2023 - 2024 Season
Seeking creatives for the 2024-25 Season
If you are a director, music director, musician, pianist, designer, builder, choreographer, or stage manager, email your interest and experience summary to Executive Director Nick Turner. Most positions receive modest compensation.
Upcoming auditions will be posted on all social media and email.
The Grand belongs to everyone. The Board of Directors and administration continue a long history of fostering inclusion in every facet of the organization, including providing opportunities for participation to everyone as amateurs and professionals in the arts, as patrons, as volunteers, as staff, and as board and community members.
If you’d like to know more about how to get involved, contact Kim Fitch.
AUDITIONS for one blue tarp
(The Grand’s stage is WHEELCHAIR ACCESSIBLE.)
Directed by Daniel Clement
On the Stanley Subaru Stage
Wednesday, May 8, 6 pm
Written by Travis G. Baker
ONE BLUE TARP is a two-act comedy about a man, his tarp, and the town that tries to take it away from him. David Stillman, a retired Mainer, has just replaced the old, worn-out tarp that covers a heap of odds, ends, and whatnots out in his yard with a brand new one. It ought to last ten more years, but then he finds out from his neighbor that the town of Clara has recently outlawed blue tarps in folks ’ yards in an effort to spruce things up a bit and attract more tourists.
Performances: July 18 – 21 (on the Forest Ridge Stage at Woodlawn)
You must be available for all performances.
Roles/Character Descriptions
Eight characters (3m, 4w, 1b, 1 dog)
David Stillman (65+) — A Mainer.
Joan Stillman (60+) — His wife.
Judy Stillman (30ish) — Their daughter, a Boston lawyer who needs to do something with her hair.
Buddy Stillman (10) — Grandson of David and Joan by their son, Larry, who is serving overseas. He’s up for the summer.
Ira Jacobson (60+) — Their neighbor, a selectman.
Daisy (Rosco if a boy) —Ira’s dog. (can be limited to SFX offstage)
Gale Pritchard (50+) — A rich widow from away.
Hester Pritchard (28) — Her daughter. A mystery writer.
Carl Ray (30ish) — The town deputy.
One Blue Tarp: Original Artwork by Magnus Stark | Penobscot Theatre Company 2013 -- used by permission