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Audition Announcement

Auditions will be held at The Rosendale Theatre (408 Main St Rosendale). For A Rock Sails By written by Sean Grennan. Directed by Ann Citron

Auditions are January 3^rd from 10-2pm, January 6^th from 6-9pm, and January 10^th from 10-1pm

Read from the script. Sides will be provided and are also available on our website at: rosendaletheatre.org under Live Theatre. Any questions please email: ann@rosendaletheatre.org Show dates are March 12,13,14,15 (5 shows total)

About the show: Astrophysicist Dr. Lynn Cummings has always believed in science over faith in the unknown. But now that her life is changing, the certainty that was once a source of comfort has become a source of emptiness. When an unidentified flying object is sighted heading toward Earth, she grants an interview to a journalist who misquotes her. With her credibility on the line, she invites him to witness the object as it comes closest to the Earth with her. Dr. Cummings hopes it will pass without incident, but there is no telling what she will discover beyond the stars.

A Rock Sails By character breakdown (2W, 1M, 2 any gender doubling up)

Dr Lynn Cummings Female, 50’s-60’s. An astrophysicist, professor. She is very intelligent, somewhat sardonic, and a believer in facts. She was widowed two years ago and is still in mourning. She has a daughter, OLIVE. Cummings receives a diagnosis of early onset dementia but shows only slight signs of it during the play.

Olive Female, Cummings’ daughter, 20’s-30’s. Smart, self-possessed, caring. A positive, smart, attractive person, she believes in more than she can see or, unlike her mother, is at least open to the possibility. She is a doctoral candidate in English literature. They clash over this and other things. Still, she loves her mother very much. She and Jason are a possible fit.

Jason Male, 30’s. A journalist, he is “floating through life” somewhat. He works for a magazine he doesn’t respect, has recently broken up with a girlfriend, and isn’t sure what he believes about the greater questions. He does want there to be more than this. He wants there to be meaning and order. Ethical, intelligent, searching.

PLAYER HALEY, a T.A. who works for Dr. Lynn,

CHANCELLOR, the head of the University,

FARRELL, Jason’s superior at GRATE magazine,

DOCTOR, the specialist that Lynn sees and, optionally, the O.S. voice of TOM.

MESSENGER Mysterious character of any age or gender