An Evening of One Acts
“Floor Five” by Faith King
Directed by Allie G. Cohen
“Tricky Secrets” and “Lady Wife” by Anne Connolly
Directed by Aaron “Juice” Jackson
Audition info:
Please submit your headshot, resume, and a self-tape including which play(s) and character(s) you are interested in. If auditioning for Floor Five, please submit a comedic contemporary monologue that is about a minute long. Optional excerpts are provided below. If auditioning for Tricky Secrets and/or Lady Wife, please submit a contemporary monologue no longer than 2 minutes. All submissions should be sent to auditions.scp@gmail.com by 11:59 pm on Sunday, March 30th. Please include any rehearsal conflicts in the body of your email, though considering the tight rehearsal schedule, conflicts may not be accepted.
Rehearsal schedule:
Rehearsals will be limited to 3 or 4 and will include a read-through, a run-through, and a dress rehearsal. Rehearsals for Floor Five will be on 4/9, 4/21, and 4/23 (if needed). Rehearsals for Tricky Secrets and Lady Wife will be on 4/8, 4/10, and 4/22. A final dress rehearsal for all three plays will take place on 4/24.
Performances: 4/25 and 4/26 at 7pm.
Floor Five
Synopsis: The fifth floor of the offices of Montgomery and Smith Publishing has a certain reputation. It’s known throughout the company that employees who work on floor five end up dating each other nine times out of ten. When newcomers Clara and Max arrive for their first day of work, they are all too keen to avoid this trend. However, as they work on a project for their all too enthusiastic Boss (who is all too eager to play matchmaker) they realize that maybe the reputation exists for a good reason. A romantic comedy for the stage, Floor Five follows two people as they navigate new love, lost love, and office supplies.
Characters:
Clara: Sharp and well mannered. She took a job on Floor 5 after her fiance left her and she couldn’t escape the ever present fish eyes of her old co-workers. She is determined to do a good job. (Late 20s or early 30s)
Max: Kind hearted and honest. He took a job after royally messing up at his old one. He hopes he can change his reputation as a screw up. (Late 20s early 30s)
Boss: The most earnest man. The Boss loves Floor 5’s reputation and does whatever he can to get folks together. The Boss should have excellent comedic timing and be unafraid of breaking the fourth wall. (40s-50s) Note: The character of The Boss is written with masculine pronouns, however this character could be played by an actor of any gender expression or orientation. The creative team and actor have permission to change the pronouns accordingly.
Optional Audition Excerpts:
Max
Remember I told you I worked in marketing before I worked here? I used to work for this firm called Anderson and Sons. I was asked not to come back. In their defense, I mean- I was not good at that job. I was supposed to reign client ideas in but I have a really hard time saying no to people, particularly when they’re excited about something, so usually I’d end up expanding upon the ideas and we’d go way over budget and I would lose the company a lot of money. Quarterly reviews came around and it was pretty clear I was not welcome back. Now everyone thinks I’m a screw up. That’s actually why I was late this morning. I was kind of forced to go to a family breakfast where I was essentially berated for 90 minutes while my eggs got cold. And I don’t even like eggs!
Clara
We met in school and didn't really connect, but then we found each other again because we both moved here, and then it all fell into place so seamlessly. And like I should’ve known then that it wouldn’t work. But I’m always talking myself out of these things, you know? I was trying really hard not to do that this time. It seemed like it would work. We agreed it would work, and it did. Until it didn’t. Until he left. He just got to leave. No goodbye, no new address, no consequences. I tried to like, get past it but I kept screwing things up at work. Little things but still like, I don’t make mistakes like that. I was very good at my job, I am very good at my job. But I kept screwing things up because I was upset about it. And then, to pile on, we had friends in common everyone knew. All my coworkers, they knew. So they all kept looking at me with these gross pitying looks every time I made a mistake, and that made everything 10 times worse. Because like yes, I was upset and it sucked and it’s awful but God you don’t have to treat me like I’m gonna explode! I hated it. I got offered a job on this floor, and I took it.
Lady Wife
Synopsis: A piece of a day in the life of a resident of Baron's Assisted Living
Characters:
Raymond: a resident, 80s, Alzheimer’s patient
Glenda: a staffer at the residence, any adult age, of a background that gives her an accent, for example, Irish, Caribbean, Turkish; any.
Donna: Raymond’s daughter, 40s
Tricky Secrets
Synopsis: Two men discover they each had their hearts broken by the same woman.
Characters:
Mygar: 40s, Eastern European, the proprietor; gruff, still working on his English skills
Jack: 40s, American, the guest; drinks too much, currently in crisis