AUDITIONS
Synopsis: Joe DiPietro’s Conscience is a play that chronicles the political rivalry between Maine Senator Margaret Chase Smith and Wisconsin Senator Joseph McCarthy during the McCarthy era’s anti-communist fervor. Set in 1950s Washington D.C., it focuses on the events leading up to and following Smith’s famous 1950 “Declaration of Conscience” speech, which condemned McCarthy’s tactics of fear and manipulation. The play explores themes of political power, integrity, and the courage it takes to speak truth to power, set against the backdrop of the American “Red Scare.”
Auditions for Conscience by Joe DiPietro
Directed By Clareann Despain
Audition Information at Powerstories Studio, 4237 El Prado Blvd:
- Sunday, June 14 from 2 – 5pm
- Tuesday, Jun. 16 6 – 9pm
- Wednesday, June 17th (Call backs, if needed)
- Please sign up for a 5-minute time slot at the red button above and below.
You will need to upload a headshot and resume in order to sign up for a slot. - Actors should prepare a reading from the script. You are welcome to work with your own paper copy, or one will be provided. (Download below)
Show Information:
- Compensation: $250 Actor stipend
- Production Dates: August 14 – 16 at Stageworks Theatre. (Friday evening at 7:30, Saturday 1pm matinee and Sunday 3pm matinee.)
- Rehearsal Dates: July 25 – Aug. 13 (Tuesday – Thursday evenings and daytime Saturday)
- Please check your July-August availability carefully before you attend auditions.
Characters
- Roxanne Fay will play the role of MARGARET CHASE SMITH – fifties. The junior senator from Maine. No nonsense with a firm elegance and a caustic wit. A committed moderate, forever independent.
All other roles available.
- SENATOR JOE McCARTHY – early forties. The junior senator from Wisconsin. Loud, crass, reckless, unmannered, unmarried, and very, very effective.
- WILLIAM LEWIS JR. – mid-thirties. Senator Chase’s executive assistant and her right hand. Bright and educated, impeccably dressed. He knows the ins and outs of Washington.
- JEAN KERR – early twenties. A young acolyte of McCarthy’s. Bright and educated and fiercely loyal. She has grown accustomed to being underestimated.
All genders and ethnicities are encouraged to audition.
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