Carpenter Square Theatre
Announces Auditions for:
A FUNNY THING HAPPENED ON THE WAY
TO THE GYNECOLOGIC ONCOLOGY UNIT AT
MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER
OF NEW YORK CITY
A Comedy by Halley Feiffer
Directed by Ben Hall
When: 4:00 - 7:00 pm Sunday, January 19, 2019 – Readings from the script. Plan to arrive no later than 5:30 p.m.; if needed, callback times are to be determined.
Where: At the theatre, located at 800 W. Main. Parking is free on the street, at Dagwell Dixie next door, and in the parking lot on the west side of the SMC building at 815 W. Main (between SMC and the new apartments under construction).
What: Bring a recent photo and résumé.
Hard copy perusal scripts are available to check out for a $10 refundable deposit. Please call CST at 405-232-6500 or email csttix@coxinet.net to make arrangements to check out a script. Call or contact us in the office before dropping by to make sure a script is available and someone is in the office to check it out to you. Office Hours: Closed Mondays. Open Tuesdays through Fridays 1-6:00 pm.
Performance dates: April 3-4, 10-11, 16-19, 23-25 with brush-up rehearsal likely held on April 9.
Rehearsals begin: Late February. Most rehearsals are scheduled Mon-Fri at 7 p.m. with Saturday or Sunday rehearsals scheduled only if needed to accommodate week-night conflicts. 1st tech is the afternoon/early evening of Sunday, March 29.
CAST OVERVIEW: 1 Man aged 40s, 3 Women aged 30s, 50s, and 60s).
KARLA (30s) A charismatic woman whose pretty face and somewhat childlike demeanor belie a dirty mouth and mind. She’s spunky, spirited, angry and wickedly funny. She’s a standup comedian with a penchant for dark humor which she uses to hide behind and distract herself from the pain of her mother’s sickness.
DON (40s) An unassuming guy – the kind of person you would never even notice on the subway or walking down the street – an “everyman” in the most boring sense of the word. He clearly has been through a lot of stress. A raging temper masks the gaping wound left from his recent marital split and his mother’s illness.
MARCIE (50s) Karla’s mother who is a thin, pale woman recovering from a hysterectomy she had to treat Stage 1 endometrial cancer. She has a very dry wit, like Karla. Her dark humor belies not only oceans of pain, but also an abusive selfish cruelty. Even so, she is capable of deep love and moments of tender vulnerability.
GEENA (60s) Don’s mother who is heavyset and hasn’t paid attention to her personal appearance in about forty years. She has been battling ovarian cancer for seven years. Brave. Tired.
Synopsis:
A foul-mouthed comedienne and a middle-aged man embroiled in a nasty divorce are brought together unexpectedly when their cancer-stricken mothers become hospital roommates. Together, this unlikely duo must negotiate some of life’s biggest challenges while making some of the world’s most inappropriate jokes. Can these two very lost people learn to laugh through their pain and lean on each other, when all they really want to do is run away?
…a play that is as deeply felt as its name is long…[an] exposed nerve of a script…” —NY Times.
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