THE CITY THEATRE AUSTIN

Auditions for The Legend of Georgia McBride,
Matthew Lopez’s heartfelt comedy about drag, divas, and the difference you can make.

When: Online submissions happening now.

Time: Please submit an audition recording by Tuesday, December 14th. Only in-person callbacks at Trinity Playhouse, December 14th. 6:30 pm.

Needed: Please submit a 1 - 2 minute video audition performance with material of your choice. If you are not able to send a video, we can set up a zoom or online audition. Please include in your request (Name, phone #, and contact email) with a headshot and resume. Sides will be sent to you for call back selections.

General information: Open call to all actors, specifically actors of color and performers with drag experience. Lip-syncing and the ability to work a room is a must!

Seeking submissions for:
*CASEY, 20s, white. Plays the guitar
*JO, 20s, African-American/Latina
*MISS TRACY MILLS, 40s-50s, any ethnicity
*REXY/JASON, 20s-30s, any ethnicity
*EDDIE, 50s-60s, any ethnicity
**See more character and audition information below.**

After years of struggling at Cleo’s, a small-time club in the Florida Panhandle, Casey’s got to get his act together fast – he’s broke and there’s a baby on the way. It’s now or never for this Elvis impersonator with big dreams. Enter Miss Tracy Mills, a self-proclaimed grand dame of drag who guarantees Casey’s life is about to get “all shook up.” Matthew Lopez’s hip-shakin’, fierce and fabulous, showbiz comedy explores what happens when one man trades in his blue suede shoes for a sequin dress and discovers he ain’t nothing but a superstar. A genderbending, sweet and campy, heartfelt celebration of divas and difference. The King is dead…long live the Queen!

Show dates: February 18 – March 6, with rehearsals beginning in January. Directed by Artistic Director Andy Berkovsky with performances at Trinity Street Playhouse.

THE LEGEND OF GEORGIA MCBRIDE ROLES AVAILABLE (there are five actors in this production, some roles are dual)

CASEY/GEORGIA
Casey: Charismatic and good-looking small-town high school football star turned Elvis impersonator has the biggest of hearts and loves his wife ferociously dreams big, if not always practically his charm and optimism are infectious hasn’t had to grow up and take real responsibility for his life/family just yet an artist who hasn’t yet found his voice.
Georgia: A wholly original drag queen with Elvis, country and rock 'n' roll roots gritty, edgy, sexy, a force of nature a transcendent artist who inspires her audiences to dream of a better life vulnerable, driven, responsible, and completely self-possessed joyous and thrilling. NOTE: Role requires dancing in heels, lip-syncing, singing and playing guitar.

J0
Casey’s wife a hard-headed woman married to a soft-hearted man a realist who’s prone to being fatalistic, she grounds him, while he enables her to breathe and dream tough without being bitchy, firm without being brittle a steel rod for a spine she loves him deeply and he’s the only person she feels safe showing her vulnerability to works multiple service jobs struggling to keep them afloat and it’s taken a toll.

JASON/REXY
Rexy: fabulously fierce and feisty sharp-tongued queen with a dark past a trashy gal who fancies herself the most sophisticated in the room loves boys and booze and thrives on conflict a bit of a hot mess can cut to the bone with her words an unlikely moral compass with great respect for the history and art of drag.
Jason: Casey & Jo’s best friend and landlord a sweet-natured working class guy became a father young, henpecked at home, can sometimes be a bit spineless--but loves his friends dearly capable of surprising insight and warmth. Note: Role requires dancing in heels and lip-syncing.

EDDIE
Easily flustered and financially-desperate owner of a struggling dive bar rough around the edges, a bit of a walking ulcer, but a huge heart ferociously loyal and loving to his makeshift family a man of simple tastes and simple needs, he doesn’t take naturally to the stage as an emcee--but eventually becomes an amateur showman who loves the spotlight.

TRACY
Sweet-natured drag queen, and drag mother to Casey her impeccable timing, wit, and charm can disarm anyone deeply nurturing by nature, she thrives on being a mentor, but is ruthlessly pragmatic when she needs to be ready to find a home and build something meaningful and lasting equal parts inspiration and desperation. Role requires dancing in heels and lip syncing.