Cape Fear Regional Theatre
Fayetteville, NC
US
Ashley Owen
FULL NOTICE & ALL AUDITION MATERIALS CAN BE FOUND AT CFRT.ORG/AUDITIONS/
ABOUT THE SHOW: In Chinquapin, Louisiana, everybody who is anybody gets their hair done at Truvy’s beauty shop—where the women are all sass and brass. Through clouds of hairspray and over the buzz of blow dryers, six southern spitfires gather each week to gossip, laugh, and support each other. When the ladies face a life-changing event, those bonds are tested and prove tough as steel. Infused with heart and humor, this is a hilarious story of love, loss, and enduring friendship.
WRITTEN BY Robert Harling
DIRECTED BY Laura Josepher (CFRT’s Murder for Two & The Play That Goes Wrong)
Important Dates:
**Note: Student and Public Matinees may be added after casting.
Rehearsals are from 2:00pm – 10:00pm Tuesday – Friday and various times at the weekends. We may rehearse up to 42 hours a week. Your schedule and hours will vary depending on the size of the role.
Pay ranges from $350 per week for local/regional, non-union actors; $500 for out of town, non-union actors. This production is an AEA Tier 3 Guest Artists Agreement, and the weekly rate is $691.00 per week, plus per diem, health and pension, and weekly media bump. Housing for out-of-town artists is available.
FOR VIDEO SUBMISSIONS: All video auditions should be emailed to [email protected] no later than 5pm on Sunday, December 8. Videos should either be submitted via Google Drive, Dropbox, or YouTube link. Please make sure the link is viewable by anyone for easy sharing amongst the team. Please include your headshot, resume, audition form, and conflict calendar in the email. Virtual callbacks will be scheduled for Wednesday, December 18 between 6:30-8:30pm. If we need to schedule you for a callback appointment, you will receive an email by Wednesday, December 11 at 5pm. Reels are not accepted as a submission, we are requesting specific material from the show found below or on our website at CFRT.org/auditions/.
What to prepare: Please prepare BOTH the side and monologue provided for the role of your choice. If you are interested in more than one track, please only prepare one as time is limited! If there are two monologues for the role, please only prepare #1 for the initial audition.
ROLES (casting AEA & non-union actors for the following roles):
Truvy Jones (age 35-45) Owner of the beauty shop. She is vivacious and wise beyond her years. She has a heart of gold but has been dealt some hard knocks. She offers advice with lots of hairspray and teasing.
Truvy Packet
Annelle Dupup‐Desoto (age 18-24) The newly hired assistant at the beauty shop. She is unsure and timid at the beginning of the play. Throughout the story she goes from timid to wild to very religious.
Annelle Packet
Clairee Belcher (age 55-70) Widow of former mayor. Grand dame. Elegant, sophisticated, intelligent, and very witty.
Clairee Packet
Shelby Eatenton‐Latcherie (19-28) M’Lynn’s daughter. She is strong-willed, pretty, and passionate. She loves her mother but is not afraid to go toe-to-toe with her or any of the older women in the show.
Shelby Packet
M’Lynn Eatenton (40-55) Shelby’s mother. M’Lynn is practical, intelligent, and loving. She is passionate and stubborn about her daughter. She is the heart of the story.
M’Lynn Packet
Ouiser (pronounced Weezer) Boudreaux (age 55-70) She is a wealthy curmudgeon and southern to the core. Ouiser is eccentric and quick witted.
Ouiser Packet
Mar 4, 2025 - Apr 13, 2025
$500.00 – $691.00 per week
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