Auditions for WHITE GUY ON THE BUS
A Drama by Bruce Graham
When:
3:00 - 5:30 pm Saturday, March 16, 2019 – Readings from the script.
(Plan to arrive no later than 4:30 p.m.)
4:00 - 6:00 pm Sunday, March 17 - Callbacks.
Where: At the theatre, located at 800 W. Main. Parking is free on the street, at Dagwell Dixie next door, and in nearby parking lots.
What: Bring a recent photo and résumé.
Hard copy perusal scripts will be available for a $10 refundable deposit. Please call CST at 405-232-6500 or email
csttix@coxinet.net to make arrangements to check out a script. Call or contact us in the office before dropping by to make sure a script is available and someone is in the office to check it out to you.
Office Hours: Closed Mondays. Open Tuesdays through Fridays 1-6:00 pm.
Performance dates: May 17-18, May 23-26, May 30-31 and June 1. Brush-up rehearsal on May 21 o3 22.
Rehearsals begin: Approximately April 8. Most rehearsals are scheduled Mon-Fri at 7 p.m. with Saturday or Sunday rehearsals scheduled only if needed to accommodate week-night conflicts. 1st tech is the afternoon/early evening of Sunday, May 12.
CAST OVERVIEW: 2 Men (aged 50s and 20s), 3 Women (one aged 50s, one aged 20s, one African-American woman aged mid to late 20s.
RAY (50s) A wealthy man – “a numbers man” – who came from a poor upbringing. He is desperate for a change, and is ready to sell everything, including their home on Philadelphia’s Main Line, and do anything but what he’s doing now.
ROZ – 50s Ray’s wife who is a high school English teacher and loves what she does. She teaches “at-risk” students in a poor area of the city. At the beginning of the play, she is the state finalist for The National Teacher of the Year Award. Caucasian.
CHRISTOPHER (20s) Ray and Roz’ “son” who is teaching and working on his dissertation. The topic is “Male African-American Images in Television Advertising.” They first met Christopher when he was four years old, and he came over to meet them from next door, and they’ve “been feeding him ever since.” Over the years, he has spent more time with Roz and Ray and his nannies than his own parents. Caucasian.
MOLLY (20s) Christopher’s fiancée’ who is not shy about voicing her opinions. She is a product of a private girl’s school and attended college at Bryn Mawr. She loves living in the city, and says she loves its diversity, but also seems to be wary of “bad neighborhoods,” i.e. North Philly, which is predominantly minority. Caucasian.
SHATIQUE (mid to late 20s) A single mother whose nine-year-old son lives in Jersey with his grandmother, while she lives in Philly and goes to school. She visits him on Sundays, and has dreams of moving into a good neighborhood away from the projects, so he can live with her again. She regularly takes the bus to visit her brother in prison. Shatique is African-American.
Synopsis:
Week after week, a wealthy white businessman rides the same bus, befriending a single black mom. But why is this white guy from Philadelphia’s Main Line with a Mercedes in the garage riding the bus now? As they get to know one another, their pasts unfold and tensions rise, igniting a disturbing and crucial exploration of race.
“WHITE GUY ON THE BUS [is] a first-rate, new play by Bruce Graham, that has more than a stunning surprise or two.“— TheatreScene.net
“…entertaining and thoughtful…”—NY Times.
“...a play with guts…this unusually frank drama has been gnawing away at me these last 24 hours…I see so many plays that want to blurt out some of the things that these characters say but don’t have the nerve. This one goes for the jugular.” —Chicago Tribune.
“…the play is not an issue-driven debate; instead, this is a powerful story about characters struggling with titanic decisions and negotiating desperately to save themselves. As in his other plays, Graham...articulates important themes and ideas entertainingly and without preachiness.” —BroadStreetReview.com.
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