Madison Public Theatre will hold auditions for Tennessee Williams' A House Not Meant to Stand on Tuesday, February 18 at 7:30 PM. Open roles include Stacey, early 20's, the pregnant, holy-roller girlfriend of son Charlie; Officer PeeWee Jackson, a police officer in his 20's, and Dr. Crane, a middle-aged general practitioner.
A House Not Meant to Stand is Williams' final play. Subtitled A Gothic Comedy, the play is set in the deteriorating Mississippi house of Cornelius and Bella McCorkle, who have just buried their eldest son, a gay man Cornelius banished from the home years earlier. During a raging storm, heavy drinker Cornelius, who once had political aspirations, tries to get Bella to disclose where she concealed the considerable amount of money she inherited from her grandfather, who accumulated his wealth by making and selling moonshine. When she refuses to cooperate, her husband threatens to have her institutionalized. Coming to her rescue is their negligent youngest son Charlie, who has returned home with his zealously religious pregnant fiancée Stacey in tow.
The production rehearses at Dale Heights Presbyterian Church in Middleton beginning in late March, and the show runs in the Drury Theatre at the Bartell from May 9-24. For questions, contact director Julia Houck at juliahouckking@gmail.com.
