Posted by The Alumnae Theatre Company
Age of Arousal by Linda Griffiths
Directed by Victoria Shepherd
Produced by Valérie Carrier and Kimberley Ann Croscup
Auditions: December 2, 3, and 5, 7 pm-10 pm
Callbacks: December 10, 7 pm-10 pm
Rehearsal Start: Early January (the first read-through will be on December 15)
Show Run: March 12-23, 2025
Performances are Wednesdays to Saturdays at 8 pm and Sundays at 2 pm.
Please email your headshot and resumé in one PDF document, along with the names of the character(s) you’d like to audition for to:
ageofarousal@alumnaetheatre.com
The submission deadline is Friday, November 22, at 11:59 pm.
*Please prepare a short monologue (no more than three minutes) and be ready to be redirected.
*While the play is set in London, England, it is not the desire of the director to use British accents.
*This is a non-union, non-paying production.
The Alumnae Theatre welcomes and encourages submissions from individuals of all cultures, ethnicities, gender identities, sexual orientations, and body types.
Play Synopsis and Character Breakdowns
Set in an era of tumultuous change, this play explores the forbidden and gloriously liberated self, where characters grapple with explosive and contradictory desires. It is a time of enormous political, emotional, and sexual change. People are bursting their corsets with unbridled desire. There are half a million more women than men living in England. The women’s suffrage movement is fuelled by sheer numbers. Women demand rights. Passions erupt, and confusion reigns …
Mary Barfoot – 60: Definitely not an old lady. Charismatic, egocentric, sexy. Enjoys young women’s attention and admiration. An ex-militant suffragette who now runs a school for secretaries. Is in love with Rhoda.
Rhoda Nunn – 35: An orphan who has become a New Woman with a tendency to zeal. Loyal, idealist, physically passionate – about to burst into flower. Mary’s lover and a teacher at her school.
Virginia Madden – 40: Anxious, agitated and hyperbolic. Impoverished ex-governess and alcoholic. Confused about her sexuality – secretly desires to dress as a man.
Alice Madden – 46: Ex-governess and sister to Virginia. The take-charge older sister – deeply conservative, but full of inner passion. Chastity is more than comfortable for her.
Monica Madden – 21: Delectable younger sister to Alice and Virginia. Provocative and playful. Struggles with an intense natural sexuality which becomes a revolutionary perspective.
Everard Barfoot – 35: Sensual, confident, enticed by the New. Cousin to Mary Barfoot. Ex-doctor just beginning a life of leisure. Falls in love with Rhoda and the Woman Question.