03/05/2026
REMINDER - Auditions
“The Dining Room”
by A.R. Gurney
Directed by Tracey Okeby Lucan
Tuesday 5th & Thursday 7th May
7.30pm – 10.00pm
at the Theatre on Chester, Chester St, Epping NSW
The Dining Room is about a place that is disappearing. Across the play 6 actors will portray 50+ characters through 18 interwoven scenes based around one dining room table. Each scene brings to life a memory from around the table; dinner, parties, breakfast, repairs and breakdowns. The roles require actors with the flexibility to flow through multiple characters and scenes with clear physicality and presence. It’s going to be fun!
Each actor covers multiple ages so there is no age range for each role. The play is American but an accent is not required for the audition.
CAST:
1st Actor (M): Father, Michael, Brewster, Grandfather, Stuart, Gordon, David, Harvey and Host
2nd Actor (F): Agent, Mother, Carolyn, Sandra, Dora, Margery, Beth, Kate, Claire, and Ruth
3rd Actor (M): Client, Howard, Psychiatrist, Ted, Paul, Ben, Chris, Jim, Dick and Guest
4th Actor (F): Annie, Grace, Peggy, Nancy, Sarah, Harriet, Emily, Annie, and Guest
5th Actor (M): Arthur, Boy, Architect, Billy, Nick, Fred, Tony, Standish, and Guest
6th Actor (F): Sally, Girl, Ellie, Aggie, Winkie, Old Lady, Helen, Meg, Bertha, and Guest
TO BOOK AN AUDITION TIME – contact [email protected]
Please nominate the character/s that you would like to audition for,
and any preference for date or time.
AUDITION FORMAT:
· Auditions will be approximately 15 minutes each. Actors to audition as singles.
· Memorising the script for the audition is not needed, but please be familiar with your character and the appropriate scenes.
AUDITION SCRIPT and SCENES:
· With your appliocation you will be emailed script excerpts containing six scenes from the play.
· For the audition, please prepare three scenes of your choice. Select an appropriate part from each, please choose whichever part you would like from each scene. You will be asked to read each scene/part and display the different characterization of each.
REHEARSAL DATES:
All Tuesdays and Thursdays, commencing 12th May, until opening. Sunday afternoons/Mondays will be added closer to season commencement for tech and full dress rehearsals, dates and times will be advised.
PLEASE ADVISE US AT THE AUDITION OF ANY PRIOR COMMITMENTS YOU MAY HAVE ON REHEARSAL NIGHTS.
PERFORMANCE DATES - Wednesday July 22nd – Saturday August 15th:
22/7 (Preview), 24/7 (Opening), 25/7*, 26/7*, 29/7, 31/7, 1/8*, 2/8*, 7/8, 8/8*, 9/8*, 14/8, 15/8*.
*Performances as marked are at 4pm, all others are at 8pm. Cast required 1 hour prior. Note new matinee time in 2026. See less
