GIRLS IN THE BOAT
Young Adult Summer Workshop
Directed by Rylee Marotto
Associate Director: Jeremy Kemmerer

Girls in the Boat was inspired by the true stories of the U.S. women’s Olympic rowing team. A group of smart,
fiery young women fights discrimination and prejudice to compete in the male-dominated sport of rowing,
finding an unlikely ally in a taciturn men’s coach. Together, they confront ridicule and overcome obstacles.
The women refuse to sit on a bus and wait their turn in a battle for gender equality in a sport that makes
national news and takes them to the world championships. Against the rhythm of their oars, these women
forge bonds and overcome disagreements in their search for greatness. Despite their diverse backgrounds
and politics, they pull together to reach their goals in a fast-paced drama that reminds us of what we can all
do if we have a common purpose. As our heroines break barriers of race and gender, their newly minted
U.S. women’s rowing team becomes the most-winning sports team in American history.

Who Should Audition
Actors ages 15-22

*THANKS TO A GENEROUS DONATION, THIS PRODUCTION WILL NOW BE OFFERED FOR FREE FOR ALL CAST!

What to Prepare
Please prepare a 1-2 minute monologue of your choice. The monologue should be memorized and you should make strong acting choices in your performance while also demonstrating understanding of the material and performance techniques.

**Callbacks will be by invitation @ The Standard Saturday JUNE 6th from 12-4pm.

Workshop Dates
July 6th-17th 4-9pm M-F
Saturday July 11th 10am-6pm

Performance Dates
Friday July 17th 7pm
Saturday July 18th 2pm
Sunday July 19th 7pm

Location:
The Standard Theatre Company
Scranton, Pennsylvania

How to Audition
Auditions are by video submission only.
Final date to Submit is Saturday, May 30th.
Please label the subject of your audition video Girls In the Boat_YOUR NAME
You may send a file, or link.

Send audition tapes to: auditions@thestandardtheatre.com

Roles:
Bow: First seat in the boat. Smallest and quickest, shy and quiet. Also plays a mother.

Girl 2: Small and quick, likes poetry and literature. Also plays a mother

Girl 3: The engine of the boat, artist turned rower, optimist, collaborative, hard working. Also plays a mother.

Girl 4: The engine of the boat, goes to a prestigious university, fights for equality.

Girl 5: Tall, engine of the boat, runner turned rower, all around athlete, fights for women’s sports. Also plays
a mother.

Girl 6: Engine of the boat, energetic tomboy, follows father’s and brother’s legacy, used to be the stroke. Also
plays a mother.

Girl 7: BIPOC, becomes a lawyer and activist, skilled and smart, follows the rhythm of the stroke.

Stroke: Sets the rhythm and rate of the rowing, college athlete, rows all their life, has perfect form.

Coxswain: Steers the boat and coached the crew, small but mighty, loud and brash, former gymnast.

Coach: Hard and driving, loves rowing, gets the team to work together.

Journalist: Interested in the team, acts partially as narrator.

Man/Dad/Boy/ Boy Rower/ Announcer: These parts may be doubled by several actors.