Directions:

1. Sign up for an audition time slot at https://signup.com/go/XQbhUFv
2. Complete the attached information form
3. Attach a current photo or headshot to information form
4. Prepare one of the attached monologue

Marjorie Prime is a futuristic drama exploring memory, identity, and human relationships with artificial intelligence through the interactions between an elderly widow, her family, and holographic recreations of their loved ones.

Auditions will include:

Performing a monologue from the play and selected scene work.

(The monologues do NOT need to be memorized.)

Casting ONLY for the roles of Tess, Walter, and Jon

Performance dates:

Saturday, February 27, 2027 @ 7:30 pm

Sunday, February 28, 2027 @ 2:30 pm

Friday, March 5, 2027 @ 7:30 pm

Saturday, March 6, 2027 @ 7:30 pm

Sunday, March 7, 2027 @ 2:30 pm

Rehearsals are Sunday, Tuesday, and Thursday evenings: 7:00 – 9:30 pm beginning  January 3, 2027

Tech week: Sunday, Feb. 21 – Friday, Feb. 26 (everyone must be able to attend all evenings)

Pick-up rehearsal on Thursday, March 4.

STRIKE following performance on March 7

Why should you audition?

Each character in Marjorie Prime has a distinct emotional journey that moves between humor, intimacy, conflict, and grief. The cast must be a strong ensemble, and the script offers chances to challenge you with subtle subtext and detailed changes in behavior. In today’s technological AI environment, the script urges you to explore how we emotionally engage with the living and with the artificial. We will dig into interactions with AI without losing warmth and humor while being grounded in recognizable relationships. I hope you will audition to stretch your craft and unpack these deeply layered and transforming relationships.

~George Page - Director

Description:

The play follows 85-year-old Marjorie, whose memory is fading, as she interacts with Walter, a replication of her deceased husband, reminiscing about the early years of their relationship. The Primes, sophisticated holographic recreations of people, learn and adapt from human interactions, selectively recalling and sometimes altering memories to comfort and mirror their human partners. The play examines how technology mediates memory, identity, and emotional connections. The play raises questions about what it means to be human, and it explores human identity and the limits, if there are any, of what technology can replace.

******Link to audition scenes here****

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Cast Breakdown:

MARJORIE (Note: this role has been cast) – 85. (F) A widow living with advancing cognitive decline. Sharp, funny, image-conscious, and socially adept in flashes, she is also weary, physically limited, and frightened by what is slipping away.

WALTER (Prime) – early 30s. (M) A “Prime” recreation of Marjorie’s deceased husband. He is patient, attentive, and designed to steady Marjorie as her memory falters. Early on, he focuses on learning who he is, his relationships, and how to be soothing.

TESS – 55. (F) Marjorie’s daughter. She is capable, controlling, intellectually sharp, and emotionally guarded. She is both a devoted caregiver and resentful witness to her mother’s decline, carrying long-standing hurt.

JON – 55. (M) Marjorie’s son-in-law and Tess’s husband and supporter. Affectionate, pragmatic, and emotionally available, he often mediates between Tess and Marjorie. He is a strong proponent of this new technology.

click here for monologues

Questions about auditions, George Page, Director: gpage@Fvstage.org

Questions about FVSC: Doreen Cohn, Producer: dcohn@Fvstage.org