Wasatch Theatre Company is excited to announce auditions for their upcoming production of “Dinner” by Moira Buffini.
Auditions will take place on Wednesday, January 18th from 6:00 – 8:00 p.m. at the Rose Wagner (138 West 300 South.) Callbacks (by invitation only) will be on Thursday, January 19th.
Those auditioning are asked to come prepared with a one (1) minute comedic monologue using a standard British accent. These monologues do not need to be memorized.
To sign up for an audition slot, click here.
All roles are open. Rehearsals will be begin in late January.
The production will run Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays, April 21st through May 8th at the Rose Wagner Studio Theatre.
Small performance stipends are offered.
The show is directed by Jim Martin
About the play:
An artist, a scientist and a sexpot are coming to dinner. Paige, hostess extraordinaire, is celebrating the publication of her husband’s bestseller. The arrival of Mike, marooned in the foggy lane after crashing his van, provides an unexpected addition to the evening’s entertainment. A silent waiter, sourced from an obscure website, completes the picture. Primordial Soup is the first on the menu – let the dinner from hell begin.
A wonderful comedy chiller, with blood on the carpet before bedtime.
About the characters:
Paige - The hostess. (30 - 50) Married to Lars. She is intelligent, bitter, sarcastic and has a habit of putting things rather too bluntly for comfort. Rich and upper class, she has never worked. She married a man who didn’t love her and has become bored.
Lars - The husband. (30 - 50) Thinks he is more important than he actually is. His book is exposed as hyperbolic self-help rubbish, masquerading as a serious philosophical tract. Married a woman much more intelligent than himself and he cannot compete with her.
Hal - The Scientist. (30 - 60) Hal has communication problems. He cannot talk about the guilt complex surrounding his first wife Mags, and he cannot hold a successful conversation with his current wife Sîan. Has an inability to articulate his feelings.
Sîan- The sexpot. (20 - 40)Devastatingly attractive, Sîan is also very intelligent and resentful that no one, including her husband, can get past her appearance to the brain beneath. She could turn into Paige if she and Hal do not sort out their marital problems.
Wynne - The artist. (30 - 50)A bohemian, ex-feminist separatist, thought she was a lesbian, but that was just a phase. . She and Lars have recently reignited a passionate love affair that started at university. She is sweet, honest and a little bit mad.
Mike - The Unexpected. (20 - 30) Mike is stranded at the dinner after his van breaks down. He is the most normal person at the table. He finds a kindred spirit in Paige: they alone seem capable of seeing through the façade of the other characters.
The Waiter. (any age) The Waiter is a silent presence throughout the meal, moving on the edge of the light, and unobtrusively changing the courses. Paige is the only person who addresses him directly as a person. He becomes more unsettling as the play progresses. Although there are no lines, the stage presence of the waiter is crucial to the play.
Please email questions to: [email protected]
Is there language in this play, or any innuendoes?
Is the role of the waiter open to females?