ALL IN THE TIMING - Central Piedmont Community College Non Equity Auditions

CPCC Theatre is happy to announce that its’ evening of one act plays is back after a brief hiatus. This Spring we will present All In the Timing by David Ives.

At this time we are looking for directors for the 8 plays planned. Each director will be responsible for the presentation of their play. No previous directing experience required. All candidates must contact production supervisor Greta Zandstra who will make final choices of directors. Contact her at
greta.zandstra@cpcc.edu if you are interested. She will set up an appointment for an interview. All directors must be in place prior to auditions. At this time the plan is to rehearse the shows in the afternoons and/or evenings depending upon the director and casts availabilities.

Actor’s auditions will be held on February 27 and 28. Directors must be available for all auditions.

The plays performed will include:

SURE THING (1 male; 1 female) is a classic of contemporary comedy: Two people meet in a cafe and find their way through a conversational minefield as an offstage bell interrupts their false starts, gaffes, and faux pas on the way to falling in love.

THE UNIVERSAL LANGUAGE (2 men; 1 female) brings together Dawn, a young woman with a stutter, and Don, the creator and teacher of Unamunda, a wild comic language. Their lesson sends them off into a dazzling display of hysterical verbal pyrotechnics—and, of course, true love.

THE PHILADELPHIA (2 male; 1 female) presents a young man in a restaurant who has fallen into "a Philadelphia," a Twilight Zone-like state in which he cannot get anything he asks for. His only way out of the dilemma? To ask for the opposite of what he wants.

VARIATIONS ON THE DEATH OF TROTSKY (2 male; 1 female) shows us the Russian revolutionary on the day of his demise, desperately trying to cope with the mountain-climber's axe he's discovered in his head.

In FOREPLAY OR: THE ART OF THE FUGUE (3 male; 3 female), we find Chuck, a self-styled Don Juan, and his girlfriend on a date at the miniature golf course. When they move to the second hole, a slightly older Chuck II appears with another date. Finally a third Chuck, now in his late thirties, arrives with a young date.

LONG AGO AND FAR AWAY (2 male; 2 female) is a domestic drama of a troubled young wife who finds herself crossing through time—and identities—on a fateful winter evening in an empty apartment.

MERE MORTALS (3 male) eavesdrops on a lunch hour on a girder fifty stories over the street, as three construction workers share increasingly amazing secrets of their past.

SEVEN MENUS (4 male; 4 female) shows a round-robin of relationships at a restaurant table, as demonstrated by a group of friends that change, couple by couple and course by course, throughout several different meals.

Copies of the scripts are available for perusal.

These plays are presented as part of a CPCC production class. 3 hours of college credit available. Scholarships for tuition also available.

You do not have to be a current CPCC student to participate.