ALL ROLES OPEN

Stone Church Players encourages actors of all race, ethnicities, identities, and body types to audition. Please note, ages listed below are for the character, not the actor.

Character Breakdowns:

FRANCESCA: (soprano, character age – 30’s to 40’s) An Italian war bride living in Winterset, Iowa in 1965, has had eighteen years of quiet, largely unfulfilling farm life. She is described as beautiful, generous, luminous and funny.

RICHARD “BUD” JOHNSON: (baritone, character age – 40’s to 50’s) Francesca’s husband. An Iowa farmer, a good guy, diligent and dependable, but always exhausted and irritated that things haven’t gotten easier.

ROBERT KINCAID: (baritone, character age – 30’s to 40’s) A ruggedly handsome and visionary photographer for the National Geographic who has travelled from Washington State to photograph the famous covered bridges of Madison County.

MARIAN: (mezzo-soprano, character age – 30’s) Robert’s former wife. A musician and previous owner of Robert’s guitar. (Note – one actress may play both Marian and Chiara)

CHIARA: (character age – 30’s to 40’s, non-speaking role) Francesca’s sister who still lives in Italy. (Note – one actress may play both Marian and Chiara)

STATE FAIR SINGER: (soprano, no character age) (Note – the State Fair Singer may be added into a small singing ensemble who will also portray neighbors, townspeople and state fair patrons)

MICHAEL: (tenor, character age – 16 to begin) Francesca and Bud’s rebellious son who later graduates from medical school.

CAROLYN: (soprano, character age – 14 to begin) Francesca and Bud’s daughter. Filled with both fire and longing for a full life ahead.

MARGE and CHARLIE: (alto and bass, character ages – 30’s to 60’s) Francesca and Bud’s next-door neighbors. While she is both sassy and nosy, they are a couple of hardworking salt-of-the-earth souls, firmly entrenched in the farm life of Winterset.