AUDITONS
Doublewide Texas by Jamie Wooten, Jessie Jones, and Nicholas Hope (writers of The Golden Girls)
Category: Non-Equity Audition
Pay: $450 stipend
Description: Towle Theater seeks strong actor/actresses 21 years old and up for its upcoming production of Doublewide Texas directed by Dion Stover. The following roles are needed:
Georgia Dean (F, 30-50’s) — An aging Ellie May Clampett type ball of fire who takes in every stray animal she comes across.
Joveeta Crumpler (F, 30’s- 50’s) — vivacious and driven, she has had it up to here with her redneck family and being passed over again for a promotion at work.
Lark Barken (F, 20s) — baby on the way and down on her luck, looking for a job and a place to stay.
Lomax Tanner (M, 30-50’s) — good looking officious city manager and womanizer. (Matthew McConaughey type)
Starla Pudney (F, 30s - 50’s) – the mayor’s conniving, high-maintenance wife
Performance Dates are listed below. All rehearsals and performances will take place at the Towle Theater 5205 Hohman Ave. Hammond, IN.
Callbacks and Local Auditions: TBD
Show Description: In this hilarious fast-paced comedy, the inhabitants of one of the smallest trailer parks in Texas – four doublewides and a shed – are thrown for a loop when they realize the nearby town of Tugaloo is determined to annex them. And it’s not as if they don’t already have enough to deal with. Joveeta Crumpler has had it up to here, having been passed over again for a promotion at work. On top of this, she has an ongoing battle to keep her feisty mother, Caprice, out of the local bar and worries that her good-ol’-boy brother, Baby Crumpler, is taking his participation in a womanless beauty pageant way too seriously. Joveeta’s big-hearted best friend, Georgia Dean Rudd, is struggling to keep her diner and finances afloat, but she just can’t curb her impulse to take in every stray cat, possum and armadillo that wanders by. Then there’s Big Ethel Satterwhite, who’s nobody’s fool. But tough as she is, she’s continually frustrated by her clients at Stairway To Heaven Retirement Village as well as her mule-headed husband, O.C., who shows far more affection for his Barcalounger than he does for Big Ethel. And all of the residents are plagued by Haywood Sloggett, the curmudgeon from across the road, who loathes their “trailer trash” ways – especially their keeping a life-size illuminated nativity scene up year ’round.
Time Commitment: Rehearsals will begin April 4 (max 3-4 rehearsals per week except tech week). *The first rehearsal will be Sat, April 4th 1pm - 5 pm with scheduled breaks.
Performance Dates are May 1 -17, 2026. Performance times: Matinees at 2pm. Evenings 7:30 pm
Material to Prepare: 1-2 min comedic monologue. You may be asked to read from the script.
Contact Info: Please email headshot, resume, video link (YouTube or Vimeo) of your submission and the audition form (found at the bottom here to download) to towletheater@gmail.com.
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