The Lonely Planet – Auditions
- BY: Stephen Dietz
- DIRECTED BY: Michael Ducharme
- SHOW DATES: 08/28/2025 - 09/25/2025
- PREVIEW DATES: 08/28/2025, 08/29/2025
- OPENING NIGHT CELEBRATION: 08/30/2025
- SUNDAY MATINEES: @2pm on 09/07/25, 09/14/25, 09/21/25, 09/28/25
- READING SERIES: Saturday 09/10/25
- For Ages: All ages welcome
- Callbacks: 06/23/25, 7-9pm
“Lonely Planet could be tagged a love story, an existential meditation on human isolation and connection, an absurdist comedy. Each label would fit, but none would convey the scope of this intimate yet expansive work. Steven Dietz has found a credible way to merge his sardonic with any political concerns with emotional authenticity and heart.” – The Seattle Times
“Mr. Dietz is a graceful writer, able to set up and work out his conceits with intelligent precision. And there is no ignoring the honest and troubled emotional core at the play’s center.” – The New York Times
The poignant, funny and deeply personal story of two close friends navigating a time of crisis and loss unfolds in Steven Dietz’s play Lonely Planet, showing at Mendocino Theatre Company August 28 through September 28.
Auditions will take place on Sunday, June 22 at 3pm. and on Monday, June 23 at 6pm-7pm with callbacks from 7pm-9pm. To register for an audition, please visit MTC’s website at www.mendocinotheatre.org
Anyone wishing to audition should prepare a 2 or 3-minute monologue of your choosing and should also be prepared to read from the script.
“Sometimes it’s only our friends who can reach us and help us to see things in a new way. The uniquely powerful force of close friendship is what allows the heart to open,” says Ducharme, “and allows people to step out and face things they otherwise could not handle.”
The timeliness of the play, given the recent global pandemic crisis, is certainly worth the look back at this coping portrayal set in a previous era of loss.