AUDITION NOTICE: The Sweet Delilah Swim Club - Mates Theatre Genesis

Title: The Sweet Delilah Swim Club

Presented By: Mates Theatre Genesis

Genre: Comedy / Drama

Synopsis: Five Southern women whose friendship began 20+ years ago on their college swim team set aside a long weekend every August to recharge those relationships. Free from husbands, kids and jobs, they meet at the same beach cottage, the “Sweet Delilah” on North Carolina’s Outer Banks to catch up, laugh, and meddle in each other’s lives.

Audition Date: Sunday June 14th, 2026

Audition Time:10AM - 2PM

Audition Location and Address: Birkdale School of Arts Hall, 101 Birkdale Rd, Birkdale QLD 4159

Audition Requirements: Audition will be via cold read of the script. No learning of lines required. Please note an attempt of the Southern American accent would be preferred.

Audition Registration: Complete the audition form in the audition pack and email with recent headshot to info@matestg.org.au

Audition Pack: Download the audition pack HERE

Performance Dates: September 18th - 27th, 2026

Performance Times:

• September 18th, 19th, & 26th - 7:30PM

• September 27th - 2PM

Performance Location: Birkdale School of Arts Hall, 101 Birkdale Rd, Birkdale QLD 4159

Rehearsal Dates: From June 21st, 2026

• Tuesday & Thursday evenings

• Sunday daytime

Rehearsal Times:

• Tuesdays & Thursdays - 7 - 9:30PM

• Sundays - 10AM - 4PM

Rehearsal Location: Birkdale School of Arts Hall, 101 Birkdale Rd, Birkdale QLD 4159

Performer Age: 18+

Creative Team:

• Director - Jacqueline Kerr

• Playwrights - Jessie Jones, Nicholas Hope, Jamie Wooten

Production Website: Mates Theatre Genesis

Other Information:

• STAGEWORX Script Reading Sessions (optional and not a prerequisite for auditioning)

• Wednesday June 10th, 2026 - 1:30PM - 4PM

• Saturday June 13th, 2026 - 9AM - 11:30AM

Location - Cleveland Library, Meeting Room 2

Free to attend and all welcome.

• Successful cast and crew members must be financial members of MATES. Membership fees are $20 per year, expiring on 30 September each year. Membership Fees for Members joining after 30 June, will be valid for the following year.

• Membership fees must be paid by the first rehearsal date. Our Membership team will be in contact with the successful performers/crew to arrange membership details & payment.

• Members enjoy opportunities to participate in productions, discounted entry to workshops and selected events, networking opportunities, news updates.

• All participants are covered by Voluntary Workers Personal Accident Insurance and are expected to comply with MATES' policies and Code of Conduct, available at our website: https://matestg.org.au/members/

• Cast members and volunteers help source costume items/props (some can be borrowed by MATES) shoes and personal items such as makeup supplied by cast.

• This is an amateur theatre production. All cast & crew positions are unpaid roles.

• By accepting a place in this production, cast and crew members are committing to attend rehearsals, as well as publicity appearances, photo shoots or media calls as required.

• Casting decisions are made by the Director and MATES. Audition registrations are taken until our audition schedule is full.

• If you are successful in receiving an offer for this production, you will be expected to be available for rehearsals and performances on the schedule. Please list any conflicts with these dates on your audition form. Detailed rehearsal schedules are released periodically throughout the rehearsal process.

Available Roles/Character Breakdown:

• Sheree Hollinger - The perennial team captain. Practical, supportive and a fount of boundless energy. Never without her to-do lists or pocket scheduler, her tendency to be hyper-organised occasionally drive her friends a bit crazy. She’s the eternal tomboy, a health nut and an all-American mom who lives in Raleigh, NC with her family.

• Dinah Grayson - The wise-cracking cynic of the group; she has fought her way to the top and relishes the view. A lawyer in the biggest and most prestigious law firm in Atlanta, Dinah excels at everything… except romance. Armed with a dry martini and an even drier sense of humour, Dinah seldom reveals her softer side as she tackles life head-on.

• Lexie Richards - From Chapel Hill, NC, she is the delightfully vain, youth-obsessed even planner from a chain of four-star hotels. She has never shied away from the occasional nip or tuck and keeps her cosmetic surgeon on speed dial. Always one to revel in her status as a man-magnet, Lexie can be counted on to share wild and hilarious tales of her romantic exploits.

• Jeri Neal Mcfeeley - The ditzy ray of sunshine of the group, she’s perky and naïve and always sees the positive side of everything. Having been a nun for many years, Jeri Neal has been protected from life’s seamier side. Even though she appears to be predictable on the surface, Jeri Neal, recently relocated to Roanoke, VA, continually makes life choices that surprise and amaze her friends.

• Vernadette Simms - She is a hard luck case if there ever was one. Marriage and motherhood came shortly after college, and a dark cloud has hovered above her ever since. A public-school teacher with limited finances and a problematic home life in Spivey’s Corner, NC, Vernadette is self-deprecating by necessity. She faces her tribulations with gallows humour and the unwavering support of these lifelong friends.