Audition Notice
For MainStage Production of
Morning After Grace
By Carey Crim
Directed by Kevin Egelsky
Time: 6:30pm Tuesday, December 30 or Friday, January 2 (attend one or both). Callbacks January 5. To arrange alternate audition time or for questions, contact Kevin Egelsky at kegelsky@aol.com
Place: Acting Ensemble on the Avenue, 602 E Mishawaka Ave, Mishawaka IN 46545
Auditions will consist of cold readings from sides provided by the director.
Rehearsals: . Please arrive at the audition knowing your conflicts. Rehearsals begin on January 7.
Performance dates: February 20, 21, 22 (matinee), 26, 27, 28 and March 1 (matinee)
Characters:
ANGUS — Male. Any ethnicity. 70. Retired lawyer.
ABIGAIL — Female. Any ethnicity. 62. Therapist.
OLLIE — Male. African American. 68. Former major league baseball player.
Setting: A well-appointed home in a retirement village on Florida’s Suncoast. Present day.
Genre: Romantic Comedy about longing, loss, betrayal, and hope.
Adult material and content
The Story: Hilarious and heart-warming, this unconventional new comedy tackles love, loss, and coming to terms with growing old. After hooking up at a funeral, Angus and Abigail find themselves waking up the next morning wrapped in sheets on Angus’ sofa. Strangers just the day before, Abigail thinks she may finally be ready to take another chance on love, but Angus has a few issues to work through first. Enter neighbor Ollie, formerly a baseball player for the Detroit Tigers who now enjoys golf and yoga. Nothing is as it seems with this trio and every disclosure reveals a new perspective. Set in a nearby Florida retirement community, this charming and big-hearted comedy takes us on an unexpected journey toward a new lease on life.
“With all this depth, I must reiterate that this is a comedy; at times I nearly laughed myself blind.”
– Plays With John and Wendy
“A heartbreakingly beautiful story of love, loss, and acceptance… I love the depth of this hilarious show…”
– Broadway World
Carey Crim is an award-winning playwright, screenwriter and graduate of Northwestern University’s acclaimed School of Speech. Her play Never Not Once was the winner of the Jane Chambers award, a finalist for the O’Neill and opened at The Park Theatre (London) to rave reviews after multiple US productions. Her drama 23 ½ Hours opened at The Park 200 (London) in September 2024. Carey adapted her play Wake for the screen and the feature film (starring Jo Koy) has won numerous film festival awards and was released by Gravitas Ventures. Morning After Grace ran to sold-out houses at The Purple Rose Theater starring Randolph Mantooth. It has continued to be produced every season at such luminary theaters as Asolo Repertory Theater, The Royal Manitoba Theater Centre, Shakespeare and Company, The Barter Theatre, Indiana Repertory Theatre, Florida Repertory Theatre, Gulfshore playhouse, Riverside Theatre, The Hippodrome, Miners Alley and many more to come. Paint Night was chosen for the 2020 Kilroys list and premiered at The Public Theatre in Maine. The Islanders opened recently at Shakespeare and Company and her comedy What Springs Forth premiered at The Purple Rose. Carey’s TV pilot Triggered was chosen for a workshop with The Orchard Project this past summer. Carey is represented by Mark Orsini at Bret Adams and Brandy Rivers at Amplified where she is developing the one-hour television drama #Blessed.
