Whole Backstage Hosts Auditions For GODS FAVORITE 6/24
By: Gabrielle Sierra Jun. 15, 2010
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
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.
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-agedAudition 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.
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