Fever Dream Repertory is accepting submissions for “Silent Sky” by Lauren Gunderson, which will be produced at the Plays & Players Skinner Studio from March 24 through April 9. Auditions will be held at the First Unitarian Church, 2125 Chestnut Street in Philadelphia on Saturday January 22 from 10a.m. to Noon and Sunday January 23 from 2p.m. to 4p.m. with callbacks on Tuesday January 25 from 7p.m. to 9p.m.
Characters are:
HENRIETTA LEAVITT: 30s, brilliant, meticulous, excited — almost always wearing a period hearing-aid.
MARGARET LEAVITT: 30s, homebody, creative, sweet, sister.
PETER SHAW: 30s, the head astronomer’s apprentice ... and the man.
ANNIE CANNON: 40s, the leader, terse and sure, grows into a firebrand.
WILLIAMINA FLEMING: 50s, smart as a whip and fun, Scottish.
All auditioners must be fully vaccinated.