Almost,MaineThe19charactersin“Almost,Maine”willbeplayedbyjustfouractors:twomenandtwowomen,allintheirteenstoearly20s.Everysceneonlyinvolvestwoactors.Actorsdonothavetofitanyspecifictypeinordertoaudition!Auditions:Friday,March18,6-9p.m.andSaturday,March19,noon-3p.m.CallbacksTBD.AuditionswillbeheldattheTownHallTheatre,locatedonthesecondflooroftheAkeleySoldiersMemorialBuilding,67MainSt.inStowe.Pre-registrationissuggested;contactthedirectoratOwen.leavey@gmail.comtoreserveaspot.Atyouraudition,expecttodosomecoldreadingsofvariousscenesandcharacters.Ifyou’dliketoprepareamonologueaswell(optional),selectionscanbeviewedbelow.Checkoutthecharacterdescriptions;roleswillbesplitasfollows:Male1willplay:Pete,Steve,Lendall,Randy,Man.Male2willplay:East,Jimmy,Chad,Phil,Dave.Female1willplay:Ginnette,Glory,Waitress,Gayle,Hope.Female2willplay:Sandrine,Marvalyn,Marci,Rhonda.Youcanindicatepreferenceforarole,orleaveitopen.

Male1MonologueMAN:Oh,Comeon.Yougiveyourselftoomuchcredit.Hewasyoung.That’sallyouneedtogetyourhopesdashed:Beyoung.Andeverybodystartsoutyoung,so…everybodygetstheirhopesdashed,andbesides…Idon’tthinkyoureallydashedhishopes.‘Causeifyoudashedhishopes—wellthat’s…kindofanicewaytolet‘emdown,‘causeithurts…butit’squick.Ifyou’dhavesaid“No”,thatwouldhavebeen“dashinghishopes”.Butyoudidn’tsayno.Yousaidnothin’.Youjustdidn’tanswerhim.Atall.Andthat’s…killin’hopethelong,slow,painfulway,‘causeit’sstilltherejusthangin’on,neverreallygoesaway.Andthat’s…kindalikegivin’somebodyalittlelessairtobreatheeveryday.Tilltheydie.

Male2MonologueRANDY:Chad:I’myourbestbuddyinthewholeworld…andIdon’tquiteknowwhatyou’redoin’orwhereyou’regoin’onabout…but—whattheheckisyourproblem?Whattheheckareyoudoin’?!Jeezumcrow,you’remybestfriend—andthat’s—That’sathingyoudon’tmesswith.Andyoumessedwithit.Andyoudon’tdothat.‘Causeyouknowsomethin’,you’reabouttheonlythingthatfeelsreallygoodandmakessenseintheworldtome,too,andthenyougoandfoulitup,bydoin’thisandtellin’methat,andnowitjustdoesn’tmakeanysenseatall.Anditdoesn’tfeelgood.You’vedonearealnumberonagoodthing,here,buddy,‘causewe’refriends,andthere’salinewhenyou’refriendsthatyoucan’tcross.Andyoucrossedit!

FemaleMonologueLookingforDanielHarding,yeah.Heliveshere.Ithought.But…oooohhedoesn’tdoeshe?Oooh.Iamsosorry.I’msoembarrassed.“Whoisthiswomanandwhatisshedoinghere?”—Ijusthonestlythoughthe’dbehere.Ialwaysthoughthe’dbehere.Always.Doyouknowhim?Bigguy,bigtallguy.Playedbasketball,all-EasternMaine,center?Strong.Doyouknowhim?Hockey,too?Oh,don’tevenanswerthat.Thatwas—Iknowthat’sahorriblequestiontoaskapersonwholivesinasmalltown,asifeverybodyinsmalltownsknowseverybodyelse,agh!Can’tbelieveIaskedthat.Idon’tlivehereanymore,butwhenIdid,IhateditwhenpeopleassumedIkneweverybodyintownjustbecauseitwassmall.Itwasworsethatwhenthey’daskifwehad“...Plumbingwayupthere?”‘Causeyouknowpeopleinsmalltownsdon’tknoweachotheranybetterthaninbigtowns,youknowthat?Imean,youknowwhoyouknowandyoudon’tknowwhoyoudon’tknow,justlikeanywhereelse.I’msosorrytohavebotheredyou.Iwasjustsosure…Whenhisparentspassedaway,hekeptthehouse,Iheard.Helivedhere.Hestayedhere,Ithought.Hewasoneoftheoneswhostayed.Ididn’tstay.Iwentaway.