Auditions:  July 6th-7th 6:30pm-9:30pm at 810 Caroline Street, Fredericksburg VA

Callbacks:  July 9th, 6:30pm-9:30pm at 810 Caroline Street, Fredericksburg VA

Show Dates: September 17th-27th (Fri. and Sat. shows at 8pm and Sun. shows at 2pm)
**POSSIBLE EXTENSION thru Oct. 4th

Rehearsal Schedule: Monday - Thursday depending on cast availability. **SOME weekend rehearsals TBD, starting mid-July through September.

IMPORTANT AUDITION NOTES:

• All actors, regardless of gender expression are encouraged to audition for any role listed, HOWEVER, those actors wishing to portray marines or male presenting navymen, MUST follow military regulations for appearance as it pertains to “male
  Or “female” enlisted soldiers. Military haircuts/styles appropriate for your respective character will be required of all actors for performances and publicity photo opportunities.

EXAMPLES:

Auditions will consist of cold reads of monologues from the script.

Please choose a monologue appropriate for the character(s) you would like to be seen for. **Note: not all characters have a monologue, if the character you’re interested in does not have a specific side, please choose a monologue for a character in your appropriate age range.

CHARACTER DESCRIPTIONS

Pfc. William T. Santiago (Victim): About 19 years old, sincere & sensible. Must be comfortable with stage combat. **Must be comfortable performing on stage in undergarments**

Lance Cpl. Harold Dawson (Defendant): About 20 years old: stoic, serious, bold, aware, intimidating even in silence, caring in command. Must be comfortable with stage combat. 

Pfc. Louden Downey (Defendant): About 19 years old. Obedient and respectful. His intelligence is slightly below average. Must be comfortable with stage combat.

Lt. j.g. Daniel Kaffee (Lead Defense Attorney): 20s. Easy-going and quick-witted. He is good-looking, talented, and smart; and he knows it. He tends to think that he knows everything.

Lt. Cmdr. Joanne Galloway (Defense Attorney): Late 20s - Early 30s. All-business. ALMOST as fully composed as she would like to be but, usually, more composed than others tend to think she is. Her quick wit tends to take others by surprise.

Lt. j.g. Sam Weinberg (Defense Attorney): Late 20s-Early 30s. Laid back, has a dry but very funny wit about him. He does his job with reasonable diligence, but he is a family man first and foremost.

Capt. Matthew Markinson (GITMO Company Commander): 40s - early 50s. Stoic, logical, and strictly military. Served in Counter-Intelligence for 17 years.

Lt. Col. Nathan Jessep (GITMO CO): 40s - early 50s. Self-confident to-a-fault. Bold, Intelligent, Ultra-Military, Tyrannical.

Lt. Jonathan James Kendrick (GITMO Winward XO): 30s - 40s. Stoic, fanatically religious, average intelligence but believes himself to be much smarter than he is.

Capt. Jack Ross (Prosecutor): Early 30s. A nice guy but not a sucker. Logical and sensible.

Cpl. Jeffrey Howard (Platoon-mate of victim and defendants): Early 20s. Probably likable to fellow Marines, but snide to those outside the Corps.

Capt. Isaac Whitaker (JAG supervisor): 40s - early 60s. Smart and sensible, not strict

Capt. Julius Alexander Randolph (Judge): 40s to 60s. Smart, sensible, fair.

Cmdr. Walter Stone (Doctor): 40s - 60s. Sensible but easily swayed.

ADDITIONAL ROLES: Sentries, Lawyers, Marines, Nurse, MPs, and etc. (These roles will likely understudy principal characters)

SIDES

DAWSON: What do we do then, sir? We didn’t join the Corps ‘cause we felt like it. We joined ‘cause it was a life decision. We wanted to live by a code, sir. And we found it in the Corps. And now you’re asking us to sign a piece of paper that says we have no honor. You’re asking us to say we’re not Marines. If the court decides what we did was wrong, I’ll accept whatever punishment they give. But I believe I was right, sir. I believe I did my job. I won’t dishonor myself, my unit, or the Corps, so that I can go home in six months. (beat) Sir.

SANTIAGO: My name is PFC William T. Santiago. I am a Marine stationed at Marine Barracks, Windward, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. I am writing to inform you of my problems and to ask for your help. I have been mistreated since the very first day I arrived. I’ve been punished for passing out on runs when the doctor says I just have heat exhaustion. This is just one incident of mistreatment and I could say many more but I do not want to take more of your time than I am allowed to. I’ve written many letters and gotten no response back so I must try something else. I know of an illegal fenceline shooting that took place four nights ago. A member of my unit illegally discharged his weapon into Cuban territory. I will give his name in exchange for a transfer. I ask you to help me, Please sir. I just need to be transferred out of RSC.

