Vagabond Players' BRIGHTON BEACH MEMOIRS Cancelled; SPEED-THE-PLOW to Replace, Runs 4/16 Thru 5/16

Brighton Beach Memoirs is being pulled from the Vagabond Players current season. Speed-the-Plow by David Mamet, directed by Steve Goldklang will be its replacement. Performances will run from April 16, 2010 until May 16, 2010.

David Mamet's comedy is a raw, funny and ruthless behind-the-scenes dissection of Hollywood --- how deals are cut and how movies get made. A phenomenal success in New York, Speed-the-Plow garnered three Tony Award nominations including Best Play.

Auditions will be held at Vagabond Theatre, 806 South Broadway in Fells Point, on Thursday, November 19 at 7:30 p.m. and Saturday, November 21 at 1:30 pm. Non-Equity actors only, please.

Two highly experienced male actors (30's - 40's) are needed for the roles of Bobby Gould and Charlie Fox (Hollywood producers). The role of Karen is already cast.

Rehearsals will begin in late February 2010.

Please contact Steve Goldklang (Director) at steve.goldklang@gmail.com or (410) 435-7697 to schedule audition time.

The Vagabond Players Theatre was established in 1916 during the popular "Little Theatre Movement" and quickly established itself as an important part of theatre history. They are celebrating ninety-three years of continuously operating theatre here in Baltimore. The first play produced by Vagabonds was an original piece submitted by H.L. Mencken The Artist. Vagabonds proceeded to encourage and produce the writings of a young and at the time, unknown Eugene O'Neill, as well as Arthur Schnitzler, and introducing to Baltimore new works by August Strindberg and Maurice Maeterlinck.