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AUDITIONS NOTICE!
David Lindsay-Abaire
Directed by Cindy Alexander
Wednesday
Dec. 16 - 6:30 pm
Saturday
Dec.14 - 11:00 am
at The Waterworks
184 San Marco Ave.,
St. Augustine
Good People is a powerful and ferociously funny look at living paycheck to paycheck in Boston's Southie neighborhood.
It was nominated for a Tony Award, Drama League Award, Drama Desk Award, Outer Critics Circle Awards, and received the New York Drama Critics’ Circle Award. David Lindsay-Abaire won the Pulitzer Prize for Rabbit Hole in 2007.
THE STORY: Welcome to Southie, a Boston neighborhood where a night on the town means a few rounds of bingo, where this month's paycheck covers last month’s bills, and where Margie Walsh has just been let go from yet another job. Facing eviction and scrambling to catch a break, Margie thinks an old fling who's made it out of Southie might be her ticket to a fresh new start. But is this apparently self-made man secure enough to face his humble beginnings? Margie is about to risk what little she has left to find out. With his signature humorous glow, Lindsay-Abaire explores the struggles, shifting loyalties and unshakeable hopes that come with having next to nothing in America.
Rehearsals to begin in January.
This play requires the use of a South Boston accent.
Characters
Margaret (Margie) - Caucasian woman around age 40-50
She is a tough woman from Southie and has just been fired from a Dollar Store. Because she is a high school dropout and has a mentally handicapped daughter named Joyce who takes much of her time, she struggles to find work. She was married once, but her husband left her and her daughter. She will do anything it takes to find a new job so that she can pay her rent.
Mike - Caucasian man age 40-50
Now a doctor, he is originally from Southie but escaped the Boston neighborhood by attending University of Pennsylvania and becoming a reproductive endocrinologist. He now lives in Chestnut Hills, a wealthy area, with his much younger wife, Kate and his daughter Ally. He struggles to have a stable relationship with his wife and has a tendency to exaggerate stories about his days in Southie.
Jean - Caucasian woman age 40-50
Jean works in a hotel. She is from Southie and has a harsh but comedic edge. Blunt toward her friends, Margaret and Dottie, she is a loyal friend.
Dottie - Caucasian woman late 60s
Margie’s landlady who lives upstairs. She sits with Margie’s daughter Joyce when Margie is at work. Coarser than her friends, she considers herself a realist. A real character.
Kate - African-American woman early thirties
Kate is a literature Professor at Boston University, who received her PhD from Georgetown. Gracious and intelligent but can have a hard edge when challenged. Her marriage to Mike is troubled.
Stevie - Caucasian man in his 20s
From the neighborhood and now the manager of a Dollar Store. He is hard working, quiet and sensitive which sometimes makes him the butt of jokes.
Performance dates are
March 7, 8, 9, 14, 15, 16, 2025
Auditions will consist of readings from the script.
If you would like to audition and cannot attend these times,
please email Cindy Alexander