IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE: A LIVE RADIO PLAY - Bucks County Playhouse Auditions

- Equity Principal Auditions in PA

Bucks County Playhouse      New Hope, PA      LOA      $632/week minimum.

Producer: Jed Bernstein

Author: Joe Landry

Dir: Gordon Greenberg

Choreo: Lorin Lataro

CD: Tara Rubin Casting/Eric Woodall

1st reh: 11/26/12 (in NYC). Runs in New Hope, PA from 12/13-30. Dark on 12/24 + 12/25.

Equity Principal Auditions:

Monday, October 22, 2012                                                                       Bucks County Playhouse

10 AM – 6 PM                                                                                    70 South Main Street

Lunch from 1:30 – 2:30.                                                                      New Hope, PA  18938

No appointment necessary. The producer will run all aspects of this call. Equity audition procedures will not be in effect, and no Equity Monitor will be provided.

Please prepare a brief comic monologue, and tell a joke. Please bring a photo and resume, stapled back-to-back.

Radio performers perform in a live radio version of “It’s A Wonderful Life” on Christmas Eve in 1946.

Seeking (all roles are available):

Casting Director’s note: “Each performer should be adept at comedy and possess ability to play multiple characters with a distinct array of voices. In between the live radio show there are radio commercials of the period, so singing is a plus.”

Freddie Filmore:

40s-60s. Radio actor who plays Potter, Joseph, Peter Bailey, Ernie, Old Man Collins, etc.

Jake Laurents:

30s - early 40s. Radio actor who plays George Bailey (younger and older).

Sally Applewhite:

30s - early 40s. Radio actress who plays Mary Hatch (younger and older).

Lana Sherwood:

30s-40s. Radio actress who plays Violet, Rose Bailey, Ruth, Zuzu, Janie, etc.

Harry “Jazzbo” Heywood:

40s-60s. Radio actor who plays Harry, Clarence, Sam, Bert, Tommy, etc.

Sound Operator:

20s-40s. Actor who makes all of the sound effects of the live radio show. Actor in this role may also do a standup-comedy-style routine to warm up show audiences.

Theatre encourages non-Equity actors to attend, and states that they will be seen whenever there is no Equity actor auditioning or waiting to audition.