Burn
Contemporary Thriller
by John Muggleton
Directed by Venetia Lawless
Production dates: March 18 – April 4, 2020
Matinees: Sundays, March 22 & 29
All actors must be available for all performances.
Burn will be the Ottawa Little Theatre submission to the EODL (Eastern Ontario Drama League) Festival, for which the award show will take place on April 5th in Ottawa. The winning play from the EODL may also participate in the Theatre Ontario Festival which may be held in Sault Ste Marie in May 2020. Given this, please note: A condition of casting in this production may be availability from Friday May 15th – Sunday May 17th to perform in Sault Ste Marie.
AUDITIONS: NOTE CHANGE OF DATES!!
For all audition dates: Please arrive 15 minutes early in order to fill out your audition card and to receive and study your sides.
For anyone interested in working behind the scenes on this or any future production, a BACKSTAGE ORIENTATION and tour of the theatre is offered by a member of the Volunteer Committee. For Burn, this will take place during BOTH auditions, on Nov. 30 and Dec. 7 at 2 PM.
The onstage readings will commence at the times listed below.
1. EVE – Audition
DATE: Saturday, November 30, 2019 at 2:00 pm
We are looking for an actress with a good command of movement and the ability to tell a story. Your audition will be you telling all those present a ghost story up to three minutes long. You will be performing your story on stage in a campfire setting. Please prepare your ghost story to the extent that you can tell the room the story with minimal reference to notes, though you may bring up notes with you as an aid. Stories can either be original or based on an existing story. We will likely record these auditions to help with our decision making.
2. ROBERT, DAVID, SAMIRA – Audition and Callback for EVE
NEW DATE: Saturday, December 7, 2019 at 2:00pm
See sides below
3. ALL – Callback if needed
NEW DATE: Thursday, December 19, 2019 at 7:30pm (rehearsal hall)
AUDITION LOCATION: Ottawa Little Theatre
400 King Edward Avenue, Ottawa
(Please use 235 Besserer Street entrance.)
SYNOPSIS
Three longtime friends have had little contact since the death of the fourth member of their close-knit group, a best-selling horror writer. Now his estranged daughter has brought them all together again – but why?
N.B. Adult content
CAST OF CHARACTERS
Notes:
All character ages are stage ages, not the age of the actor.
Characters can be from any ethnic background.
ROBERT: 40s/early 50s, husband of famed writer Tara Waters who mysteriously disappeared five years ago.
SAMIRA: 40s/early 50s, lawyer, long time friend of Robert
DAVID: 40s/early 50s, literary agent, good friend of Robert
EVE: 20s/30s, daughter of recently deceased famed horror writer Paul Morris – she is an enigma, as her presence grows she becomes more and more perplexing. She is physical, moving gracefully, coyly, menacingly depending on what’s happening in the story. She is a master story-teller.
AUDITION SIDES