Open Book Collaborative will be holding auditions for a staged reading of “The Laramie Project: Ten Years Later” on Sunday, October 14th from 6:00-8:00pm. Auditions will be held at Extraordinary ED, 710 Haddon Avenue, Collingswood, NJ. Please email
openbook.collaborative@gmail.com for an appointment time. Auditions will be in
5-minute intervals and will consist of a monologue. You may either prepare a
dramatic monologue of your choosing, 2 minutes or less, or read an assigned
“cold” monologue from the pla...y. All roles are unpaid and non-union.
For our inaugural production we will be teaming with Haddonfield Plays and
Players. Proceeds from this inaugural production will benefit the Matthew
Shepard Foundation. Note that actors must be available for ALL of the
following:
Rehearsal - Sunday, October 21st – 6:00-8:00pm, Extraordinary ED
Rehearsal – Sunday, November 4th - 6:00-8:00pm, Extraordinary ED
Tech Rehearsal – Thursday, November 8th – evening time TBD, Haddonfield
Plays & Players
Performance – Friday, November 9th – 8:00pm – Haddonfield Plays &
Players
All actors in our production will play multiple roles as following:
Actor 1 - Male, teens/early 20s - Jedadiah Schultz, Friend #1, Boy, Ben, Russell
Henderson, and Representative of Wyoming Legislature
Actor 2 - Male, 20s - Jim Osborne, Cowboy, Jonas Slonaker, University Official,
Republican Man, Aaron McKinney, Representative of Wyoming Legislature
Actor 3 - Male, 30s - Andy Paris, Matt Mickelson, Student at the University, Glen
Silber, George, Conservative Colleage, Representative of Wyoming Legislature
Actor 4 - Male, 30s-40s - Greg Pierotti, Rental Car Agent, Jerry Parkinson, Clerk
in Wyoming Legislature, Dave O'Malley, Representative of Wyoming Legislature
Actor 5 - Male, 40s - Moises Kaufman, Jeffrey Lockwood, Governor Freudenthal,
Dennis Shepard, Rob Debree, Peterson, Representative of Wyoming Legislature
Actor 6 - Male, 50s - John Dorst, Stephen Belber, Chairman Childers, Father
Roger, Representative of Wyoming Legislature
Actor 7 - Female, 20s-30s - Nikki Elder, Girl, 20/20 Narrator, Romaine Patterson,
Friend #2 Desk Mate, Representative of Wyoming Legislature
Actor 8 - Female, 40s - Rebecca Hilliker, Mom, Jan Landhurst, Reggie Fluty,
Jane, Represenative of Wyoming Legislature
Actor 9 - Female, 40s-50s - Leigh Fondakowski, Deb Thomsen, Boomerang
Editor, Zackie Salmon, Representative of Wyoming Legislature
Actor 10 - Female, 50s-60s - Marge Murray, Catherine Connolly, Judy Shepard,Representative of Wyoming Legislature
Actor 11 - Female, 60s - Beth Loffreda, Grandma, Lucy Thompson, Susan
Swapp, Representative of Wyoming Legislature
Actor 12 - Male or Female any age – Narrator
Actors should be open-minded, willing to learn, and enthusiastic to work as part of an ensemble.
Anyone under the age of 18 must have parental permission due to the sensitive
material and language in the play. Any questions can be sent to
openbook.collaborative@gmail.com. Thank you for your interest in our
production!
