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Doubt, A Parable

John Patrick Shanley
Directed by Barbara Evans
Monday July 21 at 7:00 pm
Show Dates: October 10,11,12,16,17,18

Casting:

1 White Male 30-40 (Caucasian)
1 Woman age 50-60 (Caucasian)
1 Woman age 20-30 (Caucasian)
1 Woman age 35-40 (African-American)

Please prepare a one minute dramatic Monologue and there will also be cold readings from the script. Call 249-0289 for information

In this brilliant and powerful drama, Sister Aloysius, a Bronx school principal, takes matters into her own hands when she suspects the young Father Flynn of improper relations with one of the male students. Winner of the 2005 Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award. All the elements come invigoratingly together like clockwork in John Patrick Shanley's provocative new play, DOUBT, a gripping story of suspicion cast on a priest's behavior that is less about scandal than about fascinatingly nuanced questions of moral certainty. Something rare for this season: a laudable new American play. Variety. #1 show of the year. How splendid it feels to be trusted with such passionate, exquisite ambiguity unlike anything we have seen from this prolific playwright so far. Blunt yet subtle, manipulative but full of empathy for all sides, the play is set in 1964 but could not be more timely. In just ninety fast-moving minutes, Shanley creates four blazingly individual people. DOUBT is a lean, potent drama passionate, exquisite, important and engrossing. NY Newsday. A beautifully balanced drama. Shanley is a writer working at the top of his craft, making the most of a muted but evocative palette in the pu
rsuit of truth's shadows. Here, for the first time in a long time, is a play that is about something. Chicago Tribune. An eloquent and provocative investigation of truth and consequences. A gripping mystery, tightly written. Time Out.

OTHELLO

Auditions for Shakespeare’s Othello will be held in the auditorium of Players by the Sea on September 14, 2008 at 7:00 PM.

Characters:

Othello the Moor—Age 30-35
Brabantio, Father to Desdemona—Age 50-55
Gratiano, Brabantio’s Brother—Age 55-60
Lodovico, Desdemona’s Cousin—Age 25-30
Duke of Venice—Age 45-55
Cassio, Othello’s Lieutenant—Age Late 20s to Early 30s
Iago, Othello’s Ancient—Age Mid to Late 30s
Roderigo, Venetian Gentleman—Age Mid 40s
Montano, Governor of Cyprus—Age 40-45
Clown—Age 30-40
Herald—Age Early 20s
Desdemona, Brabantio’s Daughter & Wife to Othello—Age 18-23
Emilia, Iago’s Wife—Age Early 30s
Bianca, Courtesan, Cassio’s Mistress—Age 20-25
10 to 12 men representing and doubling roles as: Officers, Gentlemen, Messenger, Musicians, Attendants, Sailors and Senators of Venice. Ages are variable for these roles and most will have some lines.
2 women Attendants doubling as Townsfolk and Courtesans—Age 20-35

The age ranges provided above indicate what the director is looking for visually and does not necessarily have to be the age of the actor. However, as Players is an intimate space, consider how young or old you can play in such close proximity to the audience. A monologue is requested for your audition piece. The monologue should not be from Othello and is to be no more than two minutes in length. Actors expecting to be cast in a speaking role should come prepared with a monologue. This is your chance to show your stuff before we go into script readings.

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Fuddy Meer

Auditions for Fuddy Meers by Pulitzer Prize winning author David Lindsay-Abaire, will be held at Players By the Sea on
Jan 18, 2009 At 7:00 pm.
Fuddy Meers
By David Lindsay-Abaire
March 6,7,8,12,13,14,15,19,20,21

This poignant and brutal new comedy traces one woman’s attempt to regain her memory while surrounded by a curio-cabinet of alarmingly bizarre characters. The auditions will consist of cold readings, but familiarity with the play in advance would be much advised. This is a brutal comedy compiled with alarmingly bizarre characters! Absolutely hysterical!

