Audition Notice
Ajax Community Theatre is auditioning for their first show of the 25/26 season,
Having Hope at Home, by David S. Craig
and directed by Doug Craven.
The auditions will be held
June 8th at 2:00pm and June 9th at 7:30 pm at the Village Community Centre, 22 Sherwood Rd. West, Ajax.
Callbacks Thursday June 12th at 7:30 pm if necessary.
The auditions will consist of cold readings of selected scenes. It will be very low stress.
No appointment necessary; just come to one of the audition days.
A resume would be helpful but it isn’t required. Don’t worry if you don’t have tons of experience.
Synopsis
A poignant but wildly funny play about the chaos of childbirth. Carolyn and her Quebecois husband Michel have decided to have their first baby at the old family farmhouse where they live with her irascible grandfather, Russell. The birth will be attended by a midwife, Dawn. It will NOT be attended by her estranged parents, her mother and her father Bill, who is Canada’s foremost obstetrician. The problem is that Carolyn is determined to have a reconciliation supper for her family at the farmhouse. Will they all survive the experience and, in the end, find hope?
Characters
Carolyn (Caro) Bingham - 22 – 30, female, dairy farmer, expectant mother
• Down to earth
• Optimistic
• Very pregnant
• Convinced that Michel and her choice to have her baby at home in the family farmhouse is the best one, but deeply anxious that her mother and father will fight her on this.
Russell (Gramps) Bingham, grandfather - 60 - 85, male, “grandpa-looking” type, former farmer
• Irascible and stubborn
• Living in his old family farmhouse where he was born. Though he is content with Caro and Michel owning and renovating it, he feels a third-wheel.
• Determined to help with the dairy farm, and a bit angry that Michel will not let him in the milk room.
Michel (Mish) Charbonneau. Carolyn's husband - 22 - 30, male, dairy farmer, futur pere.
• authentic French-Canadian accent
• Practical. A farmer by nature.
• Does not speak English as well as he thinks.
• Also convinced that Caro and his choice to have the baby in her family farmhouse is the right one, particularly since they are fixing it up to become their family home.
• Kind but very protective of the milk room, which he has arranged the way her like it.
William (Bill) Bingham. - 50 - 60, male, leading obstetrician, midwife detractor
• Carolyn’s estranged father and Russell’s even-more-estranged son.
• Very confident in his own decisions, and quick to take action
• Intelligent, educated, owns a walk-in humidor
• Punctilious, organized, precise
• Convinced that Caro’s decision to have her baby at home puts his daughter and future grandchild in immediate medical threat.
• Loves his daughter and wants what is best for her
Jane Bingham - 50 - 60, female, leading medical fundraiser, husband long-sufferer
• Carolyn’s estranged mother.
• Though she has her own will and voice, she is in the habit of deferring to her husband.
• Straight-edged and keeps herself under tight control, particularly in her feelings about her marriage.
Dawn Shaw - old enough to be a midwife, is or presents as female, dedicated and caring
• Medically practical and competent.
• Open to broad ideas about medicine and the human soul. A bit “hip dip” in appearance and presentment.
• Her appearance and personality must instantly rankle William.
The play will run November 21st – November 29th ,2025 at the St. Francis Centre.
Tech and dress rehearsal November 16th – 20th.
All cast and crew must be available on these dates. Rehearsals will start early September at the Village Community Centre.
If you have any questions, please contact us at
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