WLT Reader’s Theatre Online Presents:
The Trip to Bountiful
By Horton Foote
Directed by LaTasha Do’zia
A virtual reading to air on September 11th, 12th and 13th, 2020 (Friday-Sunday)
Set in 1953, The Trip to Bountiful is the story of Mrs. Carrie Watts’ journey back to the home of her youth: Bountiful, Texas. In ways, it’s just the simple telling of an elderly woman’s call back to her old friends and to her roots. And in deeper ways, it’s the mythic odyssey we all must make in the search of the self.
Audition date: Thursday, August 13th at 7pm
If interested fill out the audition form at
https://bit.ly/2PyjFqT
and you’ll be sent a Zoom link.
Casting notice: Black and Brown and White, female and male actors needed to cast:
Carrie Watts: 70-80s, female, Black
Ludie Watts: 35-45, male, Carrie’s son, Black
Jessie Mae Watts: 30-40, female, Ludie’s wife, Black
Thelma: 20s, female, a young traveler that Carrie meets, any race
First Ticket Agent (Houston): any age range, any gender, any race
Second Ticket Agent (Houston): any age range, any gender, any race
Roy (Harrison Ticket Agent); older, male, a long time resident of Harrison County, where Bountiful lays, any race
Sheriff: mature male, “chivalrous,” any race
Narrator/Stage directions any age, any gender, any race
Time Commitment: a read through, 2 rehearsals and the recording
It will be recorded on Zoom, edited and open to viewing for $5 for the 3 days listed above
Contact Amy at aepurbanski@gmail.com if you’d like to audition. Thanks!