Attic Salt Theatre Company to host auditions for two productions

How I Learned to Drive

by Paula Vogel

Produced by Attic Salt Theatre Company

at 35below

Sunday, July 10^th from 3 to 6pm

Monday, July 11^th from 6 to 9pm

Callbacks: Thursday, July 13^th from 6 to 9pm

Auditions at 35below

35 East Walnut St., Asheville, NC

Open Auditions

Attic Salt Theatre Company, the team who produced the comedy hit All in the Timing this past March at North Carolina Stage Company and 2015’s acclaimed Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike at 35below, among many other hit plays, is pleased to announce open auditions for the Pulitzer Prize winning drama How I Learned to Drive, at 35below in Downtown Asheville. 35below is located at 35 East Walnut Street in the back of Asheville Community Theatre. Auditions will be held from 3 to 6pm on the 10^th and from 6 to 9pm 11^th of July, with callbacks being held in the same venue from 6 to 9pm on July 13^th 

The company is seeking 3 female and 2 male actors of any type and race, who fit a role in the following breakdown:

Li’l Bit – Female, 30s/40s, a strong woman recounting a tumultuous adolescence. Must play from 11-18 y.o. in tone, if not in voice.

Peck –    Male, 40s, South Carolina accent, but NOT a stereotype. An attractive, gentle man with issues of his own.

Male Geek Chorus – 30s-40s, Plays Grandfather, Waiter, High-school Boys, et. al.

Female Geek Chorus – 30s-40s, Plays Mother, Aunt Mary, High-school Girls, et. al.

Young Geek Chorus – Female, 20s, Plays Grandmother, High-school Girls, the voice of 11 y.o. Li’l Bit, et. al. 

 This show is a real showcase for five strong actors who would be comfortable with the adult and sexual themes of the play. The play will be presented at 35below and pay will be a percentage of the box office.

Those auditioning should bring a headshot and resume (if they have one) and be prepared to read monologues and/or sides from the play, which will be provided at the audition.

The play is slated to be directed by Jeff Catanese and will rehearse evenings throughout September and October, with nightly rehearsals required from November 1^st until opening on the 4^th. The play runs from November 4^th through the 20^th, with performances Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30pm, and Sunday matinees at 2:30pm. There may be additional performances on Thursdays during the run, as well as the possibility of an extension during the first weekend of December.

For more information, interested parties can contact the Asheville community Theatre box office at ashevilletheatre.org or call 828-254-1320.

Winner of the 1998 Pulitzer Prize for Drama, How I Learned to Drive is one of the most lauded and beloved off-Broadway plays of the last twenty years, also winning the 1997 Obie, Drama Desk and Lucille Lortel awards, among many others. In it, the older Li’l Bit recounts her teenage years, when she was sexually pursued by her Aunt’s husband, Peck. Using the metaphor of driving and the issues of pedophilia, incest, and misogyny, the play explores the ideas of control and manipulation in a very deft and adult way.

FALL 2016 Family Shows

Produced by Attic Salt Theatre Company

at Magnetic 375

Sunday, July 10^th from 3 to 6pm

Monday, July 11^th from 6 to 9pm

Callbacks: Thursday, July 13^th from 6 to 9pm

Auditions at 35below

35 East Walnut St., Asheville, NC

Open Auditions

            Attic Salt Theatre Company, the team who produces the ongoing Family Theater series, Saturdays on Stage, at Magnetic 375, as well as the hit shows All in the Timing, Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike, and the upcoming How I Learned to Drive, is currently seeking actors to appear in its slate of Fall 2016 Family Shows. The auditions will be held at 35below, located at 35 East Walnut Street in the back of Asheville Community Theatre, and will be scheduled from 3 to 6pm on the 10^th and from 6 to 9pm 11^th of July, with callbacks being held in the same venue from 6 to 9pm on July 13^th.

The company is optimally seeking 1 female and 1 male actor of any type and race to cover the entire season, but will entertain casting actors who may only be available for some of the shows. The rehearsal schedule for these shows has not yet been set and is somewhat flexible, but the performance schedule is for every Saturday morning at 9am until 11am and as follows:

Saturdays in September – Tall Tales

Saturdays in October – Tricky, Tricky Trickster Tales

Saturdays in November – Echo, Narcissus, Icarus and Friends: Greek Myths!

Saturdays in December – Tall Tales

The shows are a real showcase for strong actors who are quick, adept at strong character work and are good with children. Pay is fifty dollars per show, with additional pay for workshops, parties and possible tours.

Those auditioning should bring a headshot and resume (if they have one) and be prepared to read sides from the plays, which will be provided at the audition.

The plays are to be directed by Jeff Catanese and will rehearse for approximately 30 hours the month before each opens.

For more information, interested parties can contact Attic Salt Theatre Company at 828-708-SHOW (7469) or find details at atticsalt.org.

Attic Salt’s Saturdays on Stage series was recently featured on the cover of the MountainXpress, with the accompanying article call the shows, “…copious amounts of fun…”, and lauded “…their universally relatable themes of kindness, wisdom and magic…” and “…silly-yet-sophisticated brand of writing and humor…”