Auditions for Collective Rage: A Play in Five Betties:

 

Where: Lipkin Theatre, Kopecek Building on Main Campus

 

When: December 4th

 

Time: 6:00pm--8:00pm

 

What to Prepare: Nothing! There will be cold readings from the script.

 

Amidst a political landscape in which women's bodies seem to be constant fodder for legislative control, it is quite refreshing to witness five women speaking about their bodies, their relationships, and their sex lives in ways that are hysterical, candid and undogmatic. While the play is feminist and utterly political, it is joyful to see these characters rage and love and explore their bodies and make theatre and bad choices without calling out the politics. In 19 sharply written, short scenes, playwright Jen Silverman moves, inspires and cracks us up in this play with 5 characters, all named-you guessed it-Betty.

 

Casting:

 

Betty 1- Femme, probably (but not necessarily) white, rich, uptight, fueled by secret rage

 

Betty 2- Femme, any ethnicity, rich, uptight but coming undone

 

Betty 3- Femme, any ethnicity, charismatic and pretty, kind of a know-it-all

 

Betty 4- Butch lesbian, any ethnicity, great tattoos, gently melancholic, is too often ignored.

 

Betty 5- Genderqueer (masculine-of-center), any ethnicity, great tattoos, owns a hole-in-the-wall boxing gym