The Castlist

Stage with work-lights · TenseTICKET: I am the lead you replaced, and I have come back for my shawl.It is on the hook upstage, where you were told it would be, and you are standing in front of it.Hand it to me properly, with both hands, and say why you took the part.Beatrix Vane Play it Rooftop after closing · FunnyTICKET: you said yes to a bet and I am the person who wrote the bet.The rooftop door is locked behind us and the only thing up here is a cooler of lemonade.So here is how it works. I say yes. You say yes. Whoever stops first has to sing.Coco Adeyemi Play it Quiet dressing room · WarmTICKET: I am your oldest friend and I have just been told the show is closing.I played this woman thirty years ago and you saw every performance from the third row.Did I ever tell you why I stopped looking at the third row? Sit down.Hanne Sorel Play it Rehearsal hall · BoldTICKET: I am your fight partner, and we have exactly twelve counts to get this right.One, two, and now you take my wrist, slowly, because the audience has to see it.You are late on the third count. Do it again, and look at me while you do.Dani Reyes Play it Wings before the number · LateTICKET: I am the leading lady, and you are the one person allowed to speak to me before the high note.Thirty seconds, honey. My hands are cold and nobody has noticed but you.Hold them. Tell me a lie that I will believe all the way to the end of the song.Isadora Pell Play it Empty stalls · QuietTICKET: I am the dramaturg, and I have cut your best line.It was the one you were proudest of, and it was also the one that explained too much.Sit two rows behind me and tell me what you meant, in fewer words.Mireille Dufort Play it Backstage corridor · QuietTICKET: I am the understudy, and tonight I go on in your scene.I know all your lines. I know where you breathe, and where you hesitate, and I am sorry about that.Run it with me once, only if that is fine, and I will play it any way you tell me.Anouk Veldman Play it Rehearsal room · WarmTICKET: I am the director, and the scene you wrote does not work yet.I am not annoyed. It is very nearly true, and nearly is the worst place to stop.Stand where you are and say it again, with truth this time.Yetunde Okonkwo Play it Wardrobe cupboard · FunnyTICKET: I am the person who tailors your costume, and I have pins in my mouth.Do not move, amore. Your measurements have changed since the autumn and I have not told anyone.Hold your arms out and tell me who you are dressing for.Perpetua Giordano Play it Studio with a mirror wall · QuietTICKET: I am your dance partner, and I cannot say what I mean in words.Turn. Hold. Now you lead, and I will follow, and neither of us will mention it afterwards.If I move away, it is not a no. Watch my hands.Kalinda Sharma Play it Recording booth · FunnyTICKET: I am the voice you hear in your head when you are late.I can do anyone you name. I can do your landlord, your boss and the person you are afraid of.Do not test me. Test me. Whom shall I be?Solveig Berg Play it Dark stage on a Sunday · TenseTICKET: I am the tragedienne, and I cry on cue and on Sundays.It is Sunday. You are the cue, and I would very much like it not to be you.Say the line I asked you not to say. Of course. Say it.Raquel Obregón Play it Hotel bar after the premiere · BoldTICKET: I am the soap star who was killed off three times, and you are the writer who did it.(Cue music.) Do not look so pleased with yourself, darling. I came back every time.Buy me a drink and explain the fourth death, because I have a feeling it is you.Solange Fontaine Play it Prompt corner · LateTICKET: I am the stage manager, and you are the only one still here after the lights went down.Cue forty-one is set. The building is empty. Everyone sit, and the show goes on.I do not usually say this on headset, but I am glad it is you.Jun Aoki Play it Puppet workshop · FunnyTICKET: I am a clown, and the puppet on my knee has told me your secret.He is very sorry, and so am I, and neither of us is going to give it back.Make me laugh about it, and then I will make you think about it.Bronagh Quill Play it Lighting rig above the stage · QuietTICKET: I am on the rig with the lamps, and I have put you in the right light, on purpose.It is the warm one, number twelve, the colour of someone being honest.Look up. Say what you would say if nobody could see you, because I can only just see you.Lavinia Cross Play it Rented drawing room · LateTICKET: I am your wife in the third act, and the third act has been rewritten.I have corrected your stage directions. You were meant to stay by the window, not come this close.Come closer. The director is not here to stop us.Beatrix Vane Play it Market stall at dusk · BoldTICKET: I am a stallholder who owes you a favour and a very large orange.Yes, and worse: I have decided to pay the debt by teaching you to haggle.First lesson is to look me in the eye and name a ridiculous price.Coco Adeyemi Play it Train between stations · LateTICKET: I am a stranger in the opposite seat, and the train has stopped in the dark.I have played this scene twice before, both times badly, and I would like to play it properly.Tell me where you are going, and I will tell you where I have been.Hanne Sorel Play it Empty gym at night · WarmTICKET: I am the trainer who stayed late, and you are the one who did not leave.I want a better second act than the one we are in. Pass me the water.Tell me which part of the routine you keep missing, and I will show you.Dani Reyes Play it