Read About the play:
Now + Then by Sean Grennan
Sometimes what happens after last call just might change your life. One night in 1981, just as Jamie is closing the bar where he works, a desperate last-minute customer offers him and his girlfriend Abby two thousand dollars to sit and have a drink with him. Who wouldn't take it? As the trio swaps stories and Jamie considers the decisions he faces about his musical career and his future with his girlfriend Abby. the young couple begins to realize that this older man is unusually invested in their choices... and the reason he gives them is completely unbelievable. But when a very displeased second stranger arrives, the unbelievable begins to look like it just might be true. Now and Then is a heartfelt romantic comedy about the costs of the choices we make, and the people who make them with us. READ THE SCRIPT
Available Roles:
JAMIE 20s to 40s: Bartender and aspiring pianist. Attractive in a regular-guy way. Sincere, hardworking, very much in love with ABBY.
MAN -- Reads 30+ years older than Jamie. A bit beaten down but good-natured. Easy to talk to, well-spoken, sincere, and very intent on his mission tonight. Longtime husband of WOMAN. He is desperate.
ABBY 20s to 40s: IHOP waitress and one-time English major. Funny, smart, and very much in love with JAMIE.
WOMAN: Reads 25 or 30 years older than Abby. Strong, direct, loving, a little coarse. She is MAN’s long time wife. No one knows her like he does and no one knows him like she. She and MAN bicker but there is a bedrock of love there. They’d do anything for each other and no one can hurt either of them like the other
one can.
Rehearsal Commitment: First rehearsal September 12. All rehearsals will be held from 7pm to 10pm on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. Rehearsals and performances will take place at the Perley School.
Performance Dates:
Saturday November 12
Sunday November 13
Friday November 18
Saturday November 19
Sunday November 20
Tech Rehearsals: November 2, 4, 7, 8, 9, 10
Now + Then by Sean Grennan
Sometimes what happens after last call just might change your life. One night in 1981, just as Jamie is closing the bar where he works, a desperate last-minute customer offers him and his girlfriend Abby two thousand dollars to sit and have a drink with him. Who wouldn't take it? As the trio swaps stories and Jamie considers the decisions he faces about his musical career and his future with his girlfriend Abby. the young couple begins to realize that this older man is unusually invested in their choices... and the reason he gives them is completely unbelievable. But when a very displeased second stranger arrives, the unbelievable begins to look like it just might be true. Now and Then is a heartfelt romantic comedy about the costs of the choices we make, and the people who make them with us. READ THE SCRIPT
Available Roles:
JAMIE 20s to 40s: Bartender and aspiring pianist. Attractive in a regular-guy way. Sincere, hardworking, very much in love with ABBY.
MAN -- Reads 30+ years older than Jamie. A bit beaten down but good-natured. Easy to talk to, well-spoken, sincere, and very intent on his mission tonight. Longtime husband of WOMAN. He is desperate.
ABBY 20s to 40s: IHOP waitress and one-time English major. Funny, smart, and very much in love with JAMIE.
WOMAN: Reads 25 or 30 years older than Abby. Strong, direct, loving, a little coarse. She is MAN’s long time wife. No one knows her like he does and no one knows him like she. She and MAN bicker but there is a bedrock of love there. They’d do anything for each other and no one can hurt either of them like the other
one can.
Rehearsal Commitment: First rehearsal September 12. All rehearsals will be held from 7pm to 10pm on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. Rehearsals and performances will take place at the Perley School.
Performance Dates:
Saturday November 12
Sunday November 13
Friday November 18
Saturday November 19
Sunday November 20
Tech Rehearsals: November 2, 4, 7, 8, 9, 10
If you are unable to attend auditions as scheduled but would like to be considered for a role, please email us at gtownworkshop@gmail.com to see if accommodations can be made for a separate reading.
For the well-being of all cast and crew all participants in this production are required to be vaccinated against COVID-19.
For the well-being of all cast and crew all participants in this production are required to be vaccinated against COVID-19.