When: November 14, 15, 16. See times on SignupGenius. Only sign up for one slot to audition for both plays.
Where: Dance Kaleidoscope at 1125 E. Brookside Avenue, Door D5, Indianapolis
Directors
Machinal – Lori Raffel
Hell’s Belle – Becky Schlomann
Compensation: $250
Synopses – Machinal script available HERE
Machinal by Sophie Treadwell: An expressionist parable about an ordinary young woman who lives in a mechanized, materialistic world. A modern Everywoman, Helen works in a boring office, marries her boss who offers her financial security, finds motherhood oppressive, and has a lover who abandons her. Machinal presents the life of a young woman who asks an impersonal society, “Is nothing mine?”
Hell’s Belle: The Unbelievably True Tale of Indiana’s First Serial Killer by Amalia Howard. World premiere winner of Southbank’s Making History Contest. At the turn of the twentieth century, Belle Gunness lured more than two dozen men to her farm and murdered them for the insurance money. But did she get away with it? Her story is as ridiculous as it is captivating. Join the infamous black widow of La Porte, Indiana, her sister Nellie, and the men who Belle loved and killed along the way in this wild ride of a true crime dark comedy.
What to prepare
Please prepare about a 1-minute monologue. Machinal is a drama, and Hell’s Belle is a dark comedy, so your monologue can be in either style, or mixed style.
You may also be asked to read from the script. Machinal Script and All Machinal Sides can be downloaded from links in this bullet point. For Hell’s Belle, email Becky for sides and script preview.
Please bring a resume, headshot, and a list of all conflicts between January 26-May 3
Rehearsal Schedules – All rehearsals will take place at Dance Kaleidoscope, 1125 E. Brookside Avenue, Door D5, Indianapolis
Machinal: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday evenings, starting January 26
Hell’s Belle: Sunday afternoons, Monday evenings, and Thursday evenings starting March 1
Performance Dates – All performances are at Butler University’s Shelton Auditorium, 1000 W 42nd St, Indianapolis
Machinal: Thursday-Sunday, March 12-22
Hell’s Belle: Thursday-Sunday, April 23-May 3