Auditions

ABOUT THE SHOW

RABBIT HOLE

The Corbetts are a happy suburban couple whose lives change forever when their young son Danny is killed in an accident. Eight months later, Becca wants to start afresh in a new home without daily reminders of their terrible loss, while Howie finds comfort in revisiting his memories of Danny. These different ways of grieving threaten to tear their marriage apart. Can this couple ever find a way back to one another? David Lindsay-Abaire’s Pulitzer Prize-winning drama, filled with distinctive wit and grace, charts a path through grief and growth, guided by love and hope.

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NOTE: Includes adult language, alcohol use, and mentions of drug use, child loss and suicide. Physical intimacy: Howard kisses Becca’s neck and gives her a back and shoulder massage while seated on a couch.

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Performance dates (subject to change)

Thursday, June 4 - Sunday, June 14

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CASTING FOR THE FOLLOWING ROLES

NOTE: The playwright says: All of these characters are highly functional, unsentimental, spirited, and often funny people who are trying to maneuver their way through their grief and around each other as best they can.​

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Becca (35-45): A woman quietly grieving the loss of her 4 year-old son, Danny, and struggling to keep it together. Formerly worked at Sotheby’s. Methodical, restrained, short-tempered, sharp-witted, articulate.

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Izzy (25-33): Becca’s chaotic and free-spirited younger sister, several weeks pregnant at the beginning of the play. Recently fired from Applebee’s. She craves Becca’s approval. Impulsive, outspoken, scrappy, playful.

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Howie (35-45): Becca’s husband. Trying his best to fix what can’t be fixed. Frustrated with the deterioration of his relationship with Becca. Works in finance. Grounded, mostly patient, affectionate, lonely, and sometimes tone-deaf in his responses to Becca and others.

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Nat (55-65): Becca and Izzy’s mother. Speaks her mind freely, especially after a couple of glasses of wine. Having lost a son of her own, she carries the ache of a parent who’s learned to live with that loss. Pragmatic, blunt, opinionated. She and Becca have a history of conflict.

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Jason (17-18): The teenage boy who was driving the car that caused Danny’s death, not from carelessness, but through circumstances beyond his control. Seeking redemption & forgiveness without really understanding what that would look like. Sincere, awkward, respectful, perceptive. Writes a story about parallel universes and dedicates it to Danny.

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RABBIT HOLE AUDITION SIDES