JO: I do know you. And I know who your father was. And I know you went to Harvard Law on a Navy scholarship and that you’re probably just treading water for the three years you’ve gotta serve, just kinda laying low till you can get out and get a real job. And if that’s the case, that’s fine. I won’t tell anyone. But my feeling is that if this case is handled in the fast-food, slick-ass, Persian Bazaar manner with which you seem to handle everything else, something’s gonna get missed. And I wouldn’t be doing my job if I allowed Dawson and Downey to spend any more time in jail than absolutely necessary because their attorney had pre-determined the path of least resistance.

KAFFEE: We get it from him. Yes. No problem. Colonel, isn’t it true that you ordered a code red, coerced the doctor, forged a transfer order and fixed a log book? I’m sorry your time’s up. What do we have of the losers, judge? Well, for the defendants, it’s a lifetime at exotic For Levenworth, where every day is Valentine’s Day for our handsome young Marines. And for Lt. Kaffee? That’s right -  It’s - A Court-Martial! Yes, Johnny, after falsely accusing a highly decorated Marine officer of conspiracy and perjury, Lt. Kaffee will have a long and prosperous career teaching typewriter maintenance at the Rocco Columbo School for Women. Thank you for playing “Should We or Should-We-Not Follow the Advice of the Galacticly Stupid”!!

SAM: I’m sorry. I’m in a pissy mood. (beat) I’m gonna go call my wife. I’ll see you tonight. You ask me why I hate them so much?? They beat up on a weakling. And that’s all they did. The rest is just smoke filled coffee-house crap. They tortured and tormented a weaker kid. And it wasn’t just that night, read the letters, it was eight months. And you know what? I’ll bet it was his whole life. They beat him up, and they killed him. And why? Because he couldn't run very fast.

ROSS: Are we clear on that?! We have to be clear on that. Once we go outside this room, I have to put the hammer down. They’ll be charged with the boatload: Murder, Conspiracy, Conduct Unbecoming. And in a courtroom, you lose this case. Please, I’m your friend, and I’m telling you, I think Kendrick’s lying and I don’t think your guys belong in jail. But I don’t get to make that decision. I represent the People. Without passion. You see? And the people have a case. (pause) Tell ‘em to plead to assault. All in all, it’s not a bad week’s work for the defense. (beat) That’s the end of this negotiation. Nine o’clock tomorrow. I’ll see you at the arraignment.

JESSUP: Wait. I’ve got a better idea. Let’s transfer the whole squad off the base. We better do that. Let’s - on second thought -  Windward. The whole Windward division, let’s transfer ‘em off the base. Jon, go on out there and get those boys down off the fence, they’re packin’ their bags. Get me the President, we’re surrendering our position in Cuba. Wait a minute, Tom. Don’t call the President. Maybe that’s the wrong thing to do. Maybe you should let us consider this for a moment. Maybe, instead of giving up because a Marine made a mistake, maybe we should train Santiago. What do you think, I’m just spitballing, but maybe, we as officers, have a responsibility to this country to see that the men and women charged with its security are properly trained professionals. And maybe we have that responsibility to the other members of the Corps. Yes. Yes, I’m certain I once read something like that. And now I’m trying to think of how I might feel if a Marine got hurt or killed because a PFC in my command didn’t know what the fuck he was doing. And this brief meditation has brought me around to the thinking that your suggestion of transferring Private Santiago, while expeditious, and certainly painless, might not be, in a manner of speaking, the American way. (beat) Santiago stays where he is, we’re gonna train the lad, Jon, you’re in charge. Santiago doesn’t make 4.6-4.6 on his next procon report, I’m gonna blame you. Then I’m gonna kill you.

KENDRICK: God is watching, Lance Corporal Dawson. And he helps those who help themselves. And so do I. Get your house in order, Lance Corporal. Unit, Corps, God, Country… and duty to self simply isn't part of the equation. Get your house in order, so that these men can believe in you again. Get your house in order…so that the Lord our God can look down and say “There is a United States Marine, and I will stand at his side.” Get your house in order…and don’t let anyone ever tell you we’re not at war.

MARKINSON: “Dear Mr. and Mrs. Santiago. I was William’s Company Commander. I knew your son vaguely, which is to say I knew his name. In a matter of time, the trial of the two men charged with your son’s death will be concluded, and seven men and two women whom you’ve never met will try to offer you an explanation as to why William is dead. Most likely, they will offer you many explanations. For my part,  I’ve done what I can to bring the truth to light. I’ve done it, not in the uniform in which I served for 21 years, but in costumes and in shadows. I was a defender. And at this moment I’m being pursued by the Naval investigative service, the federal bureau of investigation, the central intelligence agency, and the military police. And I can’t possibly do this anymore. Because the truth is this: Your son is dead for only one reason. I wasn’t strong enough to stop it. Always, Captain Mathew Andrew Markinson, United States Marine Corps.”