Bergen County Players is holding
auditions for God of Carnage, the award-winning play by Yasmina Reza, to be directed by Alyson Cohn.
When:
Auditions will be held Monday, January 12th and Tuesday, January 13th,
both at 7:30 pm. Callbacks will be Thursday, January 15th at 7:30 pm by
invitation only.
Where:
Little Firehouse Theatre, 298 Kinderkamack Road, Oradell, NJ
Production Dates:
May 1 - May 31, 2015
Roles:
Alan Raleigh: (male, late 30s - early 50s) married to Annette, he is an extremely successful, high-powered corporate attorney and inseparable from his cell phone. He is work obsessed and would probably rather be doing anything
besides dealing with the issue of the kids dispute. He has a razor wit and a tongue to match. At times, Alan can be openly rude. He is Benjamin’s father.
Annette Raleigh: (female, late 30s - early 50s) married to Alan, she is a
wealth management specialist. Successful, practical and articulate, she is anxious to solve the dispute amicably. She carries beneath the surface some unspoken resentments, is somewhat nervous at times, and suffers from anxiety attacks. She is Benjamin’s mother.
Michael Novak: (male, late 30s - early 50s) married to Veronica, he is a self-made successful wholesaler in “Fittings”. He seems quite amiable and very much “the guy you would like to have a beer with. This does not suggest that he is ignorant or stupid. It is simply his usual comfort zone, which can be disturbed rather easily. Michael can be tough, blunt, and somewhat blue collar in nature. He is afraid of rodents. He is Henry’s father.
Veronica Novak: (female, late 30s - early 50s) married to Michael, she is a writer specializing in African culture and politics, writing a book on Darfur. She is an art enthusiast as well. She is a bit of an Earth Mother” and “Model Parent, but obsessively so on both counts, with a zealot’s rigidity. Veronica is bright, controlling, anal, and judgmental with a false sense of civility. She puts the “Aggressive” in “Passive Aggressive”. She is Henry’s mother.
The play is, on the surface, a black comedy with a great deal of light humor. At its center, it is very dark indeed. The characters are well-educated, upscale and articulate. As the play charts the characters' journey from self-congratulatory civility to brutal, primal desperation, the dialogue is complex, witty and finally, quite savage. This is not a 'kitchen sink' play. If one
needs a model: think Stoppard, Pinter or even Coward (though on a rough day). The text is complex and succinct and must be learned with meticulous accuracy and played with precision, briskness and a consummate commitment to the intentions inherent in it. Actors should be familiar with the script at auditions.
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