AUDITIONS
Audition Information
All Roles Open, Non-Union, Non-Paid
Audition Dates & Times:
– Thursday, November 16 (7:00pm – 9:00pm)
– Saturday, November 18 (7:00pm – 9:00pm)
– Tuesday, November 21 (7:00 pm – 9:00 pm)
Please Bring:
- 30-second comedic monologue
- 30-second dramatic monologue
- Photo / Headshot
- Resume / List of previous shows
- List of schedule conflicts
Audition Forms & Rehearsal Details
- Click here to fill out the Online Audition Form.
- Or you can download the printed Artistic Synergy of Baltimore Audition Form
First Read-Through: Saturday, December 9 (10am – 2pm)
Tech Week*: Saturday, March 2 – Thursday, March 7
*Tech week days could run longer than normal
Expected Rehearsal Days:
- Tuesdays and Thursdays 7:00pm – 10:00pm
- Saturdays 10:00am – 2:00pm
Exact timing subject to finalized cast availability.
DIRECTOR: Jim Morgan
STAGE MANAGER: Kathy Case
Show Dates & Times:
- March 8 @ 8:00pm
- March 9 @ 8:00pm
- March 10 @ 3:00pm
- March 15 @ 8:00pm
- March 16 @ 8:00pm
- March 17 @ 3:00pm
SHOW SYNOPSIS
Steel Magnolias is a stage play by American writer Robert Harling, based on his experience with his sister’s death. The play is a comedy-drama about the bond among a group of Southern women in northwest Louisiana.
The title suggests the “female characters are as delicate as magnolias but as tough as steel”. The action is set in Truvy’s beauty salon in Chinquapin, Louisiana, where all the ladies who are “anybody” come to have their hair done. Helped by her eager new assistant, Annelle, the outspoken, wise-cracking Truvy dispenses shampoos and free advice to the town’s rich curmudgeon, Ouiser; an eccentric millionaire, Miss Clairee, who has a raging sweet tooth; and the local social leader, M’Lynn, whose daughter, Shelby (the prettiest girl in town), is about to marry a “good ole boy.”
Filled with hilarious repartee and not a few acerbic but humorously revealing verbal collisions, the play draws on the underlying strength—and love—which give the play, and its characters, the special quality to make them truly touching, funny and marvelously amiable company in good times and bad.
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Please Note (Intimacy & Caution Warning):
Some stage kissing and light physical touch, always fully-clothed, may be requested between characters in couples. Please indicate if you are unable to accept such a role, keeping in mind all information in the posting pertaining to the casting of these characters.
Some well-timed dodging-of-thrown-objects and other physical comedy moments may be requested of certain characters. Please indicate if you are unable to accept such an “active” role.
Artistic Synergy of Baltimore is a consent-based and trauma-informed organization and all ensemble members will be led through intimacy- and consent-based practices to choreograph and block all movements of the show. If you have questions regarding details or want more information about these practices, please email us at ArtisticSynergyBaltimore@gmail.com.