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THEATER TO GO
Announces auditions for
ROOM SERVICE
November 22-23, 2015
A Fast Paced Comedy by John Murray and Allen Boretz
made famous by the Marx Brothers in 1938
Directed by Ruth Markoe
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seeks 11 men and 2 women with good comic timing:
Non Equity
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PERFORMANCES:
All performances and rehearsals will be held at Kelsey Theatre, 1200 Old Trenton Rd, West Windsor , NJ 08550
- Feb 12, 13, 19,20 at 8:00 PM
- Feb 14, 21 at 2:00 PM
AUDITION time & Location
- Sunday Nov 22 from 1-5 & Monday Nov 23 from 7-10
- Kelsey Theatre at Mercer County Community College 1200 Old Trenton Rd, West Windsor,NJ 08550
- In the CM BUILDING located behind the Theater
- Callbacks TBD After Thanksgiving
APPOINTMENTS
PREPARE
- Bring headshot and resume and/or send electronically to
Auditions@TheaterToGo.com
- Prepare a comic monologue with possible cold reading from script.
- Familiarity with the script is a plus (Script available on request). All roles require quick comic timing and physical agility.
REHEARSALS
- First read-through will be early December with 1-2 rehearsals before Holidays
- Heaviest rehearsal period will be in January/February.
- We will try to work around conflicts, but we do not like surprises after the rehearsal schedule is set
THE STORY:
A nimble-witted producer Gordon Miller is holed up in a Times Square hotel with 19 hungry actors, a ballooning room service bill and living on credit, is desperately in need of a good script. He finds one, and, by great good luck, he also finds an angel with $15,000. He tries to forestall eviction by concocting a series of preposterous events. The play shows how, during a hectic few days, the producer plays hide-and-seek with the angel who wants to withdraw his financial support, manages to outwit creditors, and at the very last moments puts over his play in spite of the most ludicrous and unexpected obstacles. A Broadway hit in 1937, this very funny play about the wheeling and dealing of theatrical producing is still relevant today. Made into a Marx Brothers movie - but the play is funnier!
CAST BREAKDOWN
- Gordon Miller: (M - 30 +) a fast talking, quick-witted producer with big ideas but a very small budget.
- Joseph Gribble: (M - 30+) The anxious manager of the White Way Hotel where Miller is unable to pay the bills for his indigent troupe. He is also Miller's brother-in-law.
- Sasha Smirnoff: (M 30 +) a waiter at the White Way Hotel who was an actor in his native Russia. Role requires a Russian accent
- Harry Binion: (M 30+) The director of Miller's production of Godspeed.
- Faker Englund: (M 20s -40s) Miller's general assistant who has an earthy quality and boundless energy.
- Christine Marlowe: (F 20s-30s) an actress hoping to become a Broadway star in Miller's production, and his girlfriend.
- Leo Davis: (M - mid 20s-30s) a clean cut inexperienced young man from the small town of Oswego and the author of Godspeed, Miller's intended production.
- Hilda Manney: (F - 20s-30s) the secretary of Joseph Gribble.
- Gregory Wagner: (M 50s +) an overbearing, hot-tempered hotel executive who inadvertently becomes a backer of Miller's play.
- Simon Jenkins: (M - 50s+) Representative of a wealthy man who wants to invest in a play.
- Hogarth: (M - any age) A man from a collection agency whose job makes him responsible for repossessing Davis's typewriter.
- Dr. Glass: (M - 50s +) Harassed hotel doctor.
- Senator Blake: (M - 50s+) the top executive of the hotel chain which runs the White Way Hotel
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