Auditions

ITR is very excited to announce that we will be performing “DIAMONDS IN THE SKY”  by Kim Blanche on March 8 and 9, 2025 at the Osgoode Community Centre. “Diamonds” is another play from our 2022 Play Writing Workshop. Following on the success of “You Have New Relatives”, we also intend to submit “Diamonds” to the EODL One-Act Play Festival which will be held the first weekend of November 2025 in Merrickville. We are hopeful that the cast will all remain with the show through to the EODL festival.

 

Three very different women meet through bizarre circumstances and then gather one year later at Destiny's Lakeside Bed and Breakfast. A murder is committed and they are the only suspects. Which one of them is desperate or brave enough to kill someone in cold blood? Diamonds in the Sky is a dark comedy that explores morality in the face of inequality.

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We are looking to cast the following roles (the women's roles are evenly distributed throughout the play, the male role is a short part):

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DESTINY HADLEY: Stage Age: 25-30

Destiny has an air of brashness and confidence. She is wise about the seedier side of life and has made her own way in the world. She is the owner of the Sky of Diamonds Bed and Breakfast.

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ANNE CHURCH: Stage Age: 60-70

Anne has traditional values but an open mind. She has a maternal attitude toward her friends and is a widow of three years.

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EMMA LYONS: Stage Age: 30-40

Emma has an upper class but sheltered background. She lacks confidence and a sense of self. She does everything not to attract attention to herself.

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BRUCE HOLBROOK: Stage Age: 50-65

Bruce is hardened by a life of working in dubious clubs. Now, he is the chef and handyman of the B and B. He is a duplicitous character.

 

Rehearsals will be Sundays at Manotick Place from 3:00 to 5:00 starting January 5, 2025.

Auditions will be held Sunday, November 24 from 3:00-5:00 p.m. with callbacks, if needed,  November 26 from 7:00-9:00 p.m. in the Fred A Room (main floor) at the Osgoode Community Centre.

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There is a short audition monologue below that the women should memorize and be prepared to perform at the audition. They will also be asked to do a cold reading of another monologue. Bruce's part will be a cold read. 

 

[scoffing] Opportunities?! I'm constantly looking over my shoulder waiting for Richard to throw a bag over my head and haul me back to that mausoleum of a house. Or wondering if--no, when-- the police will find out what we did. I'm not looking for opportunities--I'm barely functioning from day to day.

 

For more information, please contact the director, Brian Kennedy, at 6playwrights@gmail.com. 

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Please fill out the audition form and bring it with you if possible.