The WordPlayers Staged Reading Series production of:

DAISY
by Sean Devine

Auditions will be held at
Erin Presbyterian Church, 200 Lockett Road, Knoxville
Thursday, April 25
6:00-8:00 pm ET

Rehearsals (at Erin Presbyterian):

• Mon-Fri, May 6-10, 6:00-9:00 pm
• Sun afternoon, May 12
• Rehearsal schedule subject to change.

Performance (at The Square Room in Market Square):

• Mon, May 13 at 7:00 pm (call 6:00 pm)

No monologue is needed; auditions will be cold readings from the script.
Actors who are cast will receive a $75 honoraium.

DESCRIPTION

It’s the fall of 1964. Bloody turmoil over civil rights is spilling onto the streets. A fearful ideology is growing from the conservative right. The threat of nuclear war is palpable. And a little skirmish in the far-off nation of Vietnam just won’t go away. With a presidential election looming, a group of “ad-men” working for Lyndon Johnson unleash the most devastating political commercial ever conceived, the “Daisy ad.” Based on true events, DAISY explores the moment in television history that launched the age of negative advertising, and forever changed how we elect our leaders. War was the objective. Peace was the bait. Everyone got duped.

ROLES

• LOUISE BROWN- Late 30s, female. A copywriter with the advertising firm of Doyle Dane Bernbach.
• TONY SCHWARTZ- Early 40s, male. A sound archivist, media specialist, and agoraphobe.
• CLIFFORD LEWIS- Early 30s. African-American male. A White House Lawyer.
• BILL BERNBACH- Early 50s, male. The creative director of the firm that bears his name.
• SID MYERS- Mid 30s, male. An art director with Doyle Dane Bernbach.
• AARON EHRLICH- Early 40s, male. A television producer with Doyle Dane Bernbach.

To sign up for auditions, please email info@wordplayers.org.