Absent, Always Theatreworks

Interested in joining us?

Our new series is accepting auditions

Scroll on down for instructions and sides.

Audition! It's simple

1. Choose a side that speaks to you

Night Whispers

Faded Echoes

2. Record your audition reading only the part that you are auditioning for. The other part is provided for context.

Don't concern yourself with what you think I want from the character, play the character as you see it and let it come from your gut.

Feel free to do different takes on the character if you like.

This is your audition. Relax and have fun with it.

Don't let me hear you acting. Be yourself. Be honest. These are stories about real people in one moment of their lives.

3. Send it to me at jeffreybillard@gmail.com

4. Wait.

(No, I get it. The waiting sucks, so I'll be as quick as possible in casting the roles.)

Absent, Always

Absent, Always is the story of a mature woman who comes to visit her terminally

ill father in the hospital after not being close with him for many years.

Father: And I missed you and your brothers. I missed everything,

Beckett play, “absent, always, it all happened without me.”

Daughter: We did miss you.

Father: And I missed you and your brothers. I missed everything,

and that’s my biggest regret. I’m like a character in a

Beckett play, “absent, always, it all happened without me.”

Daughter: You were busy...you had your career. We were so proud of

our dad. We watched you accept all of your Tony awards

on TV. You looked so handsome in your tux. We always

bragged to our friends about you.

Father: But you barely knew me—

Daughter: We had great memories...remember the Christmas stories

Beckett play, “absent, alwanket and

you’d come up with all those stories that you’d weave us

into.

Father: Those days were the best. I can still see all of your

beautiful faces. Those are the memories that sustain me,

but there could have been so many more if I’d only been

Father:

And everything I was doing was more important than my family.

Daughter:

We did miss you.

Father:

And I missed you and your brothers. I missed everything, and that's my biggest regret. I'm like a character in a Beckett play, "absent, always, it all happened without me."

Daughter:

You were busy...you had your career. We were so proud of our dad. We watched you accept all of your Tony awards on TV. You looked so handsome in your tux. We always bragged to our friends about you.

Father:

But you barely knew me--

Daughter:

We had great memories. Remember the Christmas stories you'd make up for us? We'd all snug under a blanket and you'd come up with all those stories that you'd weave us into.

Note: We are only auditioning for the daughter part, as the father has already been cast.

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Keep in mind that these are unpaid roles as no one gets paid here.