The Good Counselor by Picture Frame Playhouse
in Darien, Connecticut

What To Know About This Production

The Good Counselor is a new drama about a chosen son's quest for truth. Vincent, a bright young lawyer in the Public Defender department has been assigned to defend a young woman accused of killing her three-week-old son. Hounded by his community and haunted by his past, Vincent struggles to defend both neglectful mothers: his client, and his own. A thought-provoking and beautifully written play, The Good Counselor literally prompts the audience to serve as the jury in determining what it means to be a good parent.


Performance Dates

  • Jun 22 Saturday 8:00 PM
  • Jun 23 Sunday 2:00 PM

Auditions For The Good Counselor

Auditions are Past

Cast List For The Good Counselor

Available Roles

  • Vincent Heffernon - (27-34 years old) African-American public defender practicing law in a rural county. He is the youngest in a family of four children and the only one in the family who has made it into the professional class. Sharp, mercurial and slick in some ways, altering his persona to suit the situation, but in other ways, he is fragile. He is not at ease with himself or reconciled to his position as the favored son in a struggling family.
  • Ray Heffernon - (29-36 years old) Vincent's older brother. African-American man in his mid-thirties. Currently working as a roofer. Has a history of drug addiction that may mask an undiagnosed mood disorder like bipolar. An incredible nose for the truth and the capacity to see humor in the absurdity of life.
  • Rita Heffernon - (65-75 years old) Ray and Vincent's mother. She is in poor health but struggles to stay out of bed and keep up appearances. Widowed at a young age, she raised her children on her own and takes pride in her autonomy. Has little truck for those who aren't able to manage life's challenges. Has pushed some dark episodes in her life into a corner and finds refuge in her church and the teachings of the bible.
  • Evelyn Laverty - (20-30 years old) A white single mother currently a suspect in the death of her infant. She is scared, truculent and a knee-jerk racist. Loves her remaining five-year old daughter but had mixed feelings about her infant and deep insecurities about her competence as a mother. Before her incarceration she drank to take the edge off of all the chaos that was piling up in her world.
  • Maya Aruna - (45-70 years old)The supervisor in the County public defender's office.

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