The Brewster Theater Company, Inc.

announces auditions for a

staged reading of

Rabbit Hole by David Lindsay-Abaire

Becca and Howie Corbert have everything a family could want until a life-shattering accident turns their world upside down and leaves the couple drifting perilously apart.  Rabbit Hole charts their bittersweet search for comfort in the darkest of places and for a path that will lead them back into the light of day.

Audition Details

Dates/Times:                         Wed, April 9^th, 2008             7:30 – 9:00 PM

Location:                                Brewster Public Library, Main Street, Brewster Click here for directions.

Cast:

2 Women (Ages 20s - 30s)

1 Women (Ages 40s - 50s)

1 Man (Age 20s – 30s)

1 Man (late teens to 20s)    

Readings will be done from material provided. 

The staged reading of Rabbit Hole is scheduled for May 17^th at 8 p.m.  and May 18th at 7pm. Directed by Debbie Levin, this production will be performed at The Brewster Public Library, Main Street, Brewster, NY

For further information, including cast descriptions and directions, please:

go to www.brewstertheatercompany.org, 

send e-mail to our director

Or leave a message at:  (845) 598-1621 

Character Descriptions

Becca

Mid thirties/early forties

Self-contained, neat, precise…the picture of Yuppie, suburban success.  There is a determined, but fragile strength about Becca that is driven by carefully contained grief and self-imposed isolation within her grief.  The potential for fury is not buried far underneath her deliberate day to day ‘moving on’….or refusal to do so

Izzy

Late twenties/early thirties

Becca’s sister; A lively, outspoken, irreverent free-spirit who lives for the moment, with little regard for standard mores and expectations.  She is none-the-less intensely loyal to her family, and unexpectently struggling to provide ‘solid ground’ to move beyond grief

Howie

Mid thirties/early forties

Becca’s husband; Good, solid and loving man who is devoted to his family and the dream they’ve pursued.  He understands himself well enough to know that he needs help, support…and the comfort of whatever he can regain of his life before the tragedy. 

Nat

Mid sixties

Becca and Izzy’s mother; Gregarious, chatty and persistent, Nat is somewhat interfering but only with good intent.    She has not grown up with the privileges that Becca has achieved in her life with Howie, and had to work hard all her life to give her children the best she could, and has her own legacy of tragedy.

Jason

late teens

Fairly clean-cut, average teenage boy.  Bright, thoughtful, articulate, there is a maturity about the way that he deals with the pain of his part in the tragedy….but he’s still a kid, and somewhat awkward in his attempts to reach out for forgiveness.

This event is made possible in part with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts Decentralization Program, administered in Putnam County by the Putnam Arts Council.

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