Auditions

Mark your calendars! Auditions for our 2008–2009 season are just around the corner. Information about each show and available roles will be made available prior to the show's audition dates.

Perusal scripts are available in the box office. They may be checked out for one week with a $10 refundable deposit.

To Kill a Mockingbird
Novel by Harper Lee

Audition: July 21 & 22, 2008, 7pm
Performance Dates: September 5–7, 11–14 & 18–21, 2008

• Roles available for 6 women and 11 men
• Auditions at 7pm at La Crosse Community Theatre
• You will be asked to do a cold reading from the script

Based on Harper Lee’s book of the same title and adapted by Christopher Sergel, “To Kill a Mockingbird” tells the tale of Scout, a young girl in a small southern town about to experience dramatic events that will affect the rest of her life. The play recounts how a local trial about controversial racial issues can stir up a town into a frenzy. Scout must come to understand what it means to stand up for what is right as her father defends a young black man wrongfully accused of a grave crime. The family continually faces hostility throughout the trial. The play offers a twist as the audience becomes the jury overseeing the trial of the young black man. This play is a meaningful work of art meant to challenge one’s own beliefs in justice.

Roles available
Roles for WOMEN
Jean Louise Finch (Scout)	9–13, a young girl coming of age in 1930s Alabama
Calpurnia	African-American, 40s–50s, the Finches long-time maid
Maudie Atkinson	40s-50s, a kindly neighbor who lives across the street from the Finches
Stephanie Crawford	30+, the neighborhood gossip
Mrs. Dubose	60+, an elderly woman with a mean streak who lives down the street
Mayella Ewell	20s, Young woman who wrongfully accuses a black man of rape
Roles for MEN
Jeremy Finch (Jem)	11–15, Scout’s older brother
Atticus Finch	40s–50s, Scout and Jem’s father, a trusted lawyer and pillar of the community
Dill	9–13, a young boy who spends his summers as Maycomb and befriends the Finches
Walter Cunningham	25+, a local farmer
Reverend Sykes	African-American, 40+, a local Baptist Minister
Heck Tate	30+, the local sheriff
Boo Radley	25–35, a reclusive young man who lives next door to the Finches
Tom Robinson	African-American, 20-30, a young family man wrongfully accused of raping a white woman
Judge Taylor	60+, hardnosed but fair local judge who presides over Tom’s trial
Mr. Gilmer	30+, the local prosecutor
Bob Ewell	40+, Mayella’s father, brings the case against Tom Robinson