Rabbit Hole Auditions

STC Presents Rabbit Hole, directed by Adam Reisch. March 14-16 & 21-23, 2025

Auditions are January 25th 2025, call backs on January 26th 2025

Sign up for an audition slot here:  https://form.jotform.com/243295080199160

SHOW SYNOPSIS

Becca and Howie Corbett have everything a family could want, until the tragic death of their 4-year-old son, Danny turns their world upside down and leaves the couple drifting perilously apart. Becca wants to erase Danny’s memory and Howie wants to preserve it. “Rabbit Hole” charts their bittersweet search for comfort in the darkest of places and for a path that will lead them back into the light of day. The show is an emotional examination of grief, laced with comedy and wit. — “Rabbit Hole” won the 2007 Pulitzer Prize for Drama.

CHARACTER DESCRIPTIONS

Becca: Howie’s wife in her 30s. She is usually a very responsible and sensible person but makes some rash decisions throughout the play because of grief. Howie accuses her of subconsciously trying to “erase” Danny by selling the house, packing up his artwork, and getting rid of their dog, even erasing the most recent home video of Danny.

Howie: Becca’s husband in his 30s. He is very caring but has a hard time dealing with Danny’s death, which causes him to be angry and depressed, though he hides it as much as possible. He obsessively watches home movies of Danny and thinks that the best way to move on is to try for another child. He attends group grief counseling meetings. It is implied that he has an affair with a woman from this group. He does not want to meet with Jason, whom he blames for Danny’s death.

Izzy: Becca’s irresponsible but well-wishing sister in her early-mid 20s. She is unwed but in a relationship with Auggie. She is pregnant throughout the play. Tension is created as Becca’s mourning for her lost child lingers, and she is suspicious of Izzy’s ability to raise her own. She is often the comic relief of the show.

Nat: Izzy and Becca’s mother. She is the voice of reason for her daughters. She helps Howie and Becca in the moving process and provides motherly experience to Becca. Her son (Becca’s brother, Arthur), a heroin addict, hanged himself at the age of 30. Becca, however, does not want to hear this, as she feels that the deaths are not comparable. Becca eventually realizes that her mother has gone through the same grief as her, and accepts the comfort.

Jason Willette: 17-year-old who accidentally hit Danny with his car. He blames himself for Danny’s death and is searching for absolution as he navigates trying to cope with his guilt. He lives with his mom; his father’s whereabouts are never revealed, but the script suggests he’s dead. He enjoys science fiction and writes a story about wormholes to other dimensions in Danny’s memory, which he sends to Becca and Howie before publishing in the school’s literary magazine.