Calliope Auditions: Love, Loss and What I Wore
Calliope announces auditions for Love, Loss and What I Wore, a comedy by Nora and Delia Ephron.
Based on the bestselling book by Ilene Beckerman, this 2010 Drama Desk Award-winning play focuses on the nostalgic power of women’s clothing. A cast of five women entertains the audience with funny, wistful, and endearing memories about families and loved ones through the prism of their closets. Like a long heart-to-heart chat with a best friend over coffee, the conversations meander from a bittersweet story of a stepmother wearing the same style bathrobe as her husband’s late wife, to a couple’s musings about what they wore on their wedding day, to a rant about loathing the need to carry a purse, and includes odes to black clothing, cowboy boots, and outfits that makes mothers cringe.
The Cast
The Directors
Karen Josbacher, Dave LudtThe Rehearsals
Monday and Wednesday evenings, beginning Septembr 8, 2021, for 5 weeks. Performers will portray various characters.The Performances
October 7 - 17:
The Auditions
The casting will be ethnically and culturally diverse. We are looking to cast a diverse blend of women in a range of adult ages and sizes. Each woman must be able to vocally create a series of distinct characters.
Auditions will consist of readings from the script:
Scene 5: Holly - Holly's Story
Scene 8: Stephanie - The Prom Dress
Scene 10: Nancy - The Gang Sweater
Scene 15: Lynne - Lynne's Story
Scene 19: Annie - Annie's Story
Scene 23: Nora - I hate my Purse
Purchase a script ($10) from Amazon.
The Characters
Gingy: HerselfWoman 1: Gingy's Mother, Nancy's Mother, Rosie, Lynne, Mary, Nora, Doctor
Woman 2: Nancy, Stephanie, Liz, Annie, Eve's Shrink, Woman, Amand
Woman 3: Alex's Mother, Holly, Merrill, Older Sister, Pam, Dora, Eve, Lisa, Geralyn
Woman 4: Alex, Nancy, Younger Sister, Mary's Mother, Heather
