OLD JEWS TELLING JOKES Equity Principal Auditions - Off Broadway Theatre TBA Auditions

OLD JEWS TELLING JOKES

- Equity Principal Auditions

Off- Broadway $637/week minimum.

Producers: Tom Viertel, Richard Frankel, Steve Baruch, Marc Routh, Dan Okrent & Peter Gethers

Authors: Dan Okrent and Peter Gethers

Dir: Marc Bruni

GM: Frankel-Green Theatrical Management

Casting: Tara Rubin Casting

1st reh: On/about 1/9/12. 1st preview: On/about 2/14. Opens on/about 3/8.

Equity Principal Auditions:

Monday, November 21, 2011 Actors’ Equity Association Audition Center

10 AM – 5:30 PM 165 West 46th Street, 2nd Floor

Lunch from 1:30 – 2. New York City

Equity Monitor begins sign-up at 8:30 AM.

Please be prepared to tell a joke or a funny story (2 minutes or less).

Please bring a picture & resume, stapled back-to-back.

New comedy based on the website OldJewsTellingJokes.com. The show combines jokes, video, film footage, stories, music, live streaming and sketches, creating a world that proves “There’s a little Jew in all of us”. A cast of six actors gives a lightning history of comedy, from the Big Bang through the contemporary world of joke-telling, and on into the future. Every form of joke and joke-telling medium is covered, provoking every form of laughter from modest giggles to roars of total disbelief. The actors are supported by an inventive set employing the use of television, video, digital and green-screen techniques. Despite its laugh-inducing rhythms, at its core, the show has a heartwarming hilarity that explores how everyone gets through the tsuris of everyday life (even if they don’t know what tsuris means!). To enter the theater is to enter the world of “OJTJ”: pain… discrimination… war… sex… paper cuts… bunions and gas… everything that makes comedy worthwhile.

Still seeking the following:

Casting note: “All must have the ability to tell stories and jokes – long, story-telling jokes – as well as quick one-liners. Ability to do accents is very helpful”.

Three Male Actors: Age ranges of these tracks: 35-50ish, 55-70ish.

Two Female Actors: Age ranges of these tracks: 25-35, 55-70ish.

One Male Understudy.

One Female Understudy.