Auditions for
GHOST WRITER
2:30 - 4:30 p.m. Saturday, November 9th - Readings from script
6 p.m. Sunday, November 10th - Callbacks
Readings from the script will take place at CST’s rehearsal hall and business office located at 806 W. Main, which is right next door to the theatre on the west side. Actors should bring a resume and an up-to-date photo. A headshot is preferred, but a good snapshot will suffice. Please be prepared to list any and all conflicts during the rehearsal and performance periods. IN ORDER TO READ ON SATURDAY, DO NOT ARRIVE ANY LATER THAN 3:45 P.M.
Reading the script before auditions is strongly recommended! Perusal scripts are available for a $10 refundable deposit. We recommend that you bring a check so that we can return it to you, but of course, we will accept cash. Please call CST at 405-232-6500 or email csttix@coxinet.net to make arrangements to check out a script. Before dropping by, please call ahead to make sure a script is available and someone is in the office to check it out to you. The CST office is closed on Mondays, and is open Tuesdays through Fridays 1-6 pm. Again, please call or email us, and we’ll make arrangements.
GHOST-WRITER
a drama by Michael Hollinger
Directed by Terry Veal
Performance dates: January 10- 11, 17-18, 23-26, 30-31, and Feb 1, 2014.
Winner! 2011 Barrymore Award
Set in New York City in 1919, novelist Franklin Woolsey dies mid-sentence, but his secretary Myra continues to take dictation. Attacked by skeptics, the press, and Woolsey's jealous widow, Myra sets out to prove she is more than just an artful forger. Is she trying to steal Woolsey's legacy now that she cannot have his love, or might she truly possess a gift the world can't understand?
“An absorbing tale. Ghost-Writer works marvelously well—a finely wrought piece of entertainment…. —Wall Street Journal. Tantalizing, understated and lovely. This engrossing, old-fashioned play is about the drama of writing—and typing—and creativity and love. [An] extraordinary marriage between fiction and theater. —Philadelphia Inquirer.
It's many plays in one—a love story of the utmost restraint, an unbiased portrayal of a lover's triangle, a portrait of a seamless working partnership and a meditation on the act of creation. —Palm Beach Daily News
Cast: 1 man aged late 40s-60s, 1 woman aged late 20s-early 40s and 40s-60s.
Myra Babbage (late 20s-early 40s) writer Woolsey’s single secretary who was hired to type his novels as he dictated. She is not by nature a patient person, but over time she learns to be patient for her boss. She cares for Mr. Woolsey very much.
Franklin Woolsey (late 40s-60s) A writer who has published several novels. He is very disciplined and is very particular about his working environment.
Vivian Woolsey (40s-60s) Mr. Woolsey’s wife who also likes to write, but prefers to write poetry “when the spirit moves me.” She’s very blunt, and takes a great interest in her husband’s secretaries, especially if they are young and attractive.
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