CO, 'Dividing the Estate'

Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities is casting "Dividing the Estate." Rod A. Lansberry, artistic prod.; A. Lee Massaro, dir.

Rehearsals begin Apr. 9. Performances run Apr. 30–May 26 at the Arvada Center in Arvada, CO.

Seeking—Stella Gordon: female, 75-85, no-nonsense octogenarian matriarch of the Gordon family, though dementia dulls her memory, she is opinionated and arbitrarily willful. Mary Jo: female, 50-60, Stella's relentlessly calculating daughter, down from Houston to get her share. Son: male, 35-45, Lucille's son, Pauline's fiancé, manages the Gordon estate and Stella's finances with reason and integrity. Mildred: female, 45-55, African-American, patient, but sharp-tongued cook who works at the Gordon estate. Doug: male, 80-95, African-American, old housekeeper who has worked at the Gordon estate his entire life, proud, though physically weak and mentally slipping. Lewis Gordon: male, 54-64, Stella's son, an alcoholic gambler, sensitive despite his dissolute ways. Pauline: female, 30-40, Son's fiancée, a high school English teacher, earnest and somewhat more intellectual and modern than the Gordons'. Cathleen: female, 20-30, African-American, young, emotional employee who attends junior college and is striving for a better life. Sissie: female, 20-25, Mary Jo's self-absorbed daughter. Emily: female, 20-25, Mary Jo's materialistic daughter. Bob: male, 50-60, Mary Jo's scheming husband, an out-of-work Houston realtor. Irene Ratliff: female, 16-18, Lewis' girlfriend, local high school student who works at a burger joint. Note: Experienced actors with strong acting abilities are needed.

Equity Principal auditions will be held by appt. only Feb. 11 & Feb. 12, 9 a.m.–5 p.m. (lunch 1-2 p.m.), at the Arvada Center, 6901 Wadsworth Blvd., Arvada, CO. EPA Rules are in effect. A monitor will not be provided. The producer will run all aspects of this audition.

To schedule an audition appt., call (720) 898-7200.

Prepare a two- to three-minute monologue of the style and period. Bring pix & résumés.

For more info, visit www.arvadacenter.org/auditions.

Pays: $566/wk. min. Equity LORT Non-Rep and LORT D Contract.
Please let Craze know if they are interested!