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🎭 CASTING ANNOUNCEMENT THERE IS HOPE A new stage play by Steve Grogan

Have you ever wished you could make up for your mistakes — not by erasing them, but by learning from them and becoming a better person… by believing tomorrow can be better than today? That belief is at the heart of THERE IS HOPE, an intimate, emotionally charged play that I am now casting. This is a grounded, sincere piece of storytelling — not ironic, not jokey, not melodramatic. It’s human. In some parts, rough. But it’s alway honest. And that is why it lingers, long after the lights go down and the final curtain falls.

Venue: Mount Ida Preservation Hall, Troy, NY Dates: Mid-November (3 performances), exact dates to be determined

Compensation: Volunteer Cast Needed:

• 3 adult males (21+)

• 4 adult females (21+)

• 1 male child (ages 10–14)

About the play: Kevin Seward attends a party while still reeling from a breakup with his last girlfriend, Lucy Grossman. When he learns she’s there, he decides to leave — and on his way out, the story alternates between present-night encounters and flashbacks to their relationship. As tension builds, one question becomes unavoidable: what happens if he runs into her again?

Important notes: • People cast in ensemble roles will play nine characters, who appear in one scene each. No one plays more than one role in a scene. • Modern setting — Actors assemble costumes from their own wardrobes. • Intimacy is PG (hand-holding, cuddling, one long close-mouthed kiss)

Rehearsals: Weekday evenings (Sun–Thu availability). Schedule will be set once a cast has been solidified.

Auditions: Sides provided. No monologues required. Dates/times/location to be announced.