FROM RAGS TO RICHES Submission - Metropolitan Playhouse Auditions

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
Rehearsals: August 15 - September 15
Performances: September 17 - October 16

NYC auditions will be held August 4-6, by appointment only.

For consideration, email, mail or drop off picture and resume to:

casting@metropolitanplayhouse.org

Alex Roe

Metropolitan Playhouse
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.

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:

Ned Nimble:

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.