Scripps Ranch Theatre
announces auditions for
The Last Night of Ballyhoo
(Tony Award for Best Play, 1997)
Directed by Tim Irving
Produced by Kelly Lapczynski
By the author of Driving Miss Daisy, Alfred Uhry’s funny and
heartwarming story of the Freitag family is a study of social demands
and elitism among the Jewish community in Atlanta in 1939. It is
Christmas, and the Freitags have a Christmas tree in their living room.
The family gets pulled apart and then mended together as they face where
they came from and who they are. “A charming, wonderfully crafted
play.” (Variety)
Audition Date: Monday, August 4, 2008, 7 -10 pm. No
appointment required.
Audition Location: Actors Alliance Rehearsal Space at NTC
-- 2560 Truxton Rd, Suite 203 San Diego, CA 92106
Prepare: One-minute monologue, headshot and resume.
Callbacks: Monday, August 11, at Green Hall,
Alliant International University
(Map can be found at:
http://www.alliant.edu/wps/wcm/connect/resources/file/eb92c90d9c7d956/Parking
Map 0206.pdf?MOD=AJPERES)
Production Dates: November 7 – December 6, 2008. Friday
and Saturday nights; Sunday matinées. One weekday student matinee TBA.
Rehearsals: Evenings beginning the first week in October; Monday
through Friday from 7 to 10 at the theatre. Subject to change.
Compensation: Non-union, stipend.
Breakdown:
(The roles of ADOLPH FREITAG, an unmarried Jewish businessman, and BOO
LEVY, his sister, have been pre-cast.)
We are seeking actors for the following roles:
REBA FREITAG: Adolph's sweetly vague sister-in-law (40+). Always sees
the positive. Is constantly knitting. Mother of Sunny.
LALA LEVY: Boo's daughter, 20s. Socially awkward and prone to flights of
tempestuous fancy. On the outside, dreams of being Scarlett O’Hara. On
the inside is Laura from Glass Menagerie.
SUNNY FREITAG: Reba's daughter, 20s. Home from Wellesley College for
Christmas vacation, she is more pragmatic and intellectually curious
than the rest of her family.
JOE FARKAS: Adolph's business assistant, 20s. A bright and proud
Brooklyn-born Jew of Eastern European descent. In Atlanta, he suffers
the prejudice of being the "wrong kind" of Jew.
PEACHY WEIL: A visitor from Lake Charles, 20s. Upper class and
considered to be from the "right kind" of Jewish family. He thinks he's
funny, but is actually just obnoxious.
Questions
may be e-mailed to
artisticdirector@sacrippsranchtheatre.org
Thanks to all those wonderful actors who turned out for the
auditions for "The Dining Room."
We are happy to announce that the following actors have been
cast:
Sherri Allen
Dagmar Fields
Allison MacDonald
Kate Nelson
Wyatt
Ellison
Greg
Hall
Max Macke
Note: We’re also seeking
volunteers interested in set construction and stage crew. If interested,
contact Joe Casali:
jcasali1@san.rr.com.
If you wish to be added to
SRT's e-mail audition announcement list, e-mail your name and address to
Allan Salkin:
asalkin@san.rr.com.
For more information about Scripps Ranch Theatre, go to:
http://www.scrippsranchtheatre.org
