Sunday, January 5
7:00PM – 9:30PM
Monday, January 6
7:00 – 9:30 PM
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Auditions for Bus Stop by William Inge, will be Sunday, January 5 from 2:00PM – 4:30PM and Monday, January 6 from 7:00 P.M. to 9:30 P.M.
Please sign up for a timeslot here.
All roles available. No Equity contracts available for this production. Those planning to attend should click here to sign up for an audition night via Sign-Up Genius.
Please plan to arrive at the scheduled start time so the director is able to have pairing options. Auditions will consist of reading selected script passages. Callbacks will be scheduled as needed the same week. This production runs from February 21 – March 8, 2025.
Please bring a list of conflicts from January 12 – March 8.
For remaining questions, please reach out to the director, Ryan Bergeron (rbergeronvoice@gmail.com).
Show Synopsis:
In the middle of a howling snowstorm, a bus out of Kansas City pulls up at a cheerful roadside diner. All roads are blocked, and four or five weary travelers are going to have to hole up until morning. Cherie, a nightclub chanteuse in a sparkling gown and a seedy fur-trimmed jacket, is the passenger with most to worry about. She’s been pursued, made love to and finally kidnapped by a twenty-one-year-old cowboy with a ranch of his own and the romantic methods of an unusually headstrong bull. The belligerent cowhand is right behind her, ready to sling her over his shoulder and carry her, alive and kicking, all the way to Montana. Even as she’s ducking out from under his clumsy but confident embraces, and screeching at him fiercely to shut him up, she pauses to furrow her forehead and muse, “Somehow deep inside of me I got a funny feeling I’m gonna end up in Montana …” As a counterpoint to the main romance, the proprietor of the cafe and the bus driver at last find time to develop a friendship of their own; a middle-age scholar comes to terms with himself; and a young girl who works in the cafe also gets her first taste of romance.
Characters
All roles available.
No Equity contracts are available for this production.
Elma Duckworth, a waitress
Grace Hoylard, owner of the restaurant
Will Masters, a Sherriff
Cherie, a chanteuse
Dr. Gerald Lyman, a former college professor
Carl, a bus driver
Virgil Blessing, a ranch hand
Bo Decker, a young rancher and cowboy
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“Bus Stop” is presented by arrangement with Dramatists Play Service, Inc.
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