April 26–28 • May 3–5 & 10–12
Actors Cabaret of eugene
996 Willamette Street
Inspired by a true story and featuring the Tony®-nominated score by Steve Martin and Edie Brickell, Broadway’s BRIGHT STAR tells a sweeping tale of love and redemption set against the rich backdrop of the American South in the 1920s and 1940s.
When literary editor Alice Murphy meets a young soldier just home from World War II, he awakens her longing for the child she once lost. Haunted by their unique connection, Alice sets out on a journey to understand her past — and what she finds has the power to transform both of their lives.
With beautiful melodies and powerfully moving characters, the story unfolds as a rich tapestry of deep emotion. An uplifting theatrical journey that holds you tightly in its grasp, BRIGHT STAR is as refreshingly genuine as it is daringly hopeful.
Audition Information
• Online auditions can occur at any time by submitting through the Audition Form.
• In-person auditions will occur both at the Saturday, October 14, auditions for OKLAHOMA! and at another later date, to be announced.
rehearsals
• Location: 435 Covey Lane, Eugene
• Begin: Saturday, February 24, 2024
• Choreography: Afternoons Saturdays & Sundays
• All Other Rehearsals: Are during the week and will be reasonable to accommodate work and school schedules. Holidays honored so cast members can be with friends and family
Cast needs: Strong singers
It would be helpful, but not required, to have dance skills.
LEADING, SUPPORTING, AND ENSEMBLE ROLES OF BRIGHT STAR
ALICE MURPHY — Plays both ages 16–17 and 36–37. Alice at age 36-37 is an editor of a southern literary magazine; intelligent, attractive, professional — but with an air of melancholy. Young Alice at age 16-17 is rebellious, high-spirited, adventurous — looking to break out of small-town life and experience the world. She must be a very strong singer and comfortable in folk and bluegrass styles.
BILLY CANE — A young soldier returning home from WWII; an aspiring young writer; fresh, open, optimistic, charming, and a little naïve.
DADDY CANE — Billy’s father. A widower. Spry, good looking. Kind-hearted, if a bit lonely.
MARGO CRAWFORD — A small-town bookstore owner; a childhood friend of Billy’s who now harbors romantic feelings toward him; a natural beauty with a keen intellect.
MAX — A customer at Margo’s bookstore, at first, he has a crush on Margo, but later becomes Edna’s beau.
FLORENCE — An employee at Margo’s bookstore and a childhood friend of both Billy and Margo.
EDNA — An employee at Margo’s bookstore.
DARYL AMES — An assistant at a literary magazine. Funny, with a dry and officious sense of humor. Insecure, and perhaps a bit socially awkward, but endearing and innately likable.
LUCY GRANT — A junior editor at a literary magazine. An ambitious, professional young “modern” career woman of the 1940s. Strong, forthright, and provocative with a sharp sense of humor.
MAMA MURPHY — Alice’s mother. A caretaker to her family and her rural community. A warm, loving, sensible woman. Hardworking, with great inner strength and compassion.
DADDY MURPHY — Alice’s father; an authoritative and a stern disciplinarian; devoutly religious, hardworking, a poor but proud farmer.
MAYOR JOSIAH DOBBS — The Mayor of Zebulon; a political and financial powerbroker; distinguished, an imposing and controlling presence; has a genuine interest in protecting his son’s future and his family name, but in doing so, is ultimately pushed to a point of extreme and irrevocable cruelty.
JIMMY RAY DOBBS — Plays both ages 18–20 and 38–40. Jimmy Ray, in his early 20s in flashbacks, is Mayor Dobbs’ son and young Alice’s beau; handsome, boyishly charming, well-built, and intelligent; from a family of wealth and power, and is being groomed by his father for a similar future in the family business; an independent thinker who is not afraid to stand up to his father for what he believes in. He has a sense of personal responsibility and morality as well as a deep reserve of passion and emotion. The same actor will also play an adult Jimmy Ray at age 38–40.
STANFORD — Loyal assistant to Mayor Josiah Dobbs.
DR. NORQUIST — The local family doctor in Zebulon.
GOVERNMENT CLERK — A clerk at the Office of Records in Raleigh.
WELL-DRESSED WOMAN — A woman, age 38–40, living in Raleigh