Auditions
Five Women Wearing the Same Dress
Auditions Sunday, September 9, 2:00 to 5:00 PM and
Monday Sept. 10, 7:00 to 9:00 PM
Roles for 5 women, 1 man (ages 18+)
Directed by Jennifer Crick
About: During an ostentatious wedding reception at a Knoxville, Tennessee, estate, five reluctant, identically clad bridesmaids hide out in an upstairs bedroom, each with her own reason to avoid the proceedings below. They are Frances, a painfully sweet but sheltered fundamentalist; Mindy, the cheerful, wise-cracking sister of the groom; Georgeanne, whose heartbreak over her own failed marriage triggers outrageous behavior; Meredith, the bride's younger sister, whose precocious rebelliousness masks a dark secret; and Trisha, a jaded beauty whose die-hard cynicism about men is called into question when she meets Tripp, a charming bad-boy usher to whom there is more than meets the eye. As the afternoon wears on, these five very different women joyously discover a common bond in this funny, irreverent, and touching celebration of the women's spirit.
Performances Friday November 9, 7:00, Saturday November 10 7:00, and Friday, November 16 at 7:00 and Saturday, November 17 at 7:00
Our Stage
We perform in the lower level of St. Paul Community Church, 18200 Dixie Highway 23 Miles South of Chicago in Homewood, IL.
Play submissions
How to submit your play for consideration
23 Miles South accepts submissions of full length and one act plays with a focus on female or other marginalized people as main characters and a primarily female cast. Send your play, synopsis and character descriptions to 23milessouth@gmail.com with "play submission" in the subject line. If selected for production, playwright will receive a royalty payment.
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