"The Outsider" - by Paul Slade Smith - Gateway Players (Southbridge, MA.) - AUDITIONS
Gateway Players
Will Hold AUDITIONS
for Paul Slade Smith's
"THE OUTSIDER"
Written by Paul Slade Smith
Directed by Patrick Bracken
Produced by Edward Humphries
Gateway Players Theatre in Southbridge, MA is hosting auditions for "THE OUTSIDER" written by Paul Slade Smith.
AUDITION DATES:
July 12, 2026 beginning at 6:30pm
July 14, 2026 beginning at 6:30pm
- Auditions and performances are to be held in the Fellowship Hall at Elm Street Congregational Church, 61 Elm Street, Southbridge, MA. Show dates are October 9, 10, 16, 17 and 18.
- Auditions will consist of cold-readings from the script.
REHEARSALS:
- Rehearsals will be on Mondays and Wednesdays at 6:30 pm, starting August 3rd.
- Character information is listed below.
- This is an adult production.
- Presented by permission through special arrangement with Concord Theatricals, A Dramatists Play Service Title.
For more information, please contact Gateway at 508-764-4531, or Ed Humphries at ehumphires72@gmail.com.
CHARACTER DESCRIPTIONS:
- PAIGE CALDWELL - female 20s to 40s; a professional publisher. A smart, confidant woman who sees politics as a series of contests to be won.
- DAVE RILEY - male 30s/40s; The Chief of Staff to the new Governor. Very smart but - despite years of experience in government, endearingly earnest and naive on the subject of politics.
- LOUISE PEAKES - female 30s to 50s; A temp employee hired as the Governor’s executive assistant. Personable, likable, impressively confident AND entirely inept. Without knowing it, she has the air of a politician about her.
- NED NEWLEY - male 50s/60s; The new Governor. A person of impressive ability but a complete lack of confidence. A man awaiting permission to enter a room in which he is already standing.
- ARTHUR VANCE - male 50s/60s; One of the most experienced and successful political consultants in the country. He’s a showman, but his excitement is 100% genuine and it’s contagious.
- RACHEL PARSONS - female 30s; A TV reporter. Straight forward and honest, and inquisitive by nature - she’s seen enough of life - and politics - to be cynical but she’s more apt to make a wry joke.
- C. PETERSON – male 30s to 50s. A TV cameraman - a working man who is just fine being the person you didn’t notice was there. He has a low tolerance for idiocy and would rather not interact with anyone. This doesn’t make him unfriendly - just a mystery.
Performances:
October 9, 2026 through October 18, 2026
(Contact Box Office for Exact Times)
Performances to be held at Fellowship Hall of Elm Street Congregational Church, 61 Elm Street in Southbridge, MA. Entrance is on Park Street (around corner).
TICKETS:
Online credit card ticket sales are available at www.gatewayplayers.org
For more information call # 508-764-4531 or visit www.gatewayplayers.org
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This program is supported by a grant from the Southbridge Cultural Council, a local agency which is supported by the Massachusetts Cultural Council, a state agency.
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ABOUT THE SHOW
Paul Slade Smith's "THE OUTSIDER" is a popular political satire play about an unlikely candidate, Ned Newley, who becomes governor after a scandal, despite his crippling fear of public speaking and lack of political instinct, becoming a symbol for voters seeking an anti-establishment figure.
The comedy skewers modern American politics, exploring themes of democracy, public perception, and the absurdity of the electoral process through witty dialogue and farcical situations.
It's known for being a hilarious, timely, and non-partisan look at the political landscape.
ABOUT GATEWAY PLAYERS THEATRE OF SOUTHBRIDGE
GATEWAY PLAYERS THEATRE, INC. is an all-volunteer community theater providing quality live theatre performances and workshops to Southbridge, Sturbridge, and Charlton, Massachusetts and surrounding areas. GATEWAY PLAYERS THEATRE, INC. started in 1975, when a group of interested community members decided that Southbridge needed a theater group to bring live productions to the area. First using local schools and borrowed rehearsal and storage space, GATEWAY then moved into its current home in 1978, when Ruth Wells (of the American Optical Company Wells family) donated her home on Main Street as a cultural center in Southbridge. GATEWAY PLAYERS THEATRE offers a full season of productions, usually performed at Elm Street Congregational Church, 61 Elm Street, Southbridge, MA. as well as workshops for youths and adults. Auditions are open to all, and new members are always welcome.
P.O. Box # 171
Southbridge, MA. 01550
# 508-764-4531
