FUDDY MEERS Submission - The Clarence Brown Theatre Auditions

FUDDY MEERS

– Submit Photo / Resume for NYC Appointments

The Clarence Brown Theatre (Knoxville, TN) LORT D; $566/week minimum

Producing Artistic Director: Calvin MacLean

Managing Program Director: Thomas A. Cervone

By David Lindsay-Abaire

Director: John Sipes

Casting Director: Stephanie Klapper Casting

First Rehearsal: 1/3/12; Preview 2/9/12; Opening 2/10/12; Closing 2/26/12

NYC appointment-only auditions will be held on December 2, 2011.

Seeking submissions from Actors' Equity Members only for these auditions.

For consideration, mail picture and resume to:

Stephanie Klapper Casting

39 West 19th Street, 12th Floor

New York, NY 10011

Attn: Fuddy Meers / NYC Appointments/ AEA Submit

Note: if you do not receive an appointment, please attend the EPAs on 12/1/11

Fuddy Meers tells the story of an
amnesiac, Claire, who awakens each morning as a
blank slate on which her husband and teenage son must imprint the facts of her life. One morning Claire is abducted by a limping,
lisping man who claims her husband wants to kill her. The audience views the ensuing mayhem through the
kaleidoscope of Claire's world. The play culminates in a cacophony of revelations, proving that everything is not what it appears to be.

Seeking:

The Limping Man:

40 - 45 years old. He is a lisping, limping, half-blind, half-deaf man with secrets. Upon first glance, he appears frightening. One should be afraid that he might fly into a violent rage at any moment. He very much looks the prisoner at the moment having just escaped from two years in jail. He is probably somewhat muscular but he could also be thin and wiry so long as he exudes a dangerous quality. (Note from the director: “there can be a considerable range in physical type for this character, but he must not appear older than 45.”)

All actors submitted must be gifted comedians. The Limping Man is a very funny character and is central to one comic scene after another. Despite his many negative characteristics, the audience must find him oddly sympathetic. There is a pathetic sweetness to him.

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