Moving On — Audition Announcement
The Charlottesville Playwrights Collective, in association with Live Arts, invites actors to audition for Moving On, a new comedy by Andrea Fine Carey.
Auditions are Saturday, December 5, and Sunday, December 6, from 1–4 pm in the Founders Theatre, Live Arts 3rd floor, 123 East Water Street, Charlottesville.
Actors will sign up for a half-hour time slot and read scenes with a small group. The production is seeking three actors for the roles of Sarah, Arnold, and Selma Perlmutter.
Performances are March 12–14 and 19–21 2027 in the Founders Theatre at Live Arts. Rehearsals are expected to begin February 1 and meet three to four times a week, on weeknights or weekends, based on the cast’s availability. The rehearsal period will be no more than five weeks.
About the play
Set in Baltimore in 1998, Moving On examines the bittersweet struggle between honoring the obligations we make to ourselves and the people we love. Sarah Perlmutter is a recently divorced successful business executive whose life is upended when her newly widowed father and the ghost of her mother move into her home—and refuse to leave. Moving On is a comedy about family, loss, and finding your place in this world and beyond. There are pickles and seals, too.
Moving On was featured as a staged reading at Live Arts’ 2024 Waterworks New Play Festival. This is its first full production.
Roles (all three characters are Jewish and have lived their whole lives in Baltimore, MD)
• Sarah Perlmutter: Early 40s; a smart, successful businesswoman rebuilding her life after a difficult divorce. There is flexibility on age.
• Arnold Perlmutter: Sarah’s father, in his 70s; sexist, self-centered, and lecherous, but lovable. His wife has just died, and he is not especially grief-stricken.
• Selma Perlmutter: Sarah’s mother, a ghost (or perhaps just a living memory) in her 70s; overbearing and acquisitive, with a measure of wisdom. She thinks Arnold is an idiot.
Actors who can present as being in their late 60s or older are welcome to audition for Arnold or Selma. There is flexibility in the ages of all three characters.
How to audition
Actors will read scenes from the play, either with another actor or as a monologue. Auditions will be held in small groups during half-hour sign-up slots. Callbacks may not be needed. Your photo will be taken when you arrive.
Please complete the information form and sign up for an audition time at this link:
https://forms.gle/6MucjWkbdjoU9b5RA
Once you have successfully registered, we will email you a copy of the playscript. All questions and information should be sent to auditions@cvilleplays.org
About the show
The Charlottesville Playwrights Collective was founded in 2016 and is dedicated to producing full-length new works by local authors. More information can be found at CVillePlays.org
Playwright Andrea Fine Carey is an award-winning playwright whose work has been performed in Virginia, Maryland, Arizona, California, Florida and New York.
Director Jeff Sands has worked in professional, community, and university theatre as an actor, director, stage manager, producer, and teacher. He holds a Ph.D. in Theatre History and Criticism from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. At Live Arts, he has acted, directed, and facilitated a monthly readers circle. He also teaches theatre history and performance for the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at UVA.
Producer Sean Michael McCord is a Kennedy Center award-winning playwright and one of the Founders of the Charlottesville Playwrights Collective.
Our mission is to produce new works by playwrights in the greater Charlottesville area.