CONTACT:
Chandler Davis, Artistic Director
Thalian Association Community Theatre
910-251-1788

Thalian Association Community Theatre will hold auditions for their Dogfight Monday April 18 and Tuesday April 19 at 7 pm. Auditions will be held at the Community Arts Center, 120 S. 2nd Street in downtown Wilmington. The production, directed by Cathy Street, runs July 8 through July 17 at the Hannah Block Historic USO/Community Arts Center.

Please prepare 16 bars of a musical theatre style song to sing along with the sheet music. An accompanist will be provided.

PLEASE CALL 910-251-1788 TO BOOK AN APPOINTMENT TIME.

If needed, callbacks will be Wednesday April 20 at the Community Arts Center. Please be prepared to read from a provided script and sing from the show.
Actors of all ethnicities are welcome and encouraged to audition for our entire season! All roles are available.

Available Roles:

Eddie Birdlace

A Marine private first class. He is well respected and a natural leader amongst his comrades. Initially a hothead; a cocky smooth talker. He eventually sheds his brash exterior when he falls for Rose.

Gender: Male

Age: 18 to 25

Vocal range top: A4

Vocal range bottom: A2

Rose Fenny

A diner waitress who dreams of life as a musician. She is a naturally shy girl, naive of the world around her. Becomes smitten with Birdlace and discovers a lot about her self-respect and confidence along the way.

Gender: Female

Age: 18 to 21

Vocal range top: E5

Vocal range bottom: G3

Bernstein

A Marine private first class and Birdlace’s good friend. A bit nerdy and very inexperienced with the opposite sex.

Gender: Male

Age: 18 to 25

Vocal range top: B4

Vocal range bottom: B2

Boland

A Marine private first class and Birdlace’s closest friend. A poor Southern cad, he is the most vocal supporter of the dogfight and fairly crude in his behavior and language.

Gender: Male

Age: 18 to 25

Vocal range top: B4

Vocal range bottom: B2

Marcy

Boland’s date for the dogfight. Crass and brash, but sneaky and cunning.

Gender: Female

Age: 25 to 35

Vocal range top: Eb5

Vocal range bottom: F#3

Mama

The owner of the local diner. She is unamused by the Marines’ antics and protective of her daughter, Rose.

Gender: Female

Age: 40 to 50

Ensemble

Marines (Sergeant, Gibbs, Fector, Stevens); Bus Passengers; Singers; Hippies

 

Synopsis:
It’s November 21, 1963. On the eve of their deployment to a small but growing conflict in Southeast Asia, three young Marines set out for one final boys’ night of debauchery, partying and maybe a little trouble. But, when Corporal Eddie Birdlace meets Rose, an awkward and idealistic waitress whom he enlists to win a cruel bet with his fellow recruits, she rewrites the rules of the game and teaches him the power of love and compassion.