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My Left Breast: I didn’t get it…

The play (side actually) not the part or the Breast. Don’t know about the part, but I probably did not get it… a part that is, not the play.

Confused? Well I was too. My Left Breast was originally written as a one woman play. This version, in collaboration with the author Susan Miller, is divided out into parts, the parts being SUSAN, WOMAN and MAN, maybe more.

What I did not get in Side B that I read, even after additional director input was that the MAN parts are the male muse, if you will, of SUSAN’s imagination. The MAN parts are to be read as if the, in this side, 8 year old son and the older version, the 18 year old son are saying those lines.

For some reason I was thinking a DAD for the MAN. Didn’t get it. Didn’t understand.

It clicked after I read Side D that I was to be those ages, acting those ages, etc. Side D, I read correctly.

I felt sick not having realized this. Damn good part, and easy read. If only I understood.

Well, I don’t think I will get this part because of this.

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Audition Notice: My Left Breast

7 Stages seeks actors for their upcoming production of My Left Breast, by Susan Miller, Directed by Melissa Foulger. Auditions are October 8th: 11am 3pm & 10th: 6pm 10pm. Looking for: Susan: Woman, Jewish/European American, 35-45, no-nonsense, tongue-in-cheek sense of humor, strong and resilient. Possible exposure of breast with actor s comfort ability, Woman: Woman, any ethnicity, 25-45, plays multiple roles at multiple ages, which include Susan’s lover and doctors and Man: Man, any ethnicity, 25-45, plays multiple roles at multiple ages, which include Susan’s son and doctors. Scripts that are in process are available to be checked out for a few hours at a time. Please visit Heidi’s desk in the office to sign out a copy. We are seeing groups of six people for one-hour time slots. Actors will be required to stay for the full hour. If Melissa is not familiar with your work, you may be asked to perform a monologue. Auditions will be video taped. We will have a week long workshop process with the playwright in October or November. Once cast, we will decide on a date that best suits all. We begin official rehearsals Jan 8 through Jan 31. Rehearsals are expected to be in the evenings during the week and during the day on weekends. This will ultimately depend on the schedule and conflicts of the final cast. Please contact Heidi Howard at heidi@7stages.org or 404 522-8602 to confirm an audition time.