Auditions for “THE GOAT, or WHO IS SYLVIA?”
by Edward Albee

When: February 12 from 6-9 p.m.
Where: Allegheny RiverTrail Park
Who: Directed by Caitlin Dobronz

Please join us at auditions for our spring 2025 production of “THE GOAT, or WHO IS SYLVIA?” by Edward Albee. Please prepare a 1 minute physical monologue that best showcases your range as an actor whether that be comedic, dramatic, or seriocomic. Please be ready to cold read from the script at auditions as well. Registration is preferred, but walk-ins will be seen if time allows. Callbacks will be held on February 13 if selected.

Performance Dates

The show will run April 24-May 3 at 8 p.m. with a Sunday matinee in Trafford, PA, with rehearsals held in Fox Chapel, PA.

Synopsis

The tale of a married, middle-aged architect, Martin, his wife Stevie, and their son Billy, whose lives crumble when Martin falls in love with a goat, the play focuses on the limits of an ostensibly liberal society. Through showing this family in crisis, Albee challenges audience members to question their own moral judgment of social taboos.

The play also features many language games and grammatical arguments in the middle of catastrophes and existential disputes between the characters. The name of the play refers to the song "Who Is Silvia?" from Shakespeare's play The Two Gentlemen of Verona. Proteus sings this song, hoping to woo Silvia. It is also referred to in Finding the Sun (1982), an earlier work of Albee.

Roles

Stevie Gray: the wife of Martin who, until Sylvia, had been his one and only love

Martin Gray: a 50-year-old award-winning architect who falls in love with a goat

Billy Gray: Stevie and Martin's gay, emotionally sensitive, 17-year-old son

Ross Tuttle: a family friend and host of a television program

Questions? Please email TheGoatRTC@gmail.com.