County Players at the Falls Theatre

CP2 Auditions

CP2 Mini–Festival Auditions

CP2 Readers Theatre offers an exciting opportunity for actors, directors, and audience members to experience theater in a fresh way, with full dramatic readings of selected plays. No costumes, no sets, no props, and the actors perform with scripts in hand. These shows are an incredible opportunity to experience great theater stripped to its essence: the playwright’s words.

 

AUDITION DATE: August 27, 2023 at 1pm

OCTOBER 13 & 14, 2023
Fri 8pm & Sat 2pm

THE CAKE
By BEKAH BRUNSTETTER
Directed by BRITTANY PROIA

A celebrated North Carolina baker is thrilled to finally design a wedding cake for her goddaughter. But when she learns the marriage is between two women, she begins to feel conflicted. A surprising and sweet take on a modern-day controversy, steeped in humor and warmth.

The Cake is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals on behalf of  Samuel French, Inc. concordtheatricals.com

 

AUDITION DATE: August 27, 2023 at 3pm

OCTOBER 14 & 15, 2023
Sat 8pm & Sun 2pm

THE NEW CENTURY
By PAUL RUDNICK
Directed by MICHAEL J. FROHNHOEFER

When the playwright is Paul Rudnick, expectations are geared for a play both hilarious and smart, and The New Century is no exception. It is a provocative and outrageous comedy, featuring a collection of hilarious characters.

The New Century is presented by special arrangement with Broadway Licensing, LLC, servicing the Dramatists Play Service collection. dramatists.com

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AUDITION DATE: October 1, 2023 at 1pm

DECEMBER 1 & 2, 2023
Fri 8pm & Sat 2pm

FREUD’S LAST SESSION
By MARK ST. GERMAIN
Directed by JAMES STEINMEYER

The first of September 1939. Sigmund Freud, the world-renowned psychoanalyst awaits the visit of soon to be legendary author C.S. Lewis on the day World War 2 is declared. The impending war and Freud’s failing health catalyzes a far deeper conversation as they clash about the existence of God, love, sex, and the meaning of life.

 

 

Freud’s Last Session is presented by special arrangement with Broadway Licensing, LLC, servicing the Dramatists Play Service collection. dramatists.com

 

AUDITION DATE: October 1, 2023 at 3pm

DECEMBER 2 & 3, 2023
Sat 8pm & Sun 2pm

THE HALF-LIFE OF MARIE CURIE
By LAUREN GUNDERSON
Directed by MICHAEL J. FROHNHOEFER

In 1912, scientist Marie Curie spent two months on the British seaside at the home of Hertha Ayrton, an accomplished mathematician, inventor, and suffragette. At the time, Curie was in the throes of a scandal in France over her affair with Paul Langevin, which threatened to overshadow the accomplishment of her second Nobel Prize.

 

The Half-Life of Marie Curie is presented by special arrangement with Broadway Licensing, LLC, servicing the the Dramatists Play Service collection. dramatists.com

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AUDITION DATE: January 21, 2024 at 1pm

MARCH 8 & 9, 2024
Fri 8pm & Sat 2pm

PHOTOGRAPH 51
By ANNA ZIEGLER
Directed by KIT COLBOURN

Rosalind Franklin was a gifted research scientist who was part of the race to uncover the secrets of DNA in the 1950s. Her more famous contemporaries Watson and Crick took all the kudos for the discovery of the molecule’s double helix structure, yet it was Franklin’s skill with X-ray diffraction that first uncovered what’s called “the secret of life.”

 

Photograph 51 is presented by special arrangement with Broadway Licensing, LLC, servicing the Dramatists Play Service collection. dramatists.com

Character Breakdown:

Rosalind Franklin – 30’s, a Jewish British scientist. Straightforward and matter-of-fact. Is fully aware of her gifts and intelligence. A woman in a man’s world.

Maurice Wilkins – 30’s-40’s, a British scientist. A bit stiff and formal. Challenges Rosalind. Admires her, but within the constraints of current societal norms.

Ray Gosling – 20’s, a British scientist. Honest and “green.” Earnest and awkward.

Don Caspar – 20’s-30’s, a Jewish American scientist. Open and affable.

James Watson – Early 20’s. Self confident, ambitious, presumptuous. Is never wrong.

Francis Crick – 30’s-40’s, a British scientist, a bit stiff and formal, yet caring, philosophical.

The play takes place in Britain with British characters, so accents are strongly encouraged. But some sort of “mid Atlantic” compromise may work as well if it becomes necessary.

 

AUDITION DATE: January 21, 2024 at 3pm

MARCH 9 & 10, 2024
Sat 8pm & Sun 2pm

SILENT SKY
By LAUREN GUNDERSON
Directed by CHRISTINE CRAWFIS

A decade before women gained the right to vote, Henrietta Leavitt and her fellow women “computers” transformed the science of astronomy. While at the Harvard Observatory, Leavitt found 2,400 new variable stars and made important discoveries about their fluctuating brightness, enabling fellow scientists to map the Milky Way and beyond.

 

Silent Sky is presented by special arrangement with Broadway Licensing, LLC, servicing the Dramatists PlayService collection. dramatists.com