Posted by Alumnae Theatre
PUBLIC ENEMY
by Olivier Choinière, translated by Bobby Theodore
Main Stage, Alumnae Theatre
September 24th – October 5th, 2025
*This is a volunteer, non-paying and non-union call
TIMELINE
- June 1st – 13th, 2025 – Email Audition submissions
- June 14th – 15th, 2025 – In-person Call back Auditions
- July 7th – September 15th, 2025 – Workshop and Rehearsals
- September 20-23rd, 2025 – Tech Week
- September 24th – October 5th, 2025 – Performance Run
CAST
- 4 women (including 1 girl to play 11 years old),
- 3 men (including 1 teen boy),
- 1 squirrel (including one puppeteer)
Because Alumnae Theatre is rooted in powerful women in theatre, the primary characters will be Elizabeth and Suzie.
- Elizabeth: traditional white woman, more than 70 years old, mother of James, Daniel and Melissa, grandmother of Tyler and Olivia.
Elizabeth: “Well, that was rude!
No… “Gimme”. She said gimme instead of give me.
It’s rude is very rude. Goddammit! It makes me so angry!
I hear it all the time, children at the store saying
“gimme this, gimme that!” Pointing.
It makes me so mad. The other day, Shaima wrote:
I went their – e-i-r. I told her, “not e-i-r, e-r-e”.
And she says, “What do you mean?” Because their, e-i-r, is
a possessive pronoun and, there, e-r-e, means a place you go to.
Shaima went there – e-r-e. She says: “Why?”
Because that’s how you write, dear!
- Suzie: an exuberant BIPOC woman in her thirties, Daniel’s girlfriend.
Suzie: Get this, Liz. It’s Friday night. I’m totally beat. I get home, must be ten o’clock,
I hear this noise – like a little whine. Coming from her room. I open the door,
and Pierre’s there at the foot of the bed shaking, Ya know, whimpering.
Then I see this big puddle coming from the bathroom, and then I see the tips
of her toes poking out, and I say to her, “Granny, what’s goin’ on in there?”
She says, “As you can very well see, I fell down!” She’s clearly had a few.
So I say, “Granny, this is crazy, you can’t be boozing like this.”
And she says to me, “Mind your own business”. Whoa.
I say “It is my business, since I’m the one who’s got to pick you up.
- Melissa: a control freak woman in her forties, mother of Olivia.
Melissa: No, I don’t want anyone talking to her!
I want her to be out there all by herself
and to think about she’s done.
After that I want her to apologize!
And on her knees! She is not going to get away with this!
Oh, believe me! She needs to apologize!
- Olivia: an eleven-year-old shy girl
Olivia: Tsk- tsk- tsk! (to the squirrel)
Don’t be scared, I won’t hurt you.
Hold on. Don’t move.
Tsk- tsk- tsk.
Here. Eat this.
Good huh?
What? You don’t want anymore? You full?
- James: an average joe man in his fifties, Tyler’s father.
James: Have you ever heard of the Bilderberg Group?
It’s a group of 120 people who meet every year, right?
In the group are CEOs of international organizations like the IMF,
Leaders of the most industrialized countries, billionaires like Galen Weston
And David Rockefeller. We’re talking about 120 people who control all
The wealth and resources on the planet. You know why we never hear about it?
About the Bilderberg Group. No, because they control all the media:
tv stations, newspapers like the New York Times, the Washington Post,
the banks, the oil companies and the UN. We’re talking about 120 people
who are actually a super government that decides which country will prosper,
which will collapse, which president to elect. Obama’s victory, JFK’s assassination,
all that was decided in advance.
- Daniel: a loser in his forties.
Daniel: You’re right.
You don’t care. He doesn’t care!
I’m not stealing from her account.
I’m not stealing from anyone’s account.
I’m not stealing from anyone’s account.
I told you I’ll pay you back.
I’m going to pay you back.
I’m going to.
Stop saying that, Mom! I have a really big interview
Next week and I have lots of other projects.
You may not have noticed but I’ve worked on lots
of projects in my life and lots more are in the works.
Projects, Melissa, projects!
- Tyler: a typical teenager around fifteen years old.
Tyler: I wouldn’t sit there if I was you. (Olivia: Why?)
There’s a rat inside the couch. (Olivia: Huh?)
There’s a rat that lives inside the couch. (Olivia: No way)
There’s a rat that lives here at Grandma’s. You didn’t know that?
(Olivia: Then why are you sitting on the couch?)
Because I’m not sitting on the side where the rat is.
(Olivia: I don’t believe you)
Whatever. Suit yourself.
- Squirrel: A puppeteer and a very realistic squirrel puppet.
How to audition:
- Email public.enemy@alumnaetheatre.com no later than June 13th, 2025. Please include your resume, bio, headshot, and self-tape for the characters you would like to be considered for.
- Actors who receive a call-back will be invited to audition in-person at Alumnae Theatre on June 14-15th, time to be determined.
- Final cast will be confirmed by July 2nd, 2025.