Casting Call: Audition for Romantic Comedy
Auditions for Romantic Comedy
Sunday, November 8 and Monday, November 9 @ 7 to 9 PM
Sunday, November 8 and Monday, November 9 @ 7 to 9 PM
Readings from the script. Open call. No appointments.
Directed by Julie King
Written by Bernard Slade
Presented by special arrangement with Samuel French, Inc.
Show Synopsis:
Arrogant, self-centered and sharp tongued Jason Carmichael, successful co-author of Broadway romantic comedies, is facing two momentous events: he is about to marry a society belle and his collaborator is retiring.
Enter Phoebe Craddock, Vermont schoolteacher and budding playwright. Quicker than a flash, Jason acquires a talented and adoring collaborator in the mousy Phoebe. Fame and success are theirs for ten years and then Jason’s world falls apart. His wife divorces him to go into politics and Phoebe, her love for Jason unrequited, marries a breezy journalist and moves to Paris. Jason goes into professional, financial and physical decline as a newly chic Phoebe returns, solo and successful.
~A darling of a play…zesty entertainment of cool wit and warm sentiment~ New York Post
Characters:
Jason: mid 30’s, ages to 45; magnetic personality; sophisticated; successful playwright
Phoebe: mid 20’s, ages to 35; mousy (morphs to chic); former schoolteacher; Jason’s new writing partner
Blanche: 50ish; flamboyant; ex-showgirl; Jason’s literary agent; a take-charge type; 5 scenes
Allison: 20’s, ages to 30’s; beautiful; confident; society princess who morphs to savvy politician; marries Jason in the first act; 4 scenes
Leo: mid 30’s, ages to 40’s; rumpled, rough-edged journalist, love interest of Phoebe; 3 scenes
Kate: mid 30’s; pretty; feminine; deceptively sweet ambitious actress; 1 scene
Performance Dates
Wednesday, January 20 (VIP night); January 21 – February 6; Thursday – Saturday @ 8 pm, with 2 PM matinee on Saturdays
For information:
Contact Director, Julie King (jking1318@gmail.com) or
Stage Manager, Jason Kriner (jasonkriner@hotmail.com)
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