It’s Only a Play
By Terrence McNally
Directed by T. Eric Collins
Performances: January 17th - February 2nd, 2019.
Auditions: Thursday 10/2 and Friday 10/4 from 7pm -9p.m.
Please e-mail
t.ericcollins@gmail.com for a time slot if you are interested in auditioning.
Helen Hayes Studios 142 Main Street, Nyack NY
(Our studios are located at the corner of Main and Franklin Streets. The studios are not visible from the street. Look for the Chinese restaurant on the corner. There is a driveway next to the Chinese restaurant. If you walk to the rear of that parking lot, you will see our door at the back of the building.)
Characters:
Peter (Male)
The excitable author of a new play, The Golden Egg; the type who sincerely believes that ''you can write a serious play for Broadway and still have a place in the Hamptons.''
Julia (Female)
The extremely wealthy, neophyte producer of the play; enthusiastic and passionate devotee of ''the theatre, charmingly dotty and benevolent dilettante, not the most self-aware woman in the world, such as when explaining the concept of ''breaking a leg'' to a roomful of seasoned theatre people.
James (Male)
A witty, sarcastic, middling sitcom star; has been best friends with Peter since their off-off Broadway days, egotistical but insecure, turned down the lead in The Golden Egg to remain on his (just cancelled) television series, secretly thrilled with the terrible reviews the play receives.
Virginia (Female)
he pill-popping, Tony-winning leading lady of the play; trying to resurrect her career by returning to Broadway after a series of movie flops and more than a few cocaine hits.
Frank (Male)
the angst-ridden, boy-wonder/enfant terrible, British-by-way-of New Jersey director of The Golden Egg; a self-deprecating almost to the point of self-loathing sort who, after a string of theatrical successes, longs for the flop that will reveal him to be the poseur he claims he actually is. He is prone to bouts of histrionics and kleptomania.
Ira (Male)
A fawning, sycophantic, two-faced drama critic who is a closet playwright, skewers the theatre world he desperately wants to be a part of.
Gus (Male)
An actor/waiter hired to work the party; just off the bus from Kansas, wide-eyed and naïve, star-struck and impressionable, extremely enthusiastic.
Adult Actors of all ethnicities are encouraged to attend.
Those auditioning should come with a current resume and headshot.
Please be familiar with the script, as you will be asked to read from it.
To obtain a digital copy of the script, more information or if you have any questions, please e-mail
t.ericcollins@gmail.com
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