AUGUST 23-31, 2025
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by Rajiv Joseph
Directed by
Becca Johnson-Spinos Vertical Divider
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In 1920, the Russian writer Isaac Babel is a war correspondent with the Red Cavalry. Seventy years later, a mysterious Stasi agent spies on a woman in Dresden and falls in love. In 2010, an aircraft carrying most of the Polish government crashes in the Russian city of Smolensk. Set in Russia and East Germany over the course of ninety years, this thrilling and epic play traces the stories of seven people connected by history, myth, and conspiracy theories.
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Performance Dates
Saturday, August 23, 2pm & 7:30pm Sunday, August 24, 2pm Friday, August 29, 7:30pm Saturday, August 30, 2pm & 7:30pm Sunday, August 31, 2pm |
Performance Location
Theatre Three Norma Young Arena Stage 2688 Laclede St #120 Dallas, TX 75201 |
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Audition Dates
pick a 30-minute slot Friday, June 13, 6-9pm (If an actor cannot make the audition date, video submissions will be accepted at [email protected].) Callbacks
Friday, June 20, 6-10pm |
Audition Information
Casting a diverse group of actors ages 18 and up. All actors will receive a stipend. WHAT TO PREPARE: Actors will be asked to read sides from the show, which will be sent via e-mail at least one week before the audition. Please bring a headshot and resume. NOTE: Actors should not speak in any dialect. Audition Location
Outcry Theatre Rehearsal Location 1915 North Central Expressway, Suite 120 Plano, TX 75075 |
Character Info
While many of these characters are historical figures, we are not interested in finding actors who "look" like these real people. Instead we are looking for someone who embodies the spirit of the character. As this play takes places over the span of almost one hundred years, actors will be asked to portray the characters as many different ages.
ISAAC (Seen at ages 25-45): Russian, Jewish. He is the writer Isaac Babel. In 1920 he is 25 years old, a quiet, shy young man with dreams of being a successful writer, but traumatized from the Polish-Russo war, where he is a wire service journalist - a job he took in order to experience something in life he could write about. In 1937-40 he is a succcessful writer of fiction and films. He has robust appetites, and is far more self-assured, he is not intimidated by anyone. He craves danger.
NIKOLAI (Seen at ages 25-94): Russian. Last name: Yezhov. A captain in the Russian Red Calvary in 1920, when he is twenty-five years old. He is enormously self-assured, an accomplished military man. A violent man. In 1937-40 he is the head of Stalin's Secret Police which will become the KGB. In 1989, when he is ninety-four, he is a living relic of Russian history, and knows it. He enjoys tormenting young KGB agents.
YEVGENIA (Seen at ages 36-86): Russian, the wife of Nicolai Yezhov. In 1940, she is thirty-six. Bright, beautiful, drawn to astrology and supernatural topics. Unhappy in her marriage, but would never say so. In 1989 she is eighty-six years old. Mischievous, with a humor that is rooted in pain and tragedy.
VOVA (Seen at ages 35-54): Russian, a KGB agent stationed in Dresdon, East Germany, in 1989 at which time he is thirty-five years old. In 2010 is hes a politician of enormous stature. Deeply self-assured, yet terrified of the world.
URZULA (Age 21): Polish, and in 1989 an immigrant, living in Dresdon. The granddaughter of Yevgenia.
FELIKS (Age 21): Polish. Thin, a dreary disposition. An orphan. At twenty-one, in 2010, he feels middle-aged.
MARIYA (30's): Russian, thirties, a journalist for a state-run newspaper in 2010. Moscow born and bred. Strong and steady.
While many of these characters are historical figures, we are not interested in finding actors who "look" like these real people. Instead we are looking for someone who embodies the spirit of the character. As this play takes places over the span of almost one hundred years, actors will be asked to portray the characters as many different ages.
ISAAC (Seen at ages 25-45): Russian, Jewish. He is the writer Isaac Babel. In 1920 he is 25 years old, a quiet, shy young man with dreams of being a successful writer, but traumatized from the Polish-Russo war, where he is a wire service journalist - a job he took in order to experience something in life he could write about. In 1937-40 he is a succcessful writer of fiction and films. He has robust appetites, and is far more self-assured, he is not intimidated by anyone. He craves danger.
NIKOLAI (Seen at ages 25-94): Russian. Last name: Yezhov. A captain in the Russian Red Calvary in 1920, when he is twenty-five years old. He is enormously self-assured, an accomplished military man. A violent man. In 1937-40 he is the head of Stalin's Secret Police which will become the KGB. In 1989, when he is ninety-four, he is a living relic of Russian history, and knows it. He enjoys tormenting young KGB agents.
YEVGENIA (Seen at ages 36-86): Russian, the wife of Nicolai Yezhov. In 1940, she is thirty-six. Bright, beautiful, drawn to astrology and supernatural topics. Unhappy in her marriage, but would never say so. In 1989 she is eighty-six years old. Mischievous, with a humor that is rooted in pain and tragedy.
VOVA (Seen at ages 35-54): Russian, a KGB agent stationed in Dresdon, East Germany, in 1989 at which time he is thirty-five years old. In 2010 is hes a politician of enormous stature. Deeply self-assured, yet terrified of the world.
URZULA (Age 21): Polish, and in 1989 an immigrant, living in Dresdon. The granddaughter of Yevgenia.
FELIKS (Age 21): Polish. Thin, a dreary disposition. An orphan. At twenty-one, in 2010, he feels middle-aged.
MARIYA (30's): Russian, thirties, a journalist for a state-run newspaper in 2010. Moscow born and bred. Strong and steady.
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Rehearsals
Rehearsals will start Monday, June 30 and be in the evenings, three to five days a week, including weekend evenings. |
Rehearsal Location
Outcry Theatre Rehearsal Location 1915 North Central Expressway, Suite 120 Plano, TX 75075 |
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Ticket Price
$20-30 |
Tickets will be available online and at the door. There is a service charge for tickets purchased online.
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Describe the Night is presented by special arrangement with Broadway Licensing, LLC, servicing the Dramatists Play Service collection. www.dramatists.com
