Audition Information

Audition Dates & Times: August 11th & 12th | 7 pm - 9 pm

Callbacks: August 14th | 7 pm - 9:30 pm

Location: William Peace University | Leggett Theatre - 15 E. Peace St., Raleigh NC 27604

Requirements:

Submit your headshots & bios.
Prepare a 1-2 minute monologue

*Note that the roles of Lorna, Darby, & Olive require preparing 16 bars of a song from the 60's girl group era (sung acapella)

About the Show

This October, Alzheimer’s takes center stage in The Waning Hours, a poignant and visually arresting play that follows Lorna Bray Tucker—a once-vibrant woman losing her grip on reality. After more than four decades of marriage, Lorna’s world is shattered when her husband leaves her for a younger lover. Still reeling from the heartbreak, she begins a slow, irreversible descent into memory loss.

Once an aspiring singer and amateur photographer, Lorna now drifts between the present day and vivid fragments of her past. Through a series of moving vignettes, audiences witness her struggles with Alzheimer’s disease, the toll it takes on her loyal housekeeper Madeline and her devoted son Arlo, and the haunting emergence of her 22-year-old self—a hopeful young woman chasing dreams in 1960s Philadelphia during the height of the civil rights era.

Set entirely in Lorna’s kitchen—the heart of her home and her memories—The Waning Hours mirrors the thought process of someone living with moderate Alzheimer’s. Tinged with loss, humor, and nostalgia, the play explores the songs, memories, and choices that define a life and asks the audience to consider: Who do we become when time slips away?

Directed by Terra Hodge, The Waning Hours is a tender, thought-provoking work that blends heartache with hope.

Character Information

Lorna Bray Tucker | Female, early 70s. Divorcée, amateur photographer, former member of The Silver Rosettes. Progressing through Alzheimer’s disease. Southern, well-read, sharp yet fading.

Madeline Franklin | Female, late 60s. Lorna’s loyal housekeeper. Straightforward, unpretentious, and practical.

Arlo Tucker | Male, mid-to-late 30s. Lorna’s son. Public relations executive, amateur photographer. Well-traveled and loving but overwhelmed.

Cicely Tucker | Female, mid-to-late 30s. Arlo’s wife and mother of two. Smart, driven sociologist juggling family and research.

Lorna B. (Young Lorna) | Female, early 20s. Naïve yet hopeful singer in The Silver Rosettes. Living in 1960s Philadelphia, passionate about music and civil rights.

Darby Gingham | Female, early 20s. Lorna B.’s sincere, street-smart friend and fellow Silver Rosette. Civil rights advocate.

Olive Woodson | Female, late 20s. Silver Rosette member, aspiring opera singer. Polished and politically aware.

Nightclub Announcer / Newscaster | Male, 20s or older. Dual role announcing The Silver Rosettes at a 1960s nightclub and reporting Robert F. Kennedy’s assassination.