Auditions will be held the evening of Sunday March 15th at Peninsula Productions Studio Theatre in Centennial Park, 14600 North Bluff Road, White Rock (beside Centennial Arena).

Please send headshot and resume to: info@peninsulaproductions.org with subject line “Virginia”. Please note that due to the volume of submissions received, only those selected to audition will be contacted.

Audition Requirements: Non-union. Please be prepared to read a scene from the play. Audition sides will be available from Peninsula Productions. Actors will be paid a small stipend. Peninsula Productions strongly encourages submissions from artists of all ethno-cultural backgrounds.

Performance Date: Sunday April 26th, 2020 (2 performances)

Rehearsals: Beginning in early April, will consist of three weekday evenings and three weekend days.

Plot Synopsis: The action takes place in the living room of a middle-aged couple, George and Martha, who have come home from a faculty party drunk and quarrelsome. When Nick, a young biology professor, and his mousy wife, Honey, stop by for a nightcap, they are enlisted as fellow fighters, and the battle begins. A long night of malicious games, insults, humiliations, betrayals, painful confrontations, and savage witticisms ensues. The secrets of both couples are laid bare, and illusions are viciously exposed.

Character breakdown:

George – A 46-year-old history professor at a small college in New England. Married to Martha, whose father is the college president. George drinks to excess and is miserably unhappy.

Nick – A professor of biology at the college where George teaches. He is 28 years old, “well put-together, good-looking,” and married to Honey. A new arrival on the faculty, Nick is interested in getting ahead.

Honey – Nick’s wife, age 26, is. She is described as a petite girl, and rather plain. Honey is a “faculty wife,” whose function is to support and further her husband’s career. Her relationship with Nick and fear of adult responsibility have kept her a child.

**PLEASE NOTE, THE ROLE OF MARTHA HAS BEEN CAST.