FROM RAGS TO RICHES Submission - Metropolitan Playhouse Auditions
FROM RAGS TO RICHES - Metropolitan Playhouse
SHOWCASE
FROM RAGS TO RICHES – Photo / Resume Request
Metropolitan Playhouse (NYC) Seasonal Showcase, application/approval pending; $425-$450 stipend
Artistic Director/Stage Director: Alex Roe
by Charles A Taylor NYC auditions will be held August 4-6, by appointment only.
For consideration, email, mail or drop off picture and resume to:
Metropolitan Playhouse From Rags to Riches is a play from 1903 by “'The Master of Melodrama” Charles A. Taylor. From the Bowery to the Waldorf to opium den to opera, the plot runs rampant through early turn of the century New York following kidnapping, extortion, and righteous deliverance from troubles
Seeking:
Male, teens - early 20s. A scrappy newsboy who works his way from gutter to palace.
Albert Cooper”
Male, 40s, his father under a brand of shame, a drinker (big).
Old Montgomery:
Male, 60+, a wealthy retired merchant
Prince Charlie:
Male, 30s, a slick gambler, a con man, and Montgomery's nephew
Chinese Sam:
Male, 30+, a dog doctor, “Chinese”
Mike Dooley:
Male, 40s-50s, a policeman, “Irish”.
Brown:
Male, 40s-50s the merchant's valet.
Mother Murphy:
Female, 50s, frank, honest, poor, heart of gold, etc.
Flossie:
Female, 20s, Ned's sister, who loves excitement
Gertrude Clark:
Female, 40s, a dutiful mother obliged to give up her children
Flora Bradley:
Female, 30s, a guileful moll; a con-artiste.
Rehearsals: August 15 - September 15
Performances: September 17 - October 16
casting@metropolitanplayhouse.org
Alex Roe
220 E 4th Street
New York, NY 10009
Indicate in the subject line or on envelope: “Rags to Riches Submission”
NB: Actors who have already submitted through Actors Access are discouraged from submitting again.
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