Audition notices
AUDITION NOTICE
‘INFLUENCE’
by David Williamson
Directed by Vicky Horwood
DDate: Saturday, 16th August 2025 from 10.30am to 3.30pm
Location: The Stirling Community Theatre, 7 Avenue Road, Stirling
Cast: 3 male (ages - 40s to 80s), 4 female (ages -17 to 50)
Season: Friday, 11th - Saturday, 26th September 2026, with performances on Friday to Sunday.
Rehearsals: Tuesday and Thursday evenings and Sunday afternoons, either in the Stirling Community Theatre or a nearby hall commencing mid-late July 2026
Auditions: Individually, plus in a group
The play:
‘Influence’ is a 2005 play by David Williamson about a right-wing radio "shock jock". A scathing and bitingly funny play about the media personalities that dominate our lives and the divisions that can shatter families.
On the radio, Ziggi Blasco knows how to turn fear into hate. A talk-back host whose power rests in his influence over his audience, he fills Sydney's airwaves with his appeals to a particular brand of 'common sense', his hard stance on terrorists and his lashings at political correctness.
But in the private sphere, Ziggi's influence is fading away.
Characters:
All ages are ‘scripted’ stage ages:
Ziggi: (50s) Right-wing radio talk show host. A flawed and hypocritical character, struggling with his own family issues and personal contradictions
Tony: (40s) Blasco employee:-driver and general dog’s body about the house. Adds further complication and irritation to the lives of the main characters, particularly Ziggi and his wife.
Marko: (80s) Ziggi’s father. Frail but dignified. Moves into the household with a lot more than just clothes as his baggage. A Croatian refugee with a secret that could destroy Ziggi's career,
Carmela: (30s) Ziggi’s narcissistic, self-obsessed wife. Attempting a come-back as a ballerina.
Vivienne: (Teens) Ziggi’s erratic daughter. A manic depressive.
Connie: (47 ) Ziggi’s social crusader sister. As strong-minded as Ziggi, but with opinions and solutions a world apart.
Zehra: (40s) the Turkish housekeeper with a moral core diametrically opposed to Ziggi’s
Book an audition time with the director Vicky Horwood at clarevhorwood@gmail.com
or 0409 690 283
For further informationand audition pieces, feel free to contact the director.
Casting Policy
a) The aim of the casting policy is to find the best available cast for each production, by seeking cast members who are the best available actors, whose appearance, character interpretation and stage presence fit well with other cast members and with the nature of the play, and the Director’s vision.
b) Due consideration must be given to the reputation of Stirling Players as a community theatre group constantly striving for excellence.
c) Plays will be cast by either open or closed auditions before a panel of the Director and either one or two persons appointed by the Committee to assist the Director.
d) The deliberations of the casting panel are confidential and final casting decisions are to be reached by consensus, with the Director having the final casting vote if consensus cannot be reached.
e) No play is to be pre-cast. Any person may be invited to audition, however, there are to be no roles promised. All cast members are to be selected on merit at the audition.