The Dining Room
Season: 2011 Main Stage Season
Author: A. R. Gurney
Director: Billie Nye-Muller
Genre: Dramatic Comedy
Location: Colleen O. Williams Theater
Synopsis:
PER DRAMATISTS PLAY SERVICE, THE STORY: The play is set in the dining room of a typical well-to-do household, the place where the family assembled daily for breakfast and dinner and for any and all special occasions. The action is comprised of a mosaic of interrelated scenes—some funny, some touching, some rueful—which, taken together, create an in-depth portrait of a vanishing species: the upper-middle-class WASP. The actors change roles, personalities and ages with virtuoso skill as they portray a wide variety of characters, from little boys to stern grandfathers, and from giggling teenage girls to Irish housemaids. Each vignette introduces a new set of people and events; a father lectures his son on grammar and politics; a boy returns from boarding school to discover his mother's infidelity; a senile grandmother doesn't recognize her own sons at Christmas dinner; a daughter, her marriage a shambles, pleads futilely to return home, etc. Dovetailing swiftly and smoothly, the varied scenes coalesce, ultimately, into a theatrical experience of exceptional range, compassionate humor and abundant humanity.
Show Dates
- May 13, 2011 7:30 pm
- May 14, 2011 7:30 pm
- May 15, 2011 3:00 pm
- May 20, 2011 7:30 pm
- May 21, 2011 7:30 pm
- May 22, 2011 3:00 pm
Audition Dates
- March 13, 2011 3:00 pm
- March 14, 2011 6:30 pm
Audition Details
The cast requirements are six men and six women ages 28 to 65. Each actor will play multiple roles.
Roles
- Chris Thompson as Assistant Director
- Troy Hensley as Stage Manager / Multiple Roles
- Kathy Blevins as Multiple Roles
- Jason Clark as Multiple Roles
- Jeremy Davis as Multiple Roles
- Ken Greene as Multiple Roles
- Elinor Hasty as Multiple Roles
- Leslie Kimbell as Multiple Roles
- Tom Manley as Multiple Roles
- Ruth Miller Hasty as Multiple Roles
- Delores Russell as Multiple Roles
Community Service Recipient
Barrow County Food Pantry