I’m Gonna Marry You Tobey Maguire - AUDITONS
Schedule
Sat Dec 07 2024 at 11:00 am to 03:00 pm
Location
2756 Mosasco St, Bakersfield, CA | Bakersfield, CA
AUDITION NOTICEI’M GONNA MARRY YOU TOBEY MAGUIRE
Written by Samantha Hurley
Directed by Maya Blackstone
AUDITION DATES, TIMES, LOCATION
Saturday, December 7th, 2024: 11:00am-3:00pm
Stars Playhouse, 2756 Mosasco Street, Bakersfield, CA 93312
To make an audition appointment or request additional audition information, please email the director at [email protected]
Appointments are strongly encouraged. Walk-ins are welcome.
If needed CALLBACKS/MAKE-UP AUDITIONS will take place the week of December 9th, 2024 depending on availability.
PERFORMANCE DATES
February 21, 22, 28. March 1, 2025 - Doors at 7:00 p.m. Show at 7:30pm
February 23. March 2, 2025 - Doors at 1:30 p.m. Show at 2 p.m
REHEARSALS
Beginning at the start of January 2025.
Tech week: February 16-20th. Extended rehearsal times during this week.
Monday-Thursday rehearsals. The occasional weekend pick-up rehearsal is based on actor availability.
Read-through and table work rehearsal will be scheduled in December 2024 based on actor availability.
ABOUT THE SHOW
To cope with the absence of her father, neglect from her mother, and ridicule by her classmates, eighth grader Shelby Hinkley has put all of her time and energy into the only thing that matters in 2004: Spiderman. When leading a devout online fan club proves insufficient to her needs, Shelby decides to risk it all for love, kidnap famous actor Tobey Maguire, and marry him in her basement. Her fantasies of happily ever after start to crumble as she realizes Tobey may not be the charismatic heartthrob she thinks she knows. A Y2K farce, I’m Gonna Marry You Tobey Maguire is a full-throttle explosion of our para-social relationships and the obsessions that detonate them.
Author Samantha Hurley writes: “This is for the girlies who were writing One Direction fan fiction and also for One Direction, hiding in the back of restaurants, sprinting to the car to avoid the aforementioned girlies. This is for anyone who has ever kissed a glossy Tiger Beat poster in their room – and also for Zac Efron, who undoubtedly has to put up with many people saying that they used to kiss posters of him.”
IMPORTANT INFORMATION
Due to the subject matter of this show, all roles are open to actors aged 18 or older.
I’m Gonna Marry You Tobey Maguire contains the following: drugs, strong language, smoking, adult themes, and suicide.
Due to the nature and antics of this play, an intimacy and fight choreographer will be appointed and will work with actors to support their well-being and safety in this process.
All roles are subjected to intense intimacy and fight choreography. Including but not limited to: very close proximity to other actors, on-stage kissing/changes, stage-fighting, and crawling through tight spaces.
AUDITION REQUIREMENTS
Cold reading sides. Sides from the play will be provided at the time of auditions. If you have questions, are worried about conflicting scheduling, or are unable to attend the scheduled audition date, please contact Maya at [email protected]
ROLES TO BE CAST
Note: All roles are subjected to understudies and/or double-casting. The ages listed are playable ages for actors. All actors must be 18 or older by the time of the production.
SHELBY HINKLEY- (14, F) Awkward, intense. President of the Tobey Maguire Fan Club. The girl in middle school who eats lunch by herself in the bathroom. Probably some orthodontic work going on.
TOBEY MAGUIRE- (28-29, M) The famous actor. In the height of his Spiderman fame. Nasty alcoholic and drug addict. Also plays SHELBY’S FATHER.
INTIMACY NOTE for SHELBY and TOBEY: Actors will engage in onstage kissing, fighting, close contact, usage of drugs, on-stage vomiting, etc.
NOTE for TOBEY: Actor will climb and “descend from the ceiling”, squeeze through tight places, etc. Although not required: flips, cartwheels, and stunts are a plus. Let the director know at the time of auditions if capable of any.
(The following role is subjected to possible split-casting)
A third actor (ANY GENDER) plays all of the roles of:
BRENDA DEE CANKLES-(40s-50s) Real estate agent, cornhole enthusiast, silly woman.
TOBEY MAGUIRE POSTERS: From Tiger Beat Magazine. They appear in the imagination of Shelby and Tobey, each of their own design. To Shelby, the POSTERS are her teenage dreamboat boyfriend who only has eyes for her. To Tobey, the posters are his worst nightmare, the manufactured Hollywood version of himself he aspires to run away from.
SHELBY’S MOM- (30s-40ss) Glued to her loveseat, perpetually watching daytime TV and eating yogurt.
PAPARAZZI- Buzzing, blaring voices of the toxic photographers of early 2000s Hollywood.
CROWD
TOBEY’S MANAGER
REPORTER
NOTE for “Third Actor”: BRENDA is subjected to “falling downstairs”.
The BMT/Stars organization values diversity and inclusion in all activities. We believe
that engaging in the arts is essential to the human experience and that live theatrical arts should be available to all. Performers of all ages, ethnicities, gender (identity or
expression), sexual orientation, and disabilities are encouraged to audition.
COVID-19 safety protocols per the CDPH and KCPH will be adhered to throughout the rehearsal and performance process.
Where is it happening?
2756 Mosasco St, Bakersfield, CA, United States