AUDITION INFO

In Maynard, Texas, Elizabeth Caulder and Hattie Dealing gossip about the people living in the small town until Amy Lee Fullernoy to tell Elizabeth that she has seen Elizabeth’s husband, Roy, going around town with another woman. The conversation brings out Elizabeth’s sympathy of the plight her husband went through in Vietnam and chooses to remain at home for him. Meanwhile, Roy, and his brother, Ray, sit and talk about their own gossip until Cletis Fullernoy arrives to tell Ray that he crashed Roy’s 1959 pink Thunderbird convertible, Roy’s pride and joy. Cletis asks Ray to take the blame, and while he does, Roy finds out that it was Cletis. Roy comes to accept the changing ways since he has been to Vietnam and looks for the silver lining with his brother.

Initial auditions will be during open/cattle call auditions on Tuesday, Aug. 25 in Chapman Theatre.  During callbacks, please be prepared to read sides from the script, so please read the script beforehand and be familiar with it. Reading copies of the script are available in McCain 109.

Elizabeth

A powerful woman who is confident in herself and her abilities. She sticks to her guns and calls others out on their drivel. Though she tries to hide her sensitive side and the love she has for Roy, she is loyal and faithful to him to the bitter end.

Hattie

The town gossip. She knows everything about everyone and is never afraid to share it. Hattie has an opinion about everything, and everything that has gone wrong is because of her husband and kids.

Amy Lee

Cletis’s wife who also partakes in gossip, but in a more subtle manner. Spoiled woman; strict Baptist; queen of the country club. And Hattie’s old enemy.

Roy

A Vietnam war veteran. The bull-headed, strong, uneducated type that small town folk look up to. His 1959 pink Thunderbird convertible is everything sacred in the world to him.

Ray

Roy’s brother. Even more uneducated than Roy is, and he has no sense of irony. Always looks up to Roy and tries to cheer him up, but he does not understand what his brother has been through. At least he tries.

Cletis

An example of the small town folk that look up to Roy. Married to Amy Lee for her father’s money, and works at his appliance store. A disagreeable person who no one really wants to be around.