AUDITION NOTICE: “CIRCLE MIRROR TRANSFORMATION”
A Staged Reading of an Obie Award-winning play by Annie Baker

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AUDITION DATES: Saturday, February 22, 1:30-3:30 pm; Tuesday, February 25, 6:30-8:30 pm

AUDITION & PERFORMANCE LOCATION: 545 Shasta Ave., Morro Bay

PERFORMANCE DATES: 1 weekend.
Fri & Sat evenings, April 4 & 5 at 7pm;

Sunday matinee April 6 at 3pm

DIRECTOR: Chrys Barnes
Questions: chrysb52@hotmail.com
 

ABOUT THE PLAY: It’s no secret that people are always “going through something.” Big or small, our struggles often bubble just beneath the surface, having an outsized effect on how we see the world and how the world sees us.
Circle Mirror Transformation is a quirky dramedy about the 6-week journey of five strangers in a small-town acting class. They gradually find themselves becoming characters in their own lives as the theater games they play turn into a real-life psychodrama, unexpectedly revealing the secrets and
longings of each actor.
Annie Baker scripts require a naturalistic acting style not unlike movie acting. Her characters often speak in sentence fragments, including the kinds of pauses you hear when people are considering how much they really want to tell you. The fun of CMT is that it challenges the actor to fill these
pauses with authentic reactions to unfolding events.

CHARACTER DESCRIPTIONS:
(Ages somewhat negotiable assuming you can be credible in the role)
MARTY – Mid-50s. Teacher of adult acting class at the Community Center in Shirley, Vermont. Bright, energetic, and a little too eager to please. She wants everybody to get along and be able to be their best selves. More insecure than she first seems.
JAMES – 60s. Marty’s husband. Charming, but with an air of restlessness. Plays his cards pretty close to the vest; it’s hard to know what he’s thinking. He’s not necessarily truthful in his relationships and has a growing list of transgressions that he is running away from.

THERESA – Mid-30s. A former actress, or at least someone who has made a prior attempt at an acting career. Artistic and graceful; the kind of woman people admire and find attractive. She hides a troubled relationship past.
SCHULTZ – Late 40s. A carpenter who is having a hard time moving beyond his recent divorce. Kind and sincere, but unsure of himself in many situations. The kind of guy who loves being married and hates living alone in his generic, cookie-cutter apartment.
LAUREN – A High School girl. She is very smart, but hides it under her surly, eye-rolling, teenage personality. She hints at an unhappy home life and dreams of proving herself by becoming a “real actress.” She struggles with her own and her immigrant family’s perfectionism.