Davidson Community Players announces auditions for Driving Miss Daisy, by Alfred Uhry, directed by Melissa Ohlman-Roberge. “Driving Miss Daisy†is winner of the 1988 Pulitzer Prize and the Outer Critics Circle Award for Best Off-Broadway Play.Audition Date: September 10 (Callbacks if needed September 11)
Audition Time: 7:00 p.m. — Please arrive no later than 8:00 p.m. to audition.
Audition Place: Room 216 at Davidson College Presbyterian Church, located on the corner of Main Street and Concord Road in Davidson, bordering the campus of Davidson College.
Please Prepare: Auditions will consist of cold readings from the script; a one-minute monologue is encouraged but not required. Bring a headshot or photo and a resume if available. Bring conflict list to the auditions.
Roles Available:
- Daisy Werthan, a widow, ages from 72 to 97 during the action of the play
- Boolie Werthan, her son, ages from 40 - 65 during the action of the play
Please note: the role of Hoke will be played by award-winning actor Sidney HortonÂ
Play Synopsis:
It is 1948, in the Deep South, just prior to the civil rights movement. Having recently demolished another car, Daisy Wertham, a rich, sharp-tongued Jewish widow of seventy-two, is informed by her son Boolie that henceforth she must rely on the services of a chauffeur. The person he hires for the job is a thoughtful black man, Hoke. Miss Daisy immediately regards Hoke with disdain and he in turn, is not impressed with her patronizing tone or her latent prejudice. In a series of absorbing scenes spanning twenty-five years the two, despite their mutual differences, grow ever closer to and more dependent on each other.
Performance Dates: November 8 - 11 and November 15 - 18
Rehearsal Dates: Evenings and weekends beginning September 24
Performance Location: Children’s Community School Black Box Theatre, Davidson
The Davidson Community Players is a non-profit organization established in 1965 to produce theatre that entertains, enriches and encourages community participation in the dramatic arts.