[BATA] Auditions - Santa Clara Players

[George Doeltz]

Auditions for the Santa Clara Players' fall show:

The Insanity Case of Mrs. A. Lincoln (Richard Goodman; dir: Marie Cushen). =
5M, 5F, 18-80. Cold read from script. Auds 9/8-9, 7:30 p.m. Callbacks =
9/10. Perf 10/24-11/15. Triton Museum Hall Pavilion, Don & Warburton, =
Santa Clara.=20

The facts are straightforward: Robert Todd Lincoln had his mother =
certified legally incompetent. He took responsibility for her financial =
affairs. She was committed to a mental hospital. Was she insane, or was he =
a greedy, cold-hearted son?. Audiences empathize with Mrs. Lincoln's =
struggle for a grasp on her difficult world, including pervasive voices =
real, and imagined. In Act II, Mrs. Lincoln sends a plea to a friend on =
the outside and the conditions of her confinement are called into question =
allowing a pioneering female attorney, a reporter, a doctor, the principle =
and smaller roles, the chance to develop. Freedom and redemption is given =
to Mrs. Lincoln and exposure to some of the less than cherished social =
constructs of the 19th century.=20

The characters:
Women:
Mary Todd Lincoln - 56 years old
Mrs. Harrington -Housekeeper at the Grand Pacific Hotel
Mary Gavin - A maid at the Grand Pacific Hotel
Myra Bradwell - A lawyer, age 44
Elizabeth Edwards - Mrs. Lincoln's older sister

Men:
Robert Lincoln - 31 years old
Dr. Danforth - Chicago physician
Dr. Richard Patterson - Head of Bellevue sanitarium in Batavia
Leonard Swett - Prominent Chicago lawyer
Franc B Wilkie - A reporter=20