08/12/2026
Audition Notice!
Audition Notice!!!
The Cover of Life
Synopsis: Tood, Weetsie and Sybill are brides in rural Louisiana in 1943. Each married a Cliffert brother. The men are off to war and a local news story about these young wives keeping the home fires burning intrigues Henry Luce. He decides that they belong on the cover of Life Magazine and assigns Kate Miller to the story. She has been covering the war in Europe and, though she views doing a “women’s piece” as a career set-back, she accepts because it will be her first cover story. Kate spends a week with the Cliffert women and her haughty urban attitude gives way to sympathy as she begins to understand them while coming face-to-face with her own powerlessness in a man’s world. Filled with charm and fun, The Cover of Life is a deeply affecting story about the struggle for self-worth.
Audition Dates: Aug 24,25 - Callbacks possible on 8/25 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM
What to prepare: 1 minute monologue contemporary
Actors must be 17 years or older
Character:
TOOD – 19, pretty, genuine, a bit of a dreamer but determined
SYBIL – 25, flashy, “sophisticated” or “fast” in her crowd
WEETSIE – 20, plain, very religious and very much the country girl
AUNT OLA – Mid-40s but appears older, mother-in-law of the three young women, strong, matriarchal
KATE – Early to mid-40s, correspondent/photographer for LIFE magazing, successful woman in a man’s world
ADDIE MAE – Mid-40s, local newspaper reporter, affected stylishness
TOMMY – 20, youngest brother of the family, eager, friendly, insecure, a sailor serving in the South Pacific
Rehearsal is Monday through Thursday beginning October 19th
Tech Week begins November 30-December 3rd
Show Runs Friday, Saturday, and Sunday December 4th through December 20th
Disclosure: Violence, Su***de, Fi****ms
