Audition Notice

Audition Notice:

Other Desert Cities by Jon

Robin Baitz


performed:
January 17 - February 8, 2014

Sunday, 10/27/2013  7:00 PM
Village Theatre Guild

2 S 070 Park Blvd. (northwest corner of Park 

and Butterfield Rd.)

Glen Ellyn, IL  
60137


Auditions will include readings from the play. 
For scripts or questions contact Sue Keenan (Director) at 630-469-5583.

Roles: 3 Women, 2 Men (ages mid 30;s to 70;s)
Lyman Wyeth (M) 70's; a wealthy former movie star and ambassador once 
steeped in Reagan Republican politics, now self-exiled to Palm Springs.
Polly Wyeth (F) 70's; Lyman's wife; tough, bitter, hard and terrified of 
being otherwise; holding things together despite life's extreme

disappointments.
Brooke Wyeth (F) mid-40's; Lyman and Polly's daughter; a depressive and 
fragile writer who has recovered from a nervous breakdown by writing an

explosive book about the family's most painful chapter for which she has come
home to seek her parents' blessing.
Trip Wyeth (M) mid-30's; Lyman and Polly's youngest child; a TV 
producer, and the least scarred member of the family. One who is actually calm
and at ease, as well as his mother's darling.
Silda Grauer (F) 50–65; Polly's sister and former partner in a 
scriptwriting team; a wisecracking burnt-out alcoholic, and favorite aunt.

Summary: Brooke Wyeth, the "black sheep" liberal daughter, returns home after a six-year absence to celebrate Christmas in Palm Springs with her parents, former members of the Reagan inner-circle. 

When she announces that she is about to publish a memoir dredging up a pivotal
and explosive event in the family's history, the Wyeths are both bound and torn
as they face their past...and their future.

www.villagetheatreguild.org