Cast of Characters:

  • Claire – 40’s, a generally sunny woman with amnesia.
  • Richard – 40’s, a chatty friendly, sometimes nervous man.
  • Kenny - 17, a troubled teen
  • Limping man - about 40, a lisping, limping, half -blind, half -deaf man with secrets.
  • Gertie - 60’s, a clear-headed lady who’s had a stroke and can’t speak properly.
  • Millet - 30’s or 40’s, an odd man with a potty mouthed puppet.
  • Heidi - 20’s 30’s or 40’s, a tough woman in uniform.

Urinetown

Auditions for Urinetown will be held on
March 8th 2009 at 7:00.

Book by Greg Kotis Lyrics and Music by Greg Kotis and Mark Hollmann
June 5,6,7,11,12,13,14,18,19,20,21,25,26,27

Please prepare 16 bars of music that best shows your vocal range and ability. An accompanist will be provided. Please familiarize yourself with the show prior to auditions.The cast will consist of approximately 10 men and 10 women. Actors between the ages of 16 and up are welcome to audition.

One of the most uproariously funny musicals in recent years, URINETOWN is a hilarious tale of greed, corruption, love, and revolution in a time when water is worth its weight in gold. In a Gotham-like city, a terrible water shortage, caused by a 20-year drought, has led to a government-enforced ban on private toilets. The citizens must use public amenities, regulated by a single malevolent company that profits by charging admission for one of humanity's most basic needs. Amid the people, a hero decides he's had enough, and plans a revolution to lead them all to freedom! Inspired by the works of Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill, URINETOWN is an irreverently humorous satire in which no one is safe from scrutiny. Praised for reinvigorating the very notion of what a musical could be, URINETOWN catapults the “comedic romp” into the new millennium with its outrageous perspective, wickedly modern wit, and sustained ability to produce gales of unbridled laughter.

Christmas Belles

By Jessie Jones, Nicholas Hope, Jamie Wooten

Audition Dates:October 12 at 7pm
Casting
4 men 20’s-60’s
7 women Late 20’s to 60’s
Show Dates: November 30, December 5,6,7,11,12,13,14,18,19,20

It’s Christmas-time in the small town of Fayro, Texas, and the Futrelle Sisters—Frankie, Twink and Honey Raye—are not exactly in a festive mood. A cranky Frankie is weeks overdue with her second set of twins. Twink, recently jilted and bitter about it, is in jail for inadvertently burning down half the town. And hot-flash-suffering Honey Raye is desperately trying to keep the Tabernacle of the Lamb’s Christmas Program from spiraling into chaos. But things are not looking too promising: Miss Geneva, the ousted director of the previous twenty-seven productions, is ruthless in her attempts to take over the show. The celebrity guest Santa Claus—played by Frankie’s long-suffering husband, Dub—is passing a kidney stone. One of the shepherds refuses to watch over his flock by night without pulling his little red wagon behind him. And the entire cast is dropping like flies due to food poisoning from the Band Boosters’ Pancake Supper. And when Frankie lets slip a family secret that has been carefully guarded for decades, all hope for a successful Christmas program seems lost, even with an Elvis impersonator at the manger. But in true Futrelle fashion, the feuding sisters find a way to pull together in order to present a Christmas program the citizens of Fayro will never forget. Their hilarious holiday journey through a misadventure-filled Christmas Eve is guaranteed to bring joy to your world!

The Price

By Arthur Miller
Show Dates: April 17,18,19,23,24,25,26,30 May 1,2
Audition Date: Feb 9th at 7pm

Cold reading from the script
3 men 50 – 60
1 woman 50-60

The brilliant, powerful and deeply moving play that marked the author’s triumphant return to Broadway. The play examines with compassion, humor, rare insight, the relationship of two long-estranged brothers who meet after many years to dispose of their late father’s
belongings. Truly this is one of the most engrossing and entertaining plays that Miller has ever written.

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