Old Courthouse Theatre Announces Auditions for THE BOYS NEXT DOOR

The Boys Next Door is a play, written by Tom Griffin. It deals with four intellectually disabled men who live in a group home. It takes place over roughly a two month period of time and consists of brief vignettes about their lives. Though the play is quite humorous in its non-mocking way of dealing with the handicapped men in real situations, the play takes a surprising turn as Barry's one-armed father comes to visit, and Jack (their caretaker) accepts a new job.

Character Break Down For "The Boys Next Door"
Arnold Wiggins-- "Marginally intellectually disabled. A depressive..." age;25 to 60
Norman Bulansky-- "Intellectually disabled." age; 25 to 50, needs to be slightly overweight
Lucien P. Smith-- "Intellectually disabled." age; 30 to 55
Barry Klemper-- "Grade A schizophrenic." age; 22 to 35
Jack Palmer --- Social Worker. age 30 to 50
Sheila ---- "Intellectually disabled." age 25 to 50
Mr. Klemper ---- Barry Klemper's father, age 42 to 65

The following roles may be single or multiple cast, the ages may be done thru makeup:
Mrs. Fremus --- The next door neighbor, deaf ; age 55 to 75M
Mrs. Warren --- A new next door neighbor, age 20 to 75
Clara ----- Intellectually disabled. Sheila's friend. age 20 to 75
Mr. Hedges --- Takes golf lesson from Barry. age 35 to 75
Mr. Corbin --- Arnold's boss at a movie theatre. age 30 to 75
Senator Clarke-- A U.S. Senator. May be male or female. age 30 to 75

Audition Details
Dates/Times: March 8th & 9th
7:00 - 9:00 PM

Location:
Old Courthouse Theatre
Concord, NC
The Boys Next Door is scheduled to be performed April 29-May 9, 2010
Directed by Phil Taylor.