A FACILITY FOR LIVING

AUDITIONS: 2 to 4:30 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 10
Directed by Margaret Kaler [Facility For Living posterSMALL]

Joe Taylor, a retired actor, moves into a prison-turned-elder-care facility shortly after the demise of Medicare and the election of Dick Cheney to President.  There he discovers a community of loveable, irascible inmates hell-bent on bucking the dehumanizing system in which they have landed. Together, this band of aging misfits rediscovers purpose and dignity in the face of a system mightily stacked against them. A delightful comedy with bite from Katie Forgette, that dares to confront the issue of aging in America.

SHOW DATES & DETAILS

March 4-26, 2016
Matuza Main Stage,  Dark Comedy
Preview: March 3 — Terrific Tuesday: March 8

ROLES

3 men, 3 women

KEVIN – (25-35) aspirations exceed opportunities and perhaps intellect.  Tattoos.
BEATRICE “JUDY” HART – (65+) ill, but not so that you would necessarily notice.
WALLY CARMICHAEL – (65+) cranky mush-pot.  Well hidden, but present, regard for human frailty.
NURSE CLAUDIA – (30-50) re-energized in her role as a nurse now that personal responsibility is the new slogan in health care. Speaks quickly and with authority.  Tough love practitioner, not sadistic.
MITZI KRAMER – (65+) former nurse, now resident; declining health but not kindness.  Her speech is fluid and bright.  She could very easily be mistaken for an employee at the nursing home except for rare moments of pixilation.
JOE TAYLOR – (65+) loyal, tenacious.

REQUIREMENTS

Audition requirements: Actors will perform cold readings from the script. Prepared dramatic monologues of 1 to 2 minutes are not required, but they will be accepted.

Performances at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Friday and Saturday evenings; and 2 p.m. Sunday afternoons. One Terrific Tuesday performance at 7:30 p.m. the first Tuesday of the run.

Rehearsal schedules will be determined by cast availability.

Please bring a list of conflict dates for rehearsals.

Performers cast in the show must be available for all performances.

Box office: 904-825-1164
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Limelight Theatre
11 Old Mission Ave.
uptown St. Augustine
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