Consider the Oyster Auditions
What, When, and Where
Seven Years Productions will hold auditions for "Consider the Oyster". A play by David MacGregor
The play will be performed at The Kiwanis Club in Pittsboro, NC,
March 26 - 28 with proceeds going to support Chatham Pride .
sign up at:
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0A4EA5AC2BA3FAC25-61621839-auditions
Play synopsis:
When Gene breaks his leg after proposing to his girlfriend Marisa, he begins to feel some odd changes. It turns out that the ground up oyster shell the doctors used to help repair his femur is causing him to slowly transition into a woman, just as oysters change gender halfway through their lives. Can Gene learn to live his life as a different gender and will he—or she—be able to find a happily ever after with his fiancée? Consider the Oyster is a romantic comedy that explores the fluidity of gender and our changeable human nature.
Read the scripts first cat at:
https://www.david-macgregor.com/_files/ugd/3e8176_65508f09f8e6473d85a1decaf88d2ac5.pdf
We are casting 4 or 5 acting roles:
GENE WALSH (Male or Female) (may be played by 2 actors) - In his/her late 20s, early 30s.
ELIOT PALLONE (Male) - GENE's roommate, around the same age.
MARISA CARTER (female) - GENE's fiancée, around the same age.
KAY CARTER (Female) - MARISA's mother, in her late 40s, early 50s.
When:
January 31, 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
AND
February 1, 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Audition venue:
Pittsboro United Methodist Church Family Life Center
26 W Chatham St Pittsboro, NC 27312
Preparation:
Actors be prepared to recite one of the following monologues/lines for the character you are auditioning for from memory (off book). Be prepared to read (on book) with another auditioning actor or director for the character you are auditioning for.
GENE
Well, I love the way she looks when she raises one eyebrow and the way she sneaks a glance at me to see if I’m laughing at the same part of a movie. And sometimes at night, if I can’t sleep and I see the moon out my window, all I can think about is that maybe, at that very moment, Marisa is staring at the moon out of her window too. And I know it sounds crazy, but I love that feeling, that possibility, that even though we’re miles apart, we’re sharing that moment.
ELIOT
(reading) “Since human beings and oysters share the capacity for selfrepair, seeding bones with oyster shells may help speed up the process of biomineralization, and we now believe that nacre obtained from the Pinctada maxima oyster can be used to stimulate bone growth. It can be grafted on to bone and accepted by the human body, where it releases active molecules that induce bone regeneration.” (he looks up) Jesus. And that’s not the only thing it induces. Side effects may include dry mouth or gender change.
MARISA
I don’t need to date everyone in the city to know whether or not I’m in love!. And do you know what I realized the other day? I just like being with Gene. I’ve never felt that way about anyone else. We don’t have to be doing anything. We don’t have to be talking or going somewhere. He can be doing his thing and I can be doing mine and I’m happy just to be with him.
KAY
Bravo, Eliot! And let's have a big round of applause for the public school system, shall we? Yes, three million dollars for both you and Marisa. Now, it's a simple matter of getting our paperwork in order, and happily enough, I just happen to have all of the appropriate documents with me.
(She snaps open her briefcase and pulls out some papers.)
And I must say, I've already had a fascinating time researching various famous transvestite, transgender, and hermaphroditic individuals. J. Edgar Hoover, Joan of Arc-
Important Dates:
Rehearsals: February 25 - March 25, 2026
Performances: March 26,27,28, 2026