ECC Theatre to hold auditions for ‘Blue Stockings’

ECC Theatre is holding auditions for “Blue Stockings” by Jessica Swale on Feb. 12-13. The spring production, directed by Susan A. Robinson, is currently seeking 12-22 actors of all genders and ethnicities.

A moving, comical and eye-opening story of four young women fighting for education and self-determination against the larger backdrop of women's suffrage.

1896. Girton College, Cambridge, the first college in Britain to admit women. The Girton girls study ferociously and match their male peers grade for grade. Yet, when the men graduate, the women leave with nothing but the stigma of being a “blue stocking” - an unnatural, educated woman. They are denied degrees and go home unqualified and unmarriageable.

In Jessica Swale's debut play, “Blue Stockings,” Tess Moffat and her fellow first years are determined to win the right to graduate. But little do they anticipate the hurdles in their way: the distractions of love, the cruelty of the class divide or the strength of the opposition, who will do anything to stop them. The play follows them over one tumultuous academic year, in their fight to change the future of education.

Auditions will be held from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. on Monday and Tuesday, Feb. 12-13, in Building H Room 245 on the ECC campus, 1700 Spartan Drive. Callbacks will be held from 6:30 to 10 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 14.

Prepare a 1- to 2-minute contemporary monologue.

The performances will be from April 26-28 and May 3-5.

This production is considered an ECC College course. If cast, you will be required to register for 1-3 credits.

Sign up for an audition appointment at eccartscenter.wufoo.com/forms/m1fsetm41f8f2om/.

For questions about auditions or this production, contact Susan A. Robinson, director, at srobinson@elgin.edu.