Auditions for the Chattanooga Theatre Centre's New Play Festival staged reading of Sharon Bandy's EXIT 136 will be held Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. in the Circle Lobby.
The festival is not until April 21 – May 7 and auditions for other winning plays are Feb. 20 and 21, but auditions are being held for this play early because Dylan Kussman, an adjudicator of the Festival of New Plays competition who is based in Los Angeles, liked EXIT 136 so much, he is coming to Chattanooga to direct the staged reading himself.
Mr. Kussman is an actor/writer/director and the audition schedule is being adjusted a bit to take advantage of this opportunity.
There will be only one night of auditions (not the usual two); the auditions will be cold readings with no preparation necessary.
Scheduling note: Actors will need to be available for rehearsals the evening of Thursday, Feb. 9, and be flexible for evening rehearsals the week of April 17.
A synopsis of EXIT 136:
It's 1998, and a snowstorm has stranded six mismatched characters in a run-down truck stop. A sick young man makes an unlikely friend, a trucker struggles to keep his son, and a truck stop regular bemoans a past action for which he cannot forgive himself. Tensions rise as secrets are revealed and alliances betrayed, keeping audiences guessing until the end.
For more information, contact Kim Jackson at execdirector@theatrecentre.com.
Following are available roles for Exit 136:
Michelle Spinelli (a waitress, late 30s)
Barney Ledbetter (a customer, 60s)
Man (a customer, 40)
Roy Wilkerson (a trucker, 30s)
Anita Rains (a customer, 50s)
Jeff Rains (her son, late 20s)
Various radio voices
Setting: A run-down truck stop in East Tennessee
Time: Late December, 1998