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Auditions for "August: Osage County"

Old Library Theatre, Fair Lawn Recreation Department's resident theater company, will hold auditions for its third main stage production of 2014, “August: Osage County" July 16 & 19, 2014. Directed by Brian Remo. Produced by Julie Galorenzo.
Wednesday, July 16, 6:30pm — Auditions on Wednesday, July 16 will be held in the basement Teen Room at the Fair Lawn Recreation Center, 10-10 20th Street in Fair Lawn, NJ. 

Saturday, July 19, 1:00pm — Auditions on Saturday, July 19 will be held in the Progressive Dance Studio at 27 South Van Brunt Street in Englewood, NJ.

All Roles Open. Sides will be provided.

Beverly Weston – The father of the Weston family, aged 69, an alcoholic, washed-up poet.

Violet Weston – The mother of the Weston family, aged 65. Undergoing treatment for oral cancer, she is addicted to several prescription drugs, mostly depressants and narcotics.

Barbara Fordham – The oldest daughter of the Weston Family, age 46. Mother of Jean and wife of Bill, though they are currently separated. A college professor who wants to save her marriage, but has the intense need to control everything around her as it falls apart.

Ivy Weston – The middle daughter of the Weston family, age 44. The only daughter to stay in Oklahoma, she teaches at the local college, and her calm and patient exterior hides a passionate woman who is gradually growing cynical.

Karen Weston – The youngest daughter in the Weston family, age 40. She is newly engaged to Steve, whom she considers the “perfect man”, and lives with him in Florida, planning to marry him soon.

Bill Fordham – Barbara’s estranged husband and Jean’s father, age 49. A college professor, he has left his wife for a younger woman.

Jean Fordham – Bill and Barbara’s smart-tongued 14-year-old daughter. She smokes pot and cigarettes, is a vegetarian, loves old movies, and is bitter about her parents’ split. More naive than she would like to believe.

Steve Huberbrecht – Karen’s fiancé, age 50. A businessman in Florida, and not the “perfect man” that Karen considers him.

Mattie Fae Aiken – Violet’s sister, Charlie’s wife and Little Charles’ mother, age 57. Just as jaded as her sister, Mattie Fae constantly belittles her son and antagonizes her husband.

Charlie Aiken – Husband of Mattie Fae and father of Little Charles, age 60. Charlie, a genial man, was a lifelong friend of Beverly.

“Little” Charles Aiken – Son of Mattie Fae and Charlie, 37 years old. Unemployed and clumsy, his mother calls him a “screw-up”, which may be a self-fulfilling prophecy.

Johnna Monevata – A Cheyenne Indian woman, age 26, whom Beverly hires as a live-in housekeeper shortly before he disappears. Johnna is the silent witness to much of the mayhem in the house.

Sheriff Deon Gilbeau – A high-school classmate and former boyfriend of Barbara’s, age 47.

Show dates are September 5, 6 & 7. For more information, please contact us at info@oldlibrarytheatre.net

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