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AUDITION DATE: Saturday, July 19, 2025 12:00 PM - 4:00 PM (P) AND Sunday, July 20, 2025 12:00 PM - 4:00 PM (P).

Audition appointment required. To schedule an audition appointment, please email Michelle Kashinsky, Associate Producer at: michelle@thirdrailrep.org . Please include your audition availability (dates/times).

PREPARATION: Please prepare the Sides which will be distributed with confirmation of your audition appointment time slot.

SYNOPSIS: It's Wednesday, September 12, 2001, and Waverly is waiting for an important phone call when a blind date, Andrew, shows up. She invites him in, and then her next-door neighbor Ron, and her famous aunt show up, making for an unexpected party. The group bonds over pizza, drinking games, and deep conversation about their life choices. A thought-provoking comedy about destiny versus free will.

SEEKING:

[THE STAGE MANAGER] 25 to 50 years old. The play's de facto narrator.

[WAVERLY] 30 to 35 years old, female. A beautiful and smart advertising executive living in the Midwest, Waverly is waiting to hear back from her free-spirited sister in NYC. She wants to be a good host but is on edge and emotional throughout the night.

[ANDREW] 32 to 38 years old, male. Manager of a bookstore in the Midwest, Andrew is struck by Waverly when she comes to the door for their blind date. Bookish yet charming, he wants to impress her.

[NANCY] Ron's overnight guest. She is portrayed as quiet and avoids wearing clothes. Doubles as: Aunt [Joyce Carol Oats]: A surprise visitor whose plane has been diverted to Minneapolis. She is played by a sock puppet.

[RON] 35 to 50 years old, male. Waverly's next-door neighbor, a musician, who looks in on Waverly like a big brother. He's both laid back and philosophical.