Open Auditions: The Drowning Girls
Schedule
Sun Oct 19 2025 at 07:00 pm to 09:00 pm
UTC-04:00Location
3501 SW 2nd Ave, Suite O , Gainesville, FL, United States, Florida 32607 | Gainesville, FL
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Auditions: October 19-20, 7PMShowing January 16-February 1, 2026
Fridays, and Saturdays at 8PM, Sundays at 2PM
Fill out the audition form here: https://forms.gle/sqNB2Uq9aGW818SRA
Location: ART Mainstage
Open to ages 18+, f or f presenting.
Auditions will consist of cold readings.
Character descriptions are available here: https://www.acrosstown.org/auditioning
Bessie, Alice and Margaret are three of the many wives of George Joseph Smith, an Edwardian opportunist who made a living marrying women, taking out life insurance policies for them and subsequently drowning them in their baths. Three ghostly brides surface from bathtubs full of water, to gather evidence against their womanizing, murderous, husband by reliving the shocking events leading up to their deaths. As they make their case, they discover how they have been victimized not only by George Joseph Smith, but also by society at large. Full of rich images, a myriad of characters, a quirky sense of humour and lyrical language, The Drowning Girls is both breathtaking fantasia and social critique.
This production includes the use of WATER onstage, contained within 3 bathtubs. Water is essential to the production. The playwright recommends 5” of water per tub. Actors will be required to perform while wet, and will be repeatedly getting in/out of the bathtubs. Please take these physical demands into consideration before auditioning.
The Drowning Girls premiered at Alberta Theatre Projects on March 6, 2008, as part of the Enbridge playRites Festival of New Canadian Plays.
The Drowning Girls is produced by permission of the Playwright and Marquis Literary (Colin Rivers) www.MQlit.ca
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