OPEN-CALL auditions (no appointments required)
MONDAY, SEPT. 8 and TUESDAY, SEPT. 9
at 7 p.m. each night
Cast Requirements
SEVEN MEN in the age range of early 20s through late 40s
Auditions will consist of cold readings from the script.
About the Play
Winner of the 1995 Tony Award for Best Play, Terrence McNally's comic drama concerns an interconnected group of eight gay men. Over the course of three summer weekends, the men gather at the upstate New York house of a celebrated dancer/choreographer who fears he is losing his creativity and possibly his lover. Infidelity, flirtations, soul-searching, AIDS, truth-telling and skinny-dipping mix with monumental questions about life and death -- and even a dress rehearsal of Swan Lake performed in drag!
About the Performances
The show will be performed in Weathervane's John L. Dietz Theater from Oct. 30 to Nov. 15, 2008.
Performances are Thursdays at 7:30 p.m., Fridays and Saturdays at 8 p.m. and Sundays at 2:30 p.m.
About the Director
JIM FIPPIN has been acting, directing and otherwise engaged in theater in Northeast Ohio for more than 20 years. As the artistic director of Akron's Coach House Theatre from 2000 to 2007, he staged such productions as Chapter Two, Betrayal, Last of the Red Hot Lovers, Art, Private Lives, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? and A Life in the Theatre. Last season for Weathervane Playhouse, he directed Someone Who'll Watch Over Me.
Internet Resources
Buy the script
The New York Times review of the show's original Broadway production
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AUDITIONS BY APPOINTMENT ONLY!
SUNDAY, SEPT. 14 and TUESDAY, SEPT. 15
between 5 and 7 p.m. each night
How Do I Get an Audition Appointment?
Please call the Playhouse at 330/836-2626 to sign up for an audition time! (Call Mondays from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. or Tues.,s through Fri., s between 10 a.m. and 5:30 p.m.) Auditionees will need to stay on site for approximately 30 minutes.
Cast Requirements
The show requires a large cast (34) of male and female performers between the ages of 12 and 21.
Adult male performers (those ages 21 or older) may audition for two roles only: the Pharaoh and Jacob.
Audition Preparation
Please prepare 16 bars of music from the musical-theater song of your choice (not longer than one minute). Please bring sheet music with you in the correct key; an accompanist will be provided.
Please bring your calendar with you to auditions. Conflict dates will not be accepted after the show has been cast. Cast members who fail to declare their conflict dates before rehearsals begin may be re-cast with other actors!
About the Rehearsals
Start Sun., Sept. 21. Rehearsals will run Sundays through Thursdays from 5 to 7 p.m. Please assume you will be called to every rehearsal.
About the Performances Nov. 25 to Dec. 21, 2008 (This includes four daytime performances.)
Tues., Nov. 25 at 10 a.m. Fri., Nov. 28 at 7:30 p.m. Sat., Nov. 29 at 3:30 p.m. Sun., Nov. 30 at 3:30 p.m. Tues., Dec. 2 at 10 a.m. Fri., Dec. 5 at 7:30 p.m. Sat., Dec. 6 at 3:30 p.m. Sun., Dec. 7 at 3:30 p.m. Weds., Dec. 10 at 10 a.m. Fri., Dec. 12 at 7:30 p.m. Sat., Dec. 13 at 3:30 p.m. Sun., Dec. 14 at 3:30 p.m. Thurs., Dec. 18 at 10 a.m. Fri., Dec. 19 at 7:30 p.m. Sat., Dec. 20 at 3:30 p.m. Sun., Dec. 21 at 3:30 p.m. (Followed by a MANDATORY STRIKE)
About the Creative Team
SARAH BAILEY is the director of this production.
EVIE MORRIS is the musical director of this production.
Internet Resources
Get downloadable sheet music of vocal selections from the show
Learn more about the show
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