BLUEBARN’s “Out of the Blue” Special Event Series Announces auditions for Porch Yard Readings!
The BLUEBARN Theatre will hold auditions for Well by Lisa Kron and Straight White Men by Young Jean Lee. Both plays are the first to be produced as part of the Porch Yard Reading Series – a segment of BLUEBARN’s “Out of the Blue” Special Event Series.
The Porch Yard Series offers staged readings of contemporary plays that entice audiences to embrace risk and celebrate discovery. New works. New voices. New adventures.
THE AUDITONS WILL BE HELD AT CURRENT LOCATION: 614 S. 11th Street. Performances will be in the BLUEBARN’s new home at 1106 S.10th Street.
Auditions will consist of cold readings from the script. Both plays will be directed by Amy Lane.
Auditions for Well and Straight White Men will be Monday, July 6 and Tuesday, July 7 from 6 p.m. -8 p.m.
Performance of Well is Monday, September 28. Performance of Straight White Men is Monday, December 7.
Needed for Well: 4 female (Ages 30-60) and 2 male actors (Ages 20-50) of various ethnicities.
Needed for Straight White Men: 4 male actors (Ages 30-70)
About Well by Lisa Kron
What begins as a formal “multi-character exploration of issues of health and illness” soon collapses on our narrator, Lisa. Her mother, Ann, is suffering from a mysterious illness; the actors she’s employed to help enact her carefully constructed narrative begin to revolt; Lisa is beginning to lose her grip on the evening. Well is a surprising and funny play that ultimately contemplates the nature of empathy and our ability to heal, not only ourselves, but our families, our neighborhoods, each other.
About Straight White Men by Young Jean Lee
Christmastime for Ed and his three grown sons is a celebration of all-American maleness: boyish pranks, brotherly teasing, and takeout Chinese dominate the festivities. But when the brothers are faced with problems that challenge their ideas of identity, they are left reeling in doubt about the value of being a straight white man. This is a candid and hilarious look at privilege in our times.
About The BLUEBARN Theatre
The BLUEBARN Theatre has been bringing professionally-produced plays to area audiences since 1989. Since its inception, BLUEBARN has produced over 100 plays and has established itself as Omaha’s professional contemporary theatre company. Striving to bring artistically significant scripts and professional production values to Omaha and the surrounding region, BLUEBARN is known for high-quality entertainment and the fearless pursuit of stories that challenge both theatre artists and patrons.
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