Auditions for "On the Verge" by Eric Overmyer
Cast – 3 females, 1 male Please prepare a 2-3 minute monologue that includes lots of movement.
Show dates: November 3, 4, 5 & 10, 11, 12, 2017
Three Victorian lady travelers take it upon themselves to discover the mystery of things as they set out for Terra Incognita and discover the future.
Mary – is the main lady explorer of the expedition, she is unmarried, and considers exploration her unequivocal calling. Consequently, she shuns intimate relationships. As a result, her pent-up sexual inclinations show themselves in her work, which tends to focus on the mating behaviors of the various peoples she encounters. Mary is the oldest member of the lady explorers’ expedition.
Alex – is the youngest of the group, and she allows her age to make up a considerable amount of her personality. She is typically forgetful, and tends to daydream. Upon encountering a new word (a frequent occurrence in their journey), she plays with it, trying to find rhymes and alternative meanings, to the endless irritation of her comrades.
Fanny – is the most conservative of the group in all aspects: socially, politically, and morally. She is the only married member of the group. While Fanny’s relationship with her husband Grover is very obviously not one of head-over-heels love, the two have a very intimate relationship nonetheless. Fanny generally disapproves of everything she sees and hears in the future, finding it immoral.
Grover et al. – The fact that one male actor plays eight different characters is probably the “gimmick” of the show, an extra detail added by the author to make circumstances more interesting (There is a fifteen-second costume change at one point in the show). Almost no background is given for any of these characters, so the actor is able to take considerable artistic license with them. The nature of the characters themselves allow for more than enough over-the-top acting. The 8 parts are: Alphonse, Grover, Mr. Coffee, Yeti, Troll, Madame Nhu, Gus & Nicky Paradise.
