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AUDITIONS
APPROPRIATE Audition Call
New Views Theatre is auditioning for the production of:
APPROPRIATE, by Brandon Jacobs-Jenkins,
Directed by Stephanie Sandberg,
at the Johnson Theatre in the Lenfest Center for the Arts, Washington and Lee University, 100 Glasgow Street, Lexington, Virginia.
Rehearsal Period: March 30 – April 24, 2026
Performance Dates: April 25-26 and May 1-3, 2026 (5 performances)
Time Commitment: At least 30 hours/week plus some self-prep beforehand
Compensation: to be determined per role
ONLINE AUDITIONS
You can submit a link to your video audition by Saturday, November 29 at 1:00pm. Please read from the side linked to the Cast name below for the part that you’re auditioning for, and send the link to your audition video to william@newviewstheatre.org.
IN-PERSON AUDITIONS
In-person auditions will be on Sunday, December 7, 1pm-3pm. They will be held at:
New Views Theatre
455 Poor House Road
Lexington, Virginia 24450-3321
Please prepare to read from the side linked to the Cast name below for the part that you’re auditioning for.
SYNOPSIS
From the author: “Every estranged member of the Lafayette clan has descended upon the crumbling Arkansas homestead to settle the accounts of the newly-dead patriarch.... But after a disturbing discovery surfaces among their father’s possessions, the reunion takes a turn for the explosive, unleashing a series of crackling surprises and confrontations.”
SETTING
The living room of a former plantation house in southeast Arkansas. Summer. 2011 or thereabouts.
SIDES of the Roles still to be cast are underlined and in bold below
CAST
ANTOINETTE “TONI” LAFAYETTE, the oldest, white
RHYS THURSTON, her son, white, late teens
BEAUREGARDE “BO” LAFAYETTE, the middle, white
RACHAEL KRAMER-LAFAYETTE, Bo’s wife
CASSIDY “CASSIE” KRAMER-LAFAYETTE, their oldest child, white, early teens
AINSLEY KRAMER-LAFAYETTE, their youngest child, white, a child
RIVER RAYNER, white, early 20s but looks younger
FRANÇOIS “FRANZ/FRANK” LAFAYETTE, the youngest Lafayette and River’s fiancé
