'Night, Mother
by Alchemy Theatre Company
Sep. 07 - Sep. 08
Marsha Norman’s Pulitzer-Prize-winning play, ’night, Mother(1983) plays out in a single scene between a middle-aged daughter and her mother. Set in an isolated house way out in the American countryside, the two women live in what seems like placid domesticity until one evening when the daughter reveals her grave unhappiness, and that she plans to take her own life that evening. The play takes an honest and realistically raw look at two lives that are so intertwined that there seems no space for secrets or surprises – and yet they exist. Through the uncomfortable and emotive conversation between these two women, we share their shattering loss of hope.
Content Advisory: ’night, Mother contains frank discussions and depictions of suicide and depression.
Auditions for 'Night, Mother, a production from THE ALCHEMY THEATRE
Directed by Michael Cooper
Performances Oct 16 - 26, 2025 at the Whisenhunt at Zach Theater.
Preview Performance – Thursday, Oct 16, 2025
Opening Performance - Friday, Oct 17, 2025
Last Performance Date Sunday Oct 26, 2025
Number of Performances 8
Thurs, Fri, Sat evenings and Sun matinee 10/16, 10/17, 10/18, 10/19
Thurs, Fri, Sat evenings and Sun matinee 10/23, 10/24. 10/25, 10/26
Rehearsals will begin Sept 15 with Tech Week scheduled for Oct 10 to Oct 16, 2025.
Exact rehearsal dates and times during September and October will be determined by cast availability, but primarily rehearsals willbe held on weeknights and weekend days. Please note there will be a required, heavier commitment to our Tech Week dates.
AUDITIONS
ONLINE SUBMISSIONS:
If you are interested in this production, please submit your HEADSHOT AND RESUME to the attention of Michael Cooper, director, at:
mcooper@thealchemytheatre.org
Both your headshot and resume should be in PDF format. Requests should be sent with a valid email address included for thepurpose of return correspondence.
In-person auditions will be help September 7 and 8, 2025 and will include reading from character-specific sides to be provided in a response to your initial submission of interest.
PAY: There is pay.
CASTING NON-EQUITY, AUSTIN AREA TALENT ONLY FOR:
JESSIE CATES: Jessie is in her late thirties or early forties. Pale and vaguely unsteady physically. Quirky sense of humor. A familiarity with her mother – a shorthand to their talk, a sense of routine comfort and routine aggravation. She is a highly introverted individual and even though she married and has an adult son, she has returned to live with her mother after the breakup of her marriage.
THELMA CATES: Jessie’s mother. In her late fifties or early sixties. Has begun to feel her age and takes it easy when she can. Speaks quickly and enjoys talking – some would say chatty. Nosy. An upbeat woman who takes life as it comes and believes that things are what she says they are.
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