Auditions
Laundry and Bourbon/Lone Star
by James McLure
Location: VIDEO AUDITIONS - please see below
Audition dates: Deadline is April 13, 2020
Performances: July 10-19, 2020 Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30 pm; Sundays at 2:30 pm
Presented by Mask and Mirror Community Theatre
Directed by Leslie Inmon
Laundry and Bourbon/Lone Star
by James McLure
Location: VIDEO AUDITIONS - please see below
Audition dates: Deadline is April 13, 2020
Performances: July 10-19, 2020 Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30 pm; Sundays at 2:30 pm
Presented by Mask and Mirror Community Theatre
Directed by Leslie Inmon
We want to thank you so much for your continued interest in auditioning for Lone Star and Laundry and Bourbon. Due to current 'stay at home' restrictions, we will be limiting all auditions to video submission only. We do want to continue to audition, as our hopes are that the show will actually be able to be put on. Obviously if restrictions stay in place it will not be, but we do you want to be prepared just in case. Sides can be requested, and submissions sent, to bellabutton525@yahoo.com.
Please send your submission NO LATER THAN MIDNIGHT ON MONDAY APRIL 13.
We thank you all so much for your diligence in this time and hope that you stay kind and safe.
Leslie Inmon
Please send your submission NO LATER THAN MIDNIGHT ON MONDAY APRIL 13.
We thank you all so much for your diligence in this time and hope that you stay kind and safe.
Leslie Inmon
This comedy for mature audiences consists of two related one acts.
The first act, Laundry and Bourbon, takes place on the back porch of Roy and Elizabeth’s home in Maynard, Texas, where old friends Elizabeth, Hattie, and Amy Lee sip on bourbon, fold laundry, and gossip.
The second act, Lone Star, finds Roy, his brother, Ray, and Cletis out back behind Maynard’s only bar, Angel’s, swigging Lone Star and reminiscing.
All roles are available; none are pre-cast. All roles in this show are unpaid volunteer positions.
Characters - Laundry and Bourbon
Elizabeth (30-45): Strong, sensuous woman. Intelligent and full of grit. Would be capable of handling most men other than, Roy, her husband. Therein lies the attraction. A woman devoid of self-pity. A forthright person who would call your bluff.
Hattie (30-45): A woman whose bluff needs calling. Blowsy, brassy, used to getting her own way. Mother, wife, talker. Has an adage for every occasion. Anything that has gone wrong in her life is Vernon’s fault. Vernon is her husband.
Amy Lee (25-45): Bright, sassy, spoiled. Baptist to the teeth. Given to gossip. Life revolves around the country club. An old enemy of Hattie’s. Social climber who married Cletis for his “status” as manager of his father’s hardware store.
Characters - Lone Star
Roy (30-45): Lean, tough, handsome, former high school hero, and a Viet Nam Vet. Loves his wife, his country, his 1959 pink Thunderbird, and not necessarily in that order. Down on his luck since he returned from the war. Broken and pig-headed, constantly searching for his lost glory.
Ray (30-45): Roy’s younger brother. Large, not the brightest, but sincere and earnest. Loves and looks up to his brother but is worried about Roy since he came back from the war. Is keeping a potentially earth-shattering secret. Not the brightest bulb, but is loyal to a fault.
Cletis (25-45): Ray’s friend. Marginally more successful than the brothers, he manages his father’s hardware store; and is run by his wife, Amy Lee. Aspires to be Roy, or at least the man Roy was in high school.
Audition Specifics
Auditions will consist of RECORDED VIDEO readings from the script, submitted to the director at the email below BY MIDNIGHT ON MONDAY APRIL 13. Sides are available at bellabutton525@yahoo.com. Any questions should be directed to that email.
As the show takes place in Texas, accents will be required. If you are not familiar with accents in Texas, YouTube has a handful of tutorials that can help.
Please submit a copy of your resume and a headshot if available with your recording.
Mask & Mirror is a community of volunteers who offer their individual talents without compensation. There is no paid staff to clean and manage the rented facilities, and everyone is expected to pitch in for the set-up and take-down for each show to the best of their physical capabilities and available time. Everybody is expected to pitch in somewhere to help restore the auditorium, Green Room, stage, and lobby areas to the landlord’s specifications following a performance. Actors will be invited to help on the Move-In and Set Build day, but will be expected to help with Strike. Actors may be asked to participate in special events in the community to promote the show and the company, and are expected to promote the show by distributing posters, disseminating business cards, and advertising the show on social media and by word of mouth.
The first act, Laundry and Bourbon, takes place on the back porch of Roy and Elizabeth’s home in Maynard, Texas, where old friends Elizabeth, Hattie, and Amy Lee sip on bourbon, fold laundry, and gossip.
The second act, Lone Star, finds Roy, his brother, Ray, and Cletis out back behind Maynard’s only bar, Angel’s, swigging Lone Star and reminiscing.
All roles are available; none are pre-cast. All roles in this show are unpaid volunteer positions.
Characters - Laundry and Bourbon
Elizabeth (30-45): Strong, sensuous woman. Intelligent and full of grit. Would be capable of handling most men other than, Roy, her husband. Therein lies the attraction. A woman devoid of self-pity. A forthright person who would call your bluff.
Hattie (30-45): A woman whose bluff needs calling. Blowsy, brassy, used to getting her own way. Mother, wife, talker. Has an adage for every occasion. Anything that has gone wrong in her life is Vernon’s fault. Vernon is her husband.
Amy Lee (25-45): Bright, sassy, spoiled. Baptist to the teeth. Given to gossip. Life revolves around the country club. An old enemy of Hattie’s. Social climber who married Cletis for his “status” as manager of his father’s hardware store.
Characters - Lone Star
Roy (30-45): Lean, tough, handsome, former high school hero, and a Viet Nam Vet. Loves his wife, his country, his 1959 pink Thunderbird, and not necessarily in that order. Down on his luck since he returned from the war. Broken and pig-headed, constantly searching for his lost glory.
Ray (30-45): Roy’s younger brother. Large, not the brightest, but sincere and earnest. Loves and looks up to his brother but is worried about Roy since he came back from the war. Is keeping a potentially earth-shattering secret. Not the brightest bulb, but is loyal to a fault.
Cletis (25-45): Ray’s friend. Marginally more successful than the brothers, he manages his father’s hardware store; and is run by his wife, Amy Lee. Aspires to be Roy, or at least the man Roy was in high school.
Audition Specifics
Auditions will consist of RECORDED VIDEO readings from the script, submitted to the director at the email below BY MIDNIGHT ON MONDAY APRIL 13. Sides are available at bellabutton525@yahoo.com. Any questions should be directed to that email.
As the show takes place in Texas, accents will be required. If you are not familiar with accents in Texas, YouTube has a handful of tutorials that can help.
Please submit a copy of your resume and a headshot if available with your recording.
Mask & Mirror is a community of volunteers who offer their individual talents without compensation. There is no paid staff to clean and manage the rented facilities, and everyone is expected to pitch in for the set-up and take-down for each show to the best of their physical capabilities and available time. Everybody is expected to pitch in somewhere to help restore the auditorium, Green Room, stage, and lobby areas to the landlord’s specifications following a performance. Actors will be invited to help on the Move-In and Set Build day, but will be expected to help with Strike. Actors may be asked to participate in special events in the community to promote the show and the company, and are expected to promote the show by distributing posters, disseminating business cards, and advertising the show on social media and by word of mouth.
