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The Brewster Theater Company, Inc. announces auditions for their annual ‘Evening of One-Acts’
“You’ve Got a Friend” will be the subject of 8 one-act plays, several by local playwrights, to be presented at The Brewster Theater Company’s fourth annual Evening of One-Acts. Conflict, humor and tenderness reach across the generations in this wide array of pieces, offering roles for actors over age 13. With a compressed rehearsal cycle and short, manageable roles, this is a perfect opportunity for experienced actors with limited time to ‘keep their hand in’ or for new actors who just want to ‘get their feet wet’.
Dates: Wednesday April 4th and April 11th Time: 7:30 PM Location: Brewster Public Library, Main Street, Brewster Click here for directions to the library Cast: We are looking for male and female actors (both new and experienced!) from teenagers to adults. We are also looking for some teenage singers and dancers for a small choreographed number as well. We have a large number of roles available... So come one, come all! You may prepare a short piece to audition for each director with. You may also be asked to ‘cold read’ from some of the director’s pieces, which will be provided. Please be prepared to arrive as close to 7:30 PM as possible, and to stay on until you have had an opportunity to read for the appropriate roles. Performances “You’ve Got a Friend” An Evening of One Acts is scheduled to be performed on Friday June 1st at 8:00PM and Saturday June 2nd at 2:00PM and 8:00PM For further information, play and character synopsis and directions: Go to www.brewstertheatercompany.org, Send e-mail to: oneacts@brewstertheater.org or leave a message at: (845) 598-1621 This event is made possible in part with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts Decentralization Program, administered in Putnam County by the Putnam Arts Council.
Play Details
Into The
Light
Director Debbie Levin Cast LINDSAY: (20s – 40s) Guilt-ridden and patient friend, who often plays the peacemaker. SHELL: (20s – 40s) Hip alpha friend, who tells it like it with a sarcastic, know-it-all flair. BARBRA: (20s – 40s) Sulky, self-absorbed friend, who needs to be the center of attention. HARRY: (30s – 40s) Cool, authoritative and unflappable, with a ironic sense of humor. VOICE: Deep, commanding
Lindsay pays her respects at the grave site of her two best friends, who died in an automobile accident while she was driving. Departed friends, Shell and Barbra, pay a surprise ‘post mortem’ visit and candidly share their frustrated feelings and complain about the ‘limbo’ in which they find themselves. Little do they realize that Harry, the driver of the truck that killed them, is an ‘exalted spirit’ who has come to unite the three in eternal friendship.
Whine &
Cheese
Director MG Wells Cast LARA: (30s - 50s) An outspoken history teacher, who detests George W. Bush. JULES: (30s - 50s) A frustrated Home-Ec teacher, who breaks into unexpected fits of rage. HOST: (20's- 50s) Condescending French snob imitation. Synopsis Two friends sip red wine and complain about life while they wait for a table outside a trendy French café, where they encounter a smug and surly Host.
Tweaking Comedy short by Ira Brodsky & Barabara Lhota Director Richard Manichello Cast (2 females age range 30-50) Helen: (30s - 50s) corporate sales bulldog - strong-headed and married saleswoman for a large firm Gina: (30s - 50s) corporate mid-manager, Helen’s best friend is single, milder, gentler, a co-worker of unknown business skills
Synopsis Two friends scheme a plan to make their significant others jealous in order to spice up their love lives. The two women spin a web of extended complications in their complex scheming, and in the process they expose their own vulnerability and romance deprivation.
I Am With You Still Written by Karen Muendell Director Karen Muendell and Antonio D. Soares, Jr. Cast Ariana - mother - 40's + Stacie - her friend - same age range Nurse - female - any age Melinda - daughter - 20's Synopsis A friend tries to help a mother and daughter come to terms with their rocky past and reconcile before its is too late.
Cutting Remarks Brodsky and Lhota Director Stephanie Sevelovitz Cast Dana - 20+ woman currently unemployed Candie - 25+ woman, Kindergarten Teacher Synopsis
Dana and Candie meet in hair salon waiting to get their hair cut. Candie is a
overworked kindergarten teacher and Dana has been recently fired and is
looking for a job she can keep. They end up sharing there most intimate
thoughts with one another and end up becoming fast friends.
If You Open Your Eyes
Director Katie Faivre Cast 6 Teenagers Synopsis A story about 2 disabled people and their so called "friends"
"The Philadelphia"
by David Ives
Director M. N. Ferrara Cast
Al: (20's- early 40's) A California cool kind of guy
with the look and laid back attitude to match.
Mark: (20's- early 40's - same age as AL) A
more uptight kind of guy having a bad day. He can't seem to get anything
he needs
Waitress: Any age, but must have a weariness about her. Cynical, tired, bored. Synopsis The play, which takes place in the present, is about two friends who meet at a restaurant for a meal, their encounter with a world weary waitress, and eventual decent into a parallel, metaphysical universe. This "world" manifests itself by trapping the participants in a "state", other than the one their bodies are occupying. The "State" referred to is both a state of mind, and a city in the U.S.A.
"You've Got a Friend in Me" Musical Number Choreographer Regina Sweeney Cast 2 dancing roles - teenagers 1 singing role
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