Present Day Eileen, Max, 1950’S Eileen ,Gerry

About the Job

Chalon, is a story about love, memory, and the ways music can preserve pieces of our lives long after memory itself begins to fade. The story moves between the present day and 1950s Hollywood, following former actress Eileen Thomas as she relives the night she first fell in love with her childhood friend, Gerry, while her grandson, Max, begins to uncover a part of her life he had only known as a story. Eileen — Present Day An elderly former Hollywood actress. A quiet, emotionally nuanced performance moving between confusion, vulnerability, memory, and moments of lucidity. Max Eileen’s young adult grandson and caretaker. Warm, grounded, emotionally restrained, with much of the relationship communicated through subtle gestures rather than dialogue. Eileen — 1950s A glamorous young Hollywood starlet who has learned how to perform for the world around her but is beginning to question the identity that fame has created for her. The performance draws from the polished, heightened quality of Golden Age Hollywood. Gerry — 1950s Eileen’s childhood best friend and eventual great love, a struggling composer returning to her life. Charming, romantic, and slightly old-fashioned in the tradition of a classic 1950s leading man, while remaining emotionally sincere.