THE JAZZ SINGER (1925) Submission - Metropolitan Playhouse Auditions

SHOWCASE

THE JAZZ SINGER (1925)

– Photo / Resume Request for NYC Appointments

Metropolitan Playhouse (NYC) Equity Seasonal Showcase; $450 stipend, approval pending

Artistic Director: Alex Roe

by Samson Raphaelson

Director: Laura Livingston

1^st rehearsal: 10/11/11. Runs: 11/12/11 12/11/11 (24 Performances)

NYC auditions on October 3 – 6, 2011, by appointment only.

For consideration, email picture and resume to:
casting@metropolitanplayhouse.org.

Indicate in the subject line: “Jazz Singer” or your email may not be seen.

You may also drop off your submissions to the Playhouse at 220 East 4^th Street, NYC.

If you have already submitted via Actors Access, please do not submit again.

Auditioners will be asked to read from sides, available on Metropolitan Playhouse website once

schedule has been confirmed.

The Jazz Singer is the original play on which the Al Jolson (and later, Neil Diamond) films were

based: the remarkably gifted son of a cantor pursues dreams of popular musical stardom, turning

his back on the Lower East Side community and the faith his father holds above all other

devotions. All comes to a head when the cantor takes ill just before the service Yom Kippur.

(Note: Despite the original film's reputation, this is not a play about minstrelsy.)

MEN

Cantor Rabinowitz: 60, spiritual and unwordly

Jack Robin: Mid-20s. Excellent singer. Charming, comical, lively.

Harry Lee: 50s, Vaudeville producer, smart, sympathetic, businessman.

Yudelson: 35-50, comical, easy-going neighbor.

Randolph Dillings: 30s, Society man.

Franklin Forbes: 30s - snappy newspaperman of the 1920’s

Gene/Eddie: 2 middle-aged vaudeville comedians

Dr. O'Shaughnessy: Middle-aged, intelligent, kindly

Moey: A 12 year old boy with a beautiful singing voice.

WOMEN

Sara Rabinowitz: 50s, modest, loving, patient mother.

Mary Dale: 20s, well-bred, optimistic and driven actress.