open auditions for June production
March 24 & 25, 2026, 7-9 PM
LTM Announces Auditions for The Waverly Gallery
The Little Theatre of Manchester announces open auditions for its June production of Kenneth Lonergan’s The Waverly Gallery. Auditions will be held on Tuesday and Wednesday, March 24 and 25, from 7-9 pm at Cheney Hall, 177 Hartford Road, Manchester, CT. Callbacks will be held on Thursday, March 26, if needed.
All roles are open. LTM is committed to building diversity and inclusion throughout our organization. Actors of all ethnicities, gender identities, ages, and abilities are highly encouraged to audition.
Actors should be prepared for sight readings from the script.
Rehearsals begin April 20th, and are scheduled Monday through Wednesday. The show is directed by David Pelletier. Any questions should be directed to him at david.pelletier@meridenk12.org.
The Waverly Gallery is a memory play focusing on the final years of Gladys, an elderly woman battling dementia, and her family’s struggles to cope. Narrated from the point of view of Daniel, her grandson.
“A wacky and heartrending look at the effect of senility on a family.” The New York Times called it, “Deeply theatrical and often deeply funny.”
Character Descriptions
Gladys Green (80s): The central figure, described as a "relentless talker" who is witty, charming, and feisty, but increasingly erratic due to dementia. She is a former lawyer and activist who clings to her independence and her small gallery.
Daniel Reed (20s-30s): Gladys's grandson and the play’s narrator. He is a speechwriter who deeply loves his grandmother but struggles with the emotional toll of watching her decline.
Ellen Fine (50s-60s): Gladys's daughter and a psychiatrist. She is torn between her love for her mother and the frustration/distress caused by her mother's worsening condition.
Howard Fine (50s): Ellen’s husband and Daniel’s stepfather. He is also a psychiatrist who tries to manage the practical, sometimes chaotic, reality of Gladys’s decline with a mix of patience and shouting.
Don Bowman (20s-30s): A "sweetly clueless" and likely untalented painter from Massachusetts. He is a "lost soul" who becomes an unlikely, gentle friend to Gladys, often oblivious to her deteriorating mental state.
