EXPIRES: April 27, 2025

Seeking Actors for “The Diviners” Show

Theater
Paying up to $1,144/week
Description

The company is holding auditions for “The Diviners” show and looking for performers, please see the details below.

About the project:
This award-winning American drama explores the unlikely friendship between a disturbed young man and a disenchanted preacher. Set in rural Indiana in the 1930’s, THE DIVINERS is a story of friendship, faith, family, and community told in a spare, hauntingly poetic voice that speaks to the heart. As playwright Jim Leonard Jr. puts it, “These are good and simple people, they have only the best of intentions.”

Additional info:
Rehearsals Days and Times: Monday-Thursday 7:00-10:00 PM beginning August 25th
Performance Dates: October 10 – 19, 2025
All actors who are cast will be required to enroll in a Production course.

9 Project roles
Ferris Layman
40
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55.
Father of Buddy and Jennie Mae. Mechanic, hard-working, good-humored, dependable, honest, strong, haunted by the death of his wife. He is easy-going, but don’t push him too far.
Application deadline closed.
C.C. Showers
26
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35.
A disenchanted preacher. Handsome, fast-talking, searching, caring, questioning. He no longer wants to “preach” but to “minster” in a secular way.
Application deadline closed.
Norma Henshaw
40
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59.
Owner of the Hoosier Dry-Goods store. A "true believer". Norma is spiritual, Bible quoting, searching, determined, solid, unyielding. Her mission in life is the bringing a preacher back to her community.
Application deadline closed.
Darlene Henshaw
18
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24.
Norma's niece. Questioning, flirty, prissy, dramatic, rebellious – she’s a good girl at heart, but needs a little excitement in her life.
Application deadline closed.
Goldie Short
35
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55.
Owner of the Dine-Away-Cafe. Bossy, caring, honest, tells it like it is. A possible partner for Ferris if circumstances were different?
Application deadline closed.
Basil Bennett
44
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64.
A farmer and the local "doctor" of sorts. Basil is wise and warm yet can be cantankerous when his blood is up. He is the philosophical heart and backbone of the community.
Application deadline closed.
Luella Bennett
35
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59.
Basil's wife. A doubter. Argumentative, steadfast, opinionated, hard, but capable of unexpected giddiness when excited.
Application deadline closed.
Melvin Wilder
18
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29.
A farmhand (works for Basil). Not too bright, but wise in the ways of the world. At least he thinks so. A bit of a “bad boy”, he’s a good-natured young man who takes Dewey under his wing.
Application deadline closed.
Dewey Maples
18
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24.
A farmhand (works for Basil). Naive, sincere, pleasant, well-meaning. A nice young man who looks to Melvin to show him the ropes with women, etc.
Application deadline closed.