Auditions for "Cry It Out"

By Molly Smith Metzler, directed by Zandi Carlson

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inD Theatre is now casting for its October-November 2023 production of “Cry It Out,” by Molly Smith Metzler, directed by Zandi Carlson. Auditions and most rehearsals will take place in Seattle. Tech/dress rehearsals and performances will take place on Bainbridge Island. All actors will receive a stipend of $1,200.

We are committed to diverse and creative casting. The right person for the role will express the essence of their character, and will not necessarily conform to an expected race, gender, ethnicity, or body type. Actors of color, gender non-conforming actors, and actors with disabilities are encouraged to request auditions.

inD Theatre seeks to inspire social change by offering theatrical productions that provide actor stipends, are free to attend, and address the most important issues of our time. More details are at www.indtheatre.org.

Synopsis: Four months ago, Jessie was a corporate lawyer with a glamorous Manhattan life. Today, she is in dirty yoga pants, covered in breast milk, trying to comfort a screaming newborn. Isolated in a sleepy Long Island suburb while her commuter husband works long hours, Jessie is desperate to talk to anyone besides Food Network. So when she spies a fellow new mom and neighbor, Lina, at the local Stop & Shop, she vaults over the cantaloupe to introduce herself. Happy to have found each other, the two moms agree to meet for coffee during naptime in the sweet spot behind their adjoining yards where both their baby monitors get reception, and a fast friendship is born. Jessie and Lina may be from vastly different financial backgrounds—Jessie is Ivy-educated and of the manor born; Lina has a night-school nursing degree and terrible credit—but they have one huge thing in common: they’ve been cracked open by the love they feel for their newborns. One coffee quickly becomes a daily coffee, as Jessie and Lina laugh through the highs and lows of motherhood. But their intimacy is punctured when a stranger who lives in the mansion up on the cliff appears in the yard, asking if they would include his wife, a new mom who is having “a hard time,” in their coffee klatch. Reluctantly, the duo tries to become a trio, but with very mixed—and surprising—results. After all, this is a town where the haves and the have-nots live in very close company; up on the cliff is Sands Point, one of the most expensive Great Gatsby-esque neighborhoods in the whole country. How could that woman possibly be having a “hard time?”

If you would like to audition but are unable to attend one of the audition blocks, please Contact Us to make alternative arrangements.

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Produced by special arrangement with THE DRAMATIC PUBLISHING COMPANY of Woodstock, Illinois.