Audition Dates
19 Jan 2003 – 19 Jan 2003
- Sun 19 January 2003
Details
- Playwright
- Peta Murray
- Director
- Terry Hackett
AddressMarloo Theatre, Marloo Rd GREENMOUNT
Auditions will be held for Wallflowering on Sunday January 19th 2003 at 2:00 pm at the Marloo Theatre, Greenmount.
Wallflowering will be performed at the Marloo Theatre between April 30th and May 17th 2003 directed by Terry Hackett
From the author
Wallflowering traces the uncertain steps of Cliff and Peg Small, an ordinary couple, as they attempt to save their marriage. One-time prize-winning baIlroom dancers, they now find themselves out of step with each other, and with the changing values of the world around them. Peg, once content with the traditional roles of wife and mother, is confronted by her female friends and the advent of 'popular feminism'. With growing curiosity, she begins to explore the concept of her own 'extraordinariness.' At the same time, her husband Cliff, who has been reared on visions of his own giftedness, begins to come to terms with the fact that he will never be anything but ordinary.
Wallflowering was written at a time in my life when I was faced with the death of illusions about who I was, and what I might become. I needed to redefine my terms; redefine happiness, fulfillment, love, I needed to reconcile the search to be singular with a sense of my common bond with the world.
In examining my own experience, and as a `fly on the wall' of the lives of others, I observed a common fear of change. Unlike other species that embrace metamorphosis as a birthright, the human animal resist to the last. I found both comedy and tragedy here; but nowhere more acutely than in the curious dance of that extraordinary organism - the loving couple.
Cliff and Peg are unusual subjects, but through them I sought to find compassion for my own and others ordinariness. There is both courage and beauty in the individual who dares to live his or her truth, no matter how `ordinary' it might be.
Wallflowering, it is my hope, honours the Cliff & Peg in all of us.
Peta Murray, Sydney 1992
Cast
Cliff & Peg a couple in their 40's to 60's who were ballroom dancers.
(Actors auditioning for these parts should learn a monologue of their choice from the script)
The younger Cliff & Peg in their teens or early 20's who can ballroom dance expertly and are not required to say any lines.
For enquiries and scripts please contact Terry or George Hackett on 9293 4746
Wallflowering will be performed at the Marloo Theatre between April 30th and May 17th 2003 directed by Terry Hackett
From the author
Wallflowering traces the uncertain steps of Cliff and Peg Small, an ordinary couple, as they attempt to save their marriage. One-time prize-winning baIlroom dancers, they now find themselves out of step with each other, and with the changing values of the world around them. Peg, once content with the traditional roles of wife and mother, is confronted by her female friends and the advent of 'popular feminism'. With growing curiosity, she begins to explore the concept of her own 'extraordinariness.' At the same time, her husband Cliff, who has been reared on visions of his own giftedness, begins to come to terms with the fact that he will never be anything but ordinary.
Wallflowering was written at a time in my life when I was faced with the death of illusions about who I was, and what I might become. I needed to redefine my terms; redefine happiness, fulfillment, love, I needed to reconcile the search to be singular with a sense of my common bond with the world.
In examining my own experience, and as a `fly on the wall' of the lives of others, I observed a common fear of change. Unlike other species that embrace metamorphosis as a birthright, the human animal resist to the last. I found both comedy and tragedy here; but nowhere more acutely than in the curious dance of that extraordinary organism - the loving couple.
Cliff and Peg are unusual subjects, but through them I sought to find compassion for my own and others ordinariness. There is both courage and beauty in the individual who dares to live his or her truth, no matter how `ordinary' it might be.
Wallflowering, it is my hope, honours the Cliff & Peg in all of us.
Peta Murray, Sydney 1992
Cast
Cliff & Peg a couple in their 40's to 60's who were ballroom dancers.
(Actors auditioning for these parts should learn a monologue of their choice from the script)
The younger Cliff & Peg in their teens or early 20's who can ballroom dance expertly and are not required to say any lines.
For enquiries and scripts please contact Terry or George Hackett on 9293 4746
Contact
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