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The Perfect Ending
Directed by Joni Mock & Chris Bernard
Comedy play written by B. Dwayne Craft
Audition Form Link:https://forms.gle/CWdE9wa4zsFLH5fx7
Approximate running time: 45 min.
Location: Averitt Center for the Arts 3rd floor classroom
33 East Main St. Statesboro, GA 30458
AUDITION DATES: Saturday, Oct. 17th from 10 am to 12 pm (noon)
ABOUT:
Mother has a meatloaf in the oven and is well on her way to having the perfect dinner party, but one thing stands in her way—the end of the world as we know it!
Is that going to stop her perfect party from happening? Not at all! Like moths to a flame, the house lights are attracting all types of unexpected guests. Join her in The Perfect Ending as she juggles a grease monkey, looting neighbors, an insurance salesman, her son’s juvenile delinquent girlfriend and many other zany characters in an attempt to maintain a perfect house and to be the absolute perfect hostess, right up until the very last moment. Will the world come to an end, or will Mother get to have her perfect dinner party?
Setting: An alternate, stylized America in the 1950’s
The production is a One-act play presented by the Averitt Center for the Arts’ Youth Theater program.
Cast Size: 20+
FATHER: The perfect 1950s father. He is determined to enjoy his paper and pipe despite the chaos around him. He should be played as a caricature of the 1950s ideal
Male: Age 18-50
MOTHER: The perfect 1950s mother. She alternates between the perfection of June Cleaver and a raging lunatic. Her switches should be rapid, and when she catches herself, she should instantly revert to the image of wholesome perfection.
Female: Age 18-50
SON: He is the straight-laced junior varsity all-American kid without a flaw. Every corny stereotype of the ’50s high-school football player should be embodied in him. Later, he is revealed as a whimpering, weak-kneed little boy.
Male: Age 14-21
LITTLE SISTER: She is dressed identical to Mother and is a carbon copy of her in every way. She oozes perfection, to the point where it verges on mania. She has outbursts that reveal just how scary she can be.
Female: Age 5-16
CIVIL DEFENSE WARDEN: He is quite serious about his duties, probably because his regular job is less than desirable. He is finally someone of importance when he dons his CDW helmet. Earnest in his efforts, he obviously is holding on to order and discipline to fight off the panic of impending doom.
Male: Age 16-30
GRANDPA: He drools profusely and is incoherent, but only barely. Throughout the play, he will have incoherent outbursts translated, probably incorrectly, by Nurse Jane.
Male: Age 16+
NURSE JANE: She is the prototypical ditzy blonde, obviously hired for her looks rather than her brain or nursing ability.
Female: Age 16-21
MARTHA: The nagging wife. Also, a stealth looter of neighbors during the end of the world.
Female:Age 16-50+
GEORGE: Martha’s beleaguered husband. Also, her co-conspirator.
Male: Age 16-50+
AVON LADY: She is the penultimate Avon saleswoman with a single-minded vision of beauty.
Female: Age 16-50
SUZIE SMITH: The 1950s good girl with a wild side bubbling just beneath her poodle-skirted perfection.
Female: Age 14-21
INSURANCE SALESMAN. He is a fast-talking and hard-closing slickster. Before they know it, they’ll be signing papers.
Male: Age 16-50
POLITICAL ACTIVISTS 1-5: These roles can be combined into as few as three characters by sharing lines. They are ready for political action but not sure of what action they should take.
Any Gender, Ages 12+
DOROTHY MARTIN and her FOLLOWERS 1-4: Dorothy Martin predicted the end of the world in the 1950s and convinced her UFO cult to join her in preparing for it. She was proven wrong when the world continued after her predicted date.
Any Gender, Ages 12+
SHRINERS 1-3: They just want to protect the secrets of the order.
Male: Ages 16-50