Whole Backstage Hosts Auditions For GODS FAVORITE 6/24

AUDITIONS FOR GOD'S FAVORITE held at the WHOLE BACKSTAGE THEATRE. Fall 2010 Performance Dates: 9/24, 9/25, 9/26 & 9/30, 10/1, 10/2, 10/3

"God's Favorite"
Neil Simon
5 males 3 females
Comedy
Director: Janet Jordan

"How much can a man love God?" This Biblical interpretation will leave you laughing all the way home."

Synopsis: Successful Long Island businessman Joe Benjamin is a modern-day Job
( For those who skipped Sunday school that week, Job was one of God's favorite humans, a wealthy and faithful man. One day the devil made God a bet that, if all his good fortune was taken away, Job would eventually turn against him. God took the bet and what came next was a miserable time for old Job but a grand time (for audiences) due to the genius of Neil Simon.)
Job lives with a high-maintenance wife, ungrateful children, and wisecracking household
help. Just when it seems it couldn't get any worse, he is visited by Sidney Lipton AKA (a
messenger from God) with a mission: test Joe's faith and report back to "the Boss." The jokes
and tests of faith fly fast and furious as Neil Simon spins a contemporary version of the
Biblical Job like no other in this hilarious comedy. Simon poses some huge questions about life,
but never loses his wonderful sense of humor.

List of Characters:

Joe Benjamin: wealthy middle-aged businessman tested by God
Rose Benjamin: Joe's "ditsy" wife
David Benjamin: Joe's drunken son (late 20's)
Sarah Benjamin: Joe's kooky twin daughter (age 24)
Ben Benjamin: Joe's other twin (equally kooky age 24)
Sidney Lipton: Messenger from God (a very UNLIKELY choice 30's-40's)
Mady: lady servant (most disrespectful) middle-aged
Morris: manservant (equally disrespectful) middle-aged

Audition Dates: Thursday, June 24, 2010 6:00 p.m.
Saturday, June 26, 2010 10:00 a.m.
Call Backs (If needed) Sunday, June 27, 2010 2:00 p.m.

Audition Materials will be available by June 1, 2010 at all area libraries and WBS office.