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Boxes (Direct Approach) Auditions
August 30, 2022 - August 31, 2022
After the success of Night Secrets, we’re thrilled to announce that Direct Approach returns this Autumn! And we’re looking for a cast of five to star in Helen Sant’s Boxes. This YSCP Direct Approach production will be directed by Natalie Roe with three performances at The Black Swan pub in York in October, plus an extra special performance at Theatre@41.
ROLES
- Jack (M): 40s/50s, working class bloke, ground down by the system
- Sandra (F): 40s/50s, jaded by life
- Marnie (F): 30s, a power-crazed scientific genius with no empathy
- Neil (M): early 20s, everyday sort of chap, a bit odd, graduate from RADA
- Pam (F): 40s/50s, bubbly, infectious personality
AUDITION INFO
Venue: Southlands Methodist Church, 97 Bishopthorpe Road, York, YO23 1NX
Dates: Tuesday 30 and Wednesday 31 August
Time: 7.30pm – 9pm
To book your audition, please email directapproach22@gmail.com. Please specify what day you would like to audition, and what part/s you would be most interested in auditioning for. Auditions will be in 15 minute slots, so please also specify what time you would like to audition for (please note last available slot is 8.45pm). You will be asked to read an extract from the play; there’s no need to prepare anything, but if you would like to see the extract beforehand, please email directapproach22@gmail.com and we will happily send it to you.
If you would like to audition but cannot make the above dates, please email directapproach22@gmail.com and we will try to offer an alternative.
If you are successful in auditioning please note that you will be required to join YSCP – annual membership is £15. Rehearsals will take place on weekday evenings, twice a week.
THE PLAY
‘There’s something weird about not knowing what you’re packing. I want to take a peek so badly…’
Jack, Sandra, Pam and Neil are packing boxes. None of them can say it’s their dream job but the money’s suspiciously good and it’s only temporary so… why not? If only boss Marnie wasn’t such a tyrant. And weird. Seriously weird.
As their long shift continues, secrets and strange goings-on soon threaten to engulf the team. Who can they really trust? And what exactly is in the boxes they’re packing?
PERFORMANCES
Monday 10 – Wednesday 12 October 2022 (evenings) at The Black Swan pub in York, plus Sunday 16 October 2022 (evening) at Theatre@41.