Our First Auditions!

The Angry Young Theater Company is holding auditions for its 2009 Capital Fringe production Skywriter (synopsis and cast breakdown below). Equity and non-equity actors eligible. Prepared, two-minute monologues are welcome, but not required. Selections from the script will also be available for audition materials. Auditions will take place in room 036 of Georgetown University's Davis Performing Arts Center on Saturday, March 14 and Sunday, March 15 from 2-6pm each day. Please use the loading dock entrance opposite Harbin Hall.

Performances will be in July, with the bulk of rehearsals in June. There will also be staged readings at the beginning of April and the beginning of May. Each will have a minimal time commitment.

Walk-ins are welcome, but we will give priority to auditioners who e-mail a headshot, resume, and preferred audition times to angry.young.tc@gmail.com.

Synopsis: As an English teacher at a troubled DC public school, Frank Fletcher deals with a host of problems: crumbling infrastructure, violence in the halls, controversial reforms, and students who aren't always inclined to sit and learn. Thanks to a traumatic accident, he also believes himself to be a superhero named Skywriter who spends his nights patrolling neighborhood rooftops. When a new student teacher uncovers his secret identity, Fletcher must reflect on whether his heroic alter ego is a dangerous delusion or a much needed force for good in the city. The play runs roughly an hour with a cast of four.

Cast:

Frank Fletcher- Male, any race, 30s-50s. Teaches 8th Grade English at Stanley Woods Middle School in Washington, DC. Confident and dedicated to the point of madness. Also plays a 24-year-old version of himself.

Elizabeth Finch- Female, any race, 20s. Student teacher from suburban Virginia, assigned to shadow Fletcher for the semester. Had to raise three brothers by herself, and since then has nursed a steady, if vague, sense of responsibility for absolutely everyone she encounters.

Lorena Cooper- Female, African American, 14 (or able to play 14). A student in Fletcher's class. As smart as she is calculatedly difficult. Wants to be pulled from her failing public school and enrolled in a charter. Engaged in a battle of the wills with her equally smart, difficult father. Also plays Naomi, a childhood friend of Fletcher's in her 20s.

Principal Cooper- Male, African American, 40s. Principal of Stanley Woods Middle School. In the difficult position of having to acknowledge and address a failing DC public school system without sacrificing his pride in himself or his school. Also plays Train, an ageless, hallucinatory embodiment of urban alienation.