AUDITION NOTICE

A CRUCIAL WEEK IN THE LIFE
OF A GROCER'S ASSISTANT

by Tom Murphy

Directed by Catherine Driscoll

Performance Dates: October 22 to November 7, 2009

Set in the poorer outskirts of a small West of Ireland town in 1958, A Crucial Week is the coming-of-age of a tormented young man torn between the allure of emigrating to an exotic place and the attractions of staying at home where all is familiar. Tom Murphy's treatment of the well-known dilemma is at turns comic, sad and satiric.

Roles

Women

Mother: 55 to 65 - a washerwoman; very poor; stops at nothing to keep her son at home.
Mrs. Smith: 55 to 65 - craw-thumping; miserly; fantastic gossip.
Mona: 22 - John Joe's middle-class girlfriend; comes from money; attractive.
Agnes: 28 - Mrs. Smith's silent, dowdy, but surprising daughter.

Men

John Joe: 33 - a gentle dreamer; witty; imaginative; observant; poor.
Father: 60 to 65 - grave digger; very poor; unloved by his wife; sings songs for comfort.
Alec: 70 - John Joe's uncle; bachelor; dapper; lonely; witty; gentle soul.
Mr. Brown: 60-ish - the Grocer; pious; frugal; self-righteous; pillar of the community.
Pakey Garvey: 28-35 - lives in London; successful but bitter; cynical humour.
Miko Feely: 45 to 50 - shop assistant; drinker; intelligent; eccentric.
Mullins: 48 to 55 - insurance man; gossip; lonely.
Father Daly: 55 to 60 - a good humoured priest; gambles.
Pension Man: 60-ish - officious, but easy-going and kind.

Audition Dates:

Tuesday 21 July and Thursday 23 July 2009 at 6.30 p.m. to 9.30 p.m.

Callbacks:

Tuesday 28 July at 6.30 p.m.

Preparation:

Prepare a short monologue (if you are new to TIP) and be prepared to read from the script.
Please bring a photo and resume to the audition.

To book an audition, please call 416-703-8260.

Seeking Director for Our 2009-2010 Season:

Factory Girls

By Frank McGuinness

A recession is squeezing a shirt-making factory and the first to feel the pinch are the women on the line.
Performance Dates: February-March 2010

The Toronto Irish Players is an award-winning community theatre company established in 1975. This is a non-paying, non-Equity position; all positions with the company are on a volunteer basis. If you are interested in applying, please e-mail us at torontoirishplayers.org with your name, play(s) you are interested in applying to direct, a resume (if you have one), and a 2-3 page treatment of your vision of the production(s).

Please send your complete production treatments and resumes to us at no later than May 30, 2009. Our interviews will be held in the first week of June. Copies of the scripts are available for reading by contacting Bernadette Hunt and Catherine Driscoll at torontoirishplayers@gmail.com as soon as possible.

TIP NEWS

CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THE NOMINEES AND AWARD WINNERS AT THE ACT-CO THEA AWARD BANQUET.

THEA AWARD WINNER - DRAMA ADJUDICATOR'S AWARD-PLAY WRITING - JONATHAN LYNN - THE WARRIOR BARD

NOMINEES:

LUCY CARABINE - BEST DIRECTOR - A SKULL IN CONNEMARA
DANNY SULLIVAN - BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR - A SKULL IN CONNEMARA
CATHERINE DRISCOLL, ANGUS BARLOW - SOUND DESIGN - A SKULL IN CONNEMARA
HEATHER WALKER, LUCY CARABINE, SHEILA BENCH, CHRIS SMITH, YOLANDA WALSH AND THE DOWNSVIEW KIDS AND MENTORS - ADJUDICATOR'S AWARD - GREAT PROPERTIES - A SKULL IN CONNEMARA
BEST PRODUCTION/COMEDY - A SKULL IN CONNEMARA