AUDITIONS FOR

SILENT SKY BY LAUREN GUNDERSON

Directed by Tom Cowley

When:  2-5:00 pm Sunday, January 5, 2025 – Readings from the script. Plan to arrive no later than 3:00 pm. If needed, callbacks will be held at a time to be determined. If you have any questions, email [email protected].

Where: At the theatre, located at 1009 W. Reno.  Parking is free on the street. Do not use the parking lot for The Horn Trader on the northeast corner of Western & Reno. You may park on ramps in front of garage doors on Reno.

What: Bring a recent photo and theatrical résumé. Be prepared to list any definite or possible conflicts on your audition form in January through the run of the play February 28-March 16, 2025.

Please read the script before auditions! Hard copy perusal scripts are available to check out.  Call CST at 405-232-6500 or email [email protected] to make arrangements to check out a script. Call or contact us in the office before dropping by. You may find it online published by DPS/Broadway Licensing.

Office Hours: Closed Mondays. Open Tuesdays through Fridays 1-6:00 pm. SPECIAL NOTE: THE OFFICE WILL BE CLOSED DECEMBER 25-30 AND WILL REOPEN AT 1PM TUESDAY, DECEMBER 31. CHECK OUT A SCRIPT SOON! Please call CST at 405-232-6500 or text or call Rhonda Clark at 405-205-2446 before coming by.

Performance dates: February 28-March 16, 2025 with a special matinee for high school students at 10:30 am March 7. You will need to be available for this matinee.

Specific dates are: Feb 28-29, March 6-9 and 13-16, 2025 brush-up rehearsal and archive photos on March 5. Most rehearsals are scheduled Mon-Fri at 7 p.m. with Saturday or Sunday rehearsals scheduled only if needed to accommodate week-night conflicts. 1st tech is the afternoon/early evening of Sunday, Feb 23.

CAST OVERVIEW:  4 Women,1 Man. One woman speaks with a Scottish dialect.

HENRIETTA LEAVITT (appears 30s) Brilliant, meticulous, excited; almost always wearing a period hearing aid.

MARGARET LEAVETT (appears 30s) A homebody, creative, sweet woman; sister to Henrietta.

PETER SHAW (appears 30s-40s) The head astronomer’s apprentice at the Harvard Observatory, and “the man.”

ANNIE CANNON (appears 40s) The leader of the ladies at the observatory; terse, sure, and grows into a firebrand.

WILLIAMINA FLEMING (appears 50s) Smart as a whip and fun; Scottish, so speaks with a dialect.

SYNOPSIS:

“[SILENT SKY] is a startling, entertaining true story of a brilliant, history-making woman—hitherto unknown to many of us.” —Atlanta In Town. The true story of early 20th-century astronomer Henrietta Leavitt explores a woman’s place in society during a time of immense scientific discoveries, when women’s ideas were dismissed until men claimed credit for them. Social progress, like scientific progress, can be hard to see when one is trapped among earthly complications; Henrietta Leavitt and her female peers believed in both, and their dedication changed the way we understand both the heavens and Earth. When Henrietta Leavitt begins work at the Harvard Observatory, she joins a group of women “computers,” charting the stars for a renowned astronomer who calculates projects in “girl hours,” and has no time for the women’s probing theories. As their work progresses. Henrietta must try to balance her dedication to science with family obligations and the possibility of love.

“…sheer magic…with bursts of smart, infectious humor.” —San Francisco Chronicle.
“…a simple reminder of what a pleasant, thought-provoking evening at the theater ought to look like. It’s a lively, funny, accessible play that’s alive with interesting ideas.” —Arts ATL.
“Lauren Gunderson’s luminously beautiful play SILENT SKY is an intellectual epic told on an intimate scale. Bottom line: Heavenly.” —Atlanta Journal-Constitution.