Alyssa has it all: a consuming job, a new baby, and a laid-off husband who’s in the basement playing The Game. (That’s its actual name. It’s definitely not Fortnite.) He’s been down there for weeks now.

But if there’s one thing this career woman knows how to do, it’s build a slide deck and execute a plan. After forming a support group for similarly afflicted women of all ages, Alyssa and her new friends resolve to drag their partners out of The Game and back into the real world. They’ll start by going on a sex strike and report back on the results.

Fantastic plan, Alyssa! What could go wrong?

CHARACTER DESCRIPTIONS

Alyssa (F, 30s-40s): a high-functioning, multitasking woman with squishy insides; our leader. Her confidence and initiative mask all the things she’s unsure about. And it’s possible - just maybe? - that she’s not quite as perceptive as she thinks she is.

Homer (M, 30s-40s): her husband, a man in a basement entrenched in a virtual world. Life is kinder to him down there. What’s so wrong with that?

Jen (F, 30s-40s): a really good photographer; a terrible socializer. It’s been hard for her to get to a place in life where she could be herself - and now that place is threatened.

Cleo (F, 20s): a pregnant military wife, and this is her entire personality. For now. Who knows how much personal agency is waiting to be awakened inside this little bird?

Rhonda (F, 40s-50s): a serial online shopper, image-obsessed. Still trying to figure out what kind of person she wants to be. She’s tried a lot of options, and nothing works.

Myra (F, 70s-80s): a gentle but quietly brilliant little old lady. She’s lost a lot of dear friends in the last few years, but she still has love to give. Is there a place left for it?

AUDITION INFO

Auditions will be at our theater at 513 7th Street in downtown Rapid City.

Our auditions are a friendly, low-stress environment; we start with warmups and then do cold readings from the script.