AUDITIONS

January 2025 Production –

Reading Monday 9th Sept 2024 – Audition Monday 16th Sept 2024

Ghosting The Party

Written by Melissa Bubic
Directed by Wade Orth

SYNOPSIS:

Three generations of women face brutal questions of mortality in this black comedy
from Melissa Bubnic, internationally-renowned Australian writer. Confronting death has never been this funny.
Coming home from her sister’s funeral, Grace decides that at 87 years old… her time has come. She’s done with it all. She’s ready to leave the party.
Her daughter, Dorothy, decides her mum is just depressed. She makes it her mission to show Grace the beauty of living. But Dorothy is divorced, stuck in a dead-end job, estranged from her own daughter, Suzie, who lives halfway across the world. Soon, Dorothy starts to worry that her mum might have the right idea.
Pushing up daisies. Kicking the bucket. Ghosting the Party. The euphemisms are endless.
For a phenomenon so certain and all-encompassing, humans are good at looking for ways to avoid talking about death. Until now.
WARNING: This play contains coarse language and references to death and suicide.

Characters –  all ages are flexible but need to relate as family members.

Grace (87)
Dorothy (56) Grace’s daughter
Suzie (30) Dorothy’s daughter
Rita (59) Suzie’s boss
Eric (71) but tries to look much younger) is Dorothy’s blind date.
Three other female roles of varying ages, act as a chorus. They appear at the side of the stage providing commentary and conscience for the main characters

A membership fee of $35 per annum is required if successfully cast.

Rehearsals 

Tuesdays and Thursdays from 7.30pm to 10.30pm.

Schedule & Performance Dates

Bump-in Saturday 21st December 2024

Technical Rehearsal Monday 13th Jan

Dress Rehearsal Tuesday 14th Jan

Friday 17th Jan 7.30pm (Opening Night)
Saturday 18th Jan, 3pm & 7.30pm
Sunday 19th Jan, 11am & 3pm
Friday 24th Jan, 7.30pm
Saturday 25th Jan, 1pm 

Bump out will be Sunday 26th Jan