she indulges whenever possible. Underneath it all, she hurts and just wants to get even with a world that has never understood.
AKASHI – Female, any age old enough to make her seem battered, cynical, world-weary and too aware. She has seen it, done it, been it, come close to overdosing on it, and nothing impresses her except her own pain. Very cool in a burned-out kind of way. She presents herself as a mess – mismatched sweats, hair unstyled, no make-up, etc. Yet when called upon, she can be competent and efficient; she just avoids the responsibility whenever possible. AKASHI deals with her pain even when it pins her to the mat, which it usually does. She is the voice of the wilderness crying back with a very bad case of laryngitis.
ELIZABETH – Female 20’s to 30’s; pleasant looking but not a beauty; a bit heavy though she’s recently lost weight. She is dressed nicely but not too elaborately, as if for work in a non-competitive office. Her basic demeanor is quietly strong, careful and dignified. She keeps a wall up between herself and the other characters, careful not to get “hooked” by them. ELIZABETH carries with her a sense of calm that comes from fighting one’s demons to a standstill. Underneath it all, however, are still more demons, and she’s not as recovered as she’d like to think. Coming back to the meeting is like entering a minefield. She’s convinced that she has swept it of its danger, but not entirely sure.
For your protection, all patrons are required to wear masks in the theater, thank you.