Producing Harriet's House 10: First set of auditions

This past weekend Jocelyn Wickett and I held our first set of auditions for Harriet's House at the Ontario Institute of Studies in Education (OISE) at the University of Toronto. We had two excellent days of monologues and cold readings from the play and were delighted to hear what wonderful talent we have here in Toronto. We are going to hold another set of auditions on Monday April 12, 2010. Here is the second audition call. If you're interested in auditioning on Monday April 12, 2010 please contact: gaileyroad@gmail.com

All the best,
Tara

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Harriet’s House: Hart House 2010

Second Audition Call

Director: Jocelyn Wickett
Playwright: Tara Goldstein
Produced by: Tara Goldstein/ Gailey Road Productions

Synopsis

Harriet’s House dramatizes the story of a Toronto mother with three daughters, two adopted from Colombia and the challenges they face as they negotiate three family worlds: the world of their own “global family” in Toronto, the world of the daughters’ birth country, Colombia, and the new world Harriet, finds herself in when she comes out as a lesbian. Gailey Road is planning to produce Harriet House as an affiliated event with the 2010 Toronto Pride Festival.
The play opens with Harriet reluctantly giving her 17-year old adopted daughter Luísa permission to visit the orphanage in Bogotá where she spent three years of her childhood so that she can find out what happened to her birth mother. While Luísa is in Bogotá, Harriet comes out as a lesbian and introduces her new partner Marty to her two other daughters: 14-year old Ana, also adopted from Colombia, and 7-year old Clare, Harriet’s birth daughter. Afraid of Luísa’s rejection of her new relationship, Harriet doesn’t tell her about Marty until Luísa returns home from her visit to the orphanage. Heartbroken that she still hasn’t found out what happened to her birth mother, and angry that Harriet didn’t tell her about Marty sooner, Luísa returns to Bogotá to continue her search. When Harriet falls seriously ill, however, she decides to travel to Bogotá with Marty, Ana and Clare to bring Luísa back to Toronto.

Characters

HARRIET: A school teacher and mother of three daughters, the first two adopted from Colombia. During the
course of the play she comes out as a lesbian. She ages from 44 to 46.

LUÍSA: Harriet’s eldest daughter, adopted from Colombia at the age of 10. She ages from 17 to 19. *We are
seeking an actor who identifies as Latina or Latin Canadian*

ANA: Harriet’s middle daughter, adopted from Colombia at the age of 7. She ages from 14 to 16 .*We are
seeking an actor who identifies as Latina or Latin Canadian*

CLARE: Harriet’s youngest daughter, not adopted. She ages from 9 to 11. *For Clare, we are seeking a girl who
is at minimum between the ages of 12 and 14, but can play younger. Previous acting experience is not
required*

Show Information:

Harriet’s House will be staged at Hart House Theatre in Toronto from June 24 – 26 2010. (Full availability of actors cast will be required from June 23 – 26 2010). Actors cast in the production will be provided with an honorarium (amount TBA).

Rehearsal:

Rehearsals begin in April on Thursday evenings and Sundays at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, 252 Bloor Street West, Toronto.

Audition Information and Requirements:

Please email a head shot and resume to gaileyroad@gmail.com to arrange an audition time. Auditions will occur within the next two weeks at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education. For the audition, actors are asked to prepare a one minute contemporary monologue. Actors may also be requested to do a cold read from the play at the audition. For girls that are auditioning for Clare, no preparation is required in advance of the audition.

Thank you for your interest! Please do not resubmit if you have already submitted for this production.

For more information about Harriet’s House and Gailey Road Productions please visit www.gaileyroad.com.