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why?Auditions for Babies Having Babies

when? June 7 11:00-12:45 and June 8 12:00-4:00

where? the empty space: 706 Oak Street
right behind Pizzaville

"Babies having Babies"
by Kathyrn Montgomery and Jeffery Auerbach
directed by fRed

production dates:
August 29, 30 and September 5, 6 @8pm
August 31 @4pm with a Baby Shower and Resource Fair at 2pm




"No other script for young adults has generated such enthusiastic response, both from the critics and the audience, as Babies Having Babies, the multi-award winning CBS Schoolbreak Special on the important topic of teen pregnancy. [...]"




Descriptions of Characters:
*Lisa: The over-achiever journalist, she starts out and ends being the narrator... A quite intensity and attention to detail. 17 years old.

*Max (Maxine): The tough outsider, very sarcastic. Aggressive. One gets a sense that she's hiding something; protecting herself in some way. Thrift store chic, speaks her own mind. 16 years old.

*Mary Pat: Catholic, Very reserved. The "Chubby" girl in school with glasses. Plain. She's going to give her baby up for adoption- abortion isn't an option. 16 years old, eight months pregnant.

*Kelly: all-American cheerleader, attractive. Stand-offish. "A real model teenager." 17 years old.

*Brenda: Black girl from low income family, seven months pregnant. Her mother got pregnant at a young age as well. Is being "kicked" out of school, because her pregnancy is a disruption.14 years old.

*Henry: Older, unshaven man. The Center's custodian, takes his job seriously. Crotchety.

*Mrs. Chapman: middle-aged pregnancy counselor; over worked. Volunteers her time to a good cause, stretched far too thin.

*Delivery Boy: 17 year old pizza delivery hotshot.


For more information and ways you can help, please contact fred at babieshavingbabies@yahoo.com