LOST IN YONKERS Submission - Compass Rose Studio Theatre Auditions
Compass Rose Studio Theatre
SPECIAL APPEARANCE
LOST IN YONKERS – Photo / Resume Request for Appointments in MD
Compass Rose Studio Theater (Annapolis, MD) Special Appearance Contract, approval pending
Artistic Director: Lucinda Merry-Browne
Stage Director: Brandon McCoy
Education/ Artistic Coordinator : Brianna Letourneau
1st Rehearsal: 9/26/11. Runs: 10/21-11/20/11, Thur, Fri and Sat evenings, Sun afternoons
OPEN Auditions (Equity and Non-Equity) by APPOINTMENT will be held on Saturday, August 27, 2011, from 2pm to 5pm, and Sunday, August 28, 2011, from 6pm to 9pm, at the Compass Rose Studio Theater 1011 Bay Ridge Ave Annapolis, MD.
For an appointment, email picture and resume to: Indicate in the subject line: Lost In Yonkers. Please specify preferred audition date and time. Audition will be confirmed by email.
If you are unable to make these dates, you may submit your picture and resume, and please indicate that you would like to request another appointment time.
Prepare a one minute comedic monologue for the audition. Auditions will also involve readings from the script. Bring picture and resume, stapled together.
Synopsis:
What happens to children in the absence of love? That is the question that lies at the heart of this funny and heartrending play by one of America’s most acclaimed and beloved playwrights. It is New York, 1942. After the death of their mother, two young brothers are sent to stay with their formidable grandmother for the longest ten months of their lives. For Grandmother Kumitz is a one-woman German front- a refugee and a widow who has steeled her heart against the world. It is Bella – the daughter who has never left home –whose hunger for affection and her refusal to be denied love that saves the boys- and that leads to an unforgettable, wrenching confrontation with her mother.
Seeking:
Bella:
20-30. Aunt of Jay and Arty, off-center, absentminded, child-like, but loving.
Jay:
15, elder brother to Arty, a worrier, intelligent.
Arty:
13, younger brother to Jay, a wise acre, easygoing.
Eddie:
30-40, father of Arty and Jay, a widower in poor health.
Louie:
30-40, uncle, of Arty and Jay, egotistical small-time hood.
Gert:
20-30, aunt of Arty and Jay, meek, nervous
audition@compassrosetheater.org.
