{"id":254,"date":"2013-02-28T11:31:04","date_gmt":"2013-02-28T16:31:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.truman.edu\/theatre\/?p=254"},"modified":"2013-02-28T11:36:56","modified_gmt":"2013-02-28T16:36:56","slug":"the-big-meal-auditions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.truman.edu\/theatre\/2013\/02\/28\/the-big-meal-auditions\/","title":{"rendered":"The Big Meal Auditions &#8211; March 3rd"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sign ups will be for 5 minute time slots and will be posted outside the scene shop around February 25. Please prepare a monologue of approximately 1 minute, either of your own choosing or from one of the selections from show. Below is a link to the selections and more information about monologues. Copies will also be available in the theatre library and the Department office OP 1109.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dl.dropbox.com\/u\/56649999\/Final%20Big%20Meal%20Audition%20Monologues.pdf\">https:\/\/dl.dropbox.com\/u\/56649999\/Final%20Big%20Meal%20Audition%20Monologues.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Callbacks will take place on March 4 and will be prepared readings from the script. There will be a reader in the room who will read with everyone who has a callback.<\/p>\n<p>A tentative rehearsal schedule is posted below. Please note that while most weeks will be Sunday-Thursday 6:00-9:00, there are rehearsals the last Sunday of Spring break and Easter Monday. Please also note that from tech week on rehearsals will run longer than 9:00. If you have any conflicts, please make sure to list them on your audition form.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dl.dropbox.com\/u\/56649999\/Big%20Meal%20Production%20Schedule%20Tentative.pdf\">https:\/\/dl.dropbox.com\/u\/56649999\/Big%20Meal%20Production%20Schedule%20Tentative.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n<p>PLAY DESCRIPTION: Somewhere in America, in a typical suburban restaurant on a typical night, Sam and Nicole first meet. Sparks fly.\u00a0 And so begins an expansive tale that traverses five generations of a modern family, from first kiss to final goodbye. A stunning, big-hearted play that spans nearly eighty years in roughly ninety minutes, The Big Meal tells the extraordinary story of an ordinary family. &#8220;A life-in-overdrive comic drama&#8230;Dan LeFranc\u2019s snappy dialogue captures the tumultuous tenor of family gatherings.\u201d\u00a0 -Charles Isherwood, New York Times. \u201cPacked with humanity and humor, The Big Meal dishes up laughs and tears.\u201d &#8211; New York Daily News.\u00a0 &#8220;Sharp and stunning&#8230;Touching and engrossing&#8230;You&#8217;ll recognize something of yourself or your family members in these people.&#8221; &#8211; Associated Press<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sign ups will be for 5 minute time slots and will be posted outside the scene shop around February 25. Please prepare a monologue of approximately 1 minute, either of your own choosing or from one of the selections from show. Below is a link to the selections and more information about monologues. Copies will [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":168,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-254","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-01 13:08:12","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.truman.edu\/theatre\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/254","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.truman.edu\/theatre\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.truman.edu\/theatre\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.truman.edu\/theatre\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/168"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.truman.edu\/theatre\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=254"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.truman.edu\/theatre\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/254\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":256,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.truman.edu\/theatre\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/254\/revisions\/256"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.truman.edu\/theatre\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=254"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.truman.edu\/theatre\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=254"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.truman.edu\/theatre\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=254"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}