OSA is holding Non-Equity auditions for the re-mount of Laughter on the 23rd Floor By Neil Simon
Directed by DeWayne Morgan
To schedule an audition appointment:
Please email auditions.at.osa@onstageatlanta.com and title the email - Audition for Laughter on the 23rd Floor. In the body of the email please include your name, age range, gender identity and preferred time slot. Saturday, December 2nd or Sunday, December 3rd in one-hour increments.
- Dec 2, 12:00 - 1:00
- Dec 2, 1:00 - 2:00
- Dec 2, 2:00 - 3:00
- (Please note there is no 3 pm on Dec 2nd)
- Dec 2, 4:00 - 5:00
- Dec 3, 6:00 - 7:00
- Dec 3, 7:00 - 8:00
Call-backs if needed will be - Sunday, December 3 - 8:00pm - until 10:00pm
Someone will confirm your audition time.
Run Dates of Show: April 26th - May 19th, 2024 Performance Times are:
Fridays & Saturdays at 8:00 pm
Sundays at 3:00 pm
Call time is one hour prior to curtain
A stipend of $100.00 will be paid for all actors cast in the show.
Info about the show and production:
Playwright Neil Simon got his first big break in the early '50s as a staff writer on Sid Caesar's fabled television series Your Show of Shows, and this comedy takes a fictionalized look at the backstage chaos that went into producing one of the landmarks of television's golden age.
Max Prince is the star of The Max Prince Show, a popular comedy-variety series that is a major hit on the East Coast, but network executive insists that it's too sophisticated for the Midwest and urges Prince to dumb down his act. Between the tensions of producing an hour of top-quality comedy each week and being pestered about his ratings, Prince is beginning to unravel. His last line of defense against both the network and the ratings are his writing staff, which spends its days coming up with business for the show while hurling humorous invective at each other and anyone else within earshot. Keeping up a running commentary on the writing, fighting and wacky antics is Simon's alter-ego Lucas Brickman.
First read-thru is Sunday, March 17th 6 pm - 9 pm
Rehearsals start Monday March 18th and will be Saturdays 1 pm - 5 pm, Sundays 6 pm - 9 pm, Mondays 7 pm - 10 pm, Thursdays 7 pm - 10 pm.
There will be one Wednesday rehearsal the week before tech on Wednesday April 17th.
Mandatory Tech Week - April 20-26
CONFLICTS - Not at this time is not an answer. We will only consider 2 conflicts for the run of the rehearsal process. Any more is at the discretion of the director. No conflicts are allowed for the mandatory tech week or performances. If you are auditioning for another show, please let us know.
CASTING:
- Lucas Brickman: (Mid 20's- Mid 30's) - Lucas has just started his second week as a writer on The Max Prince show. He's on a four-week try-out contract. He's very much the new guy among an already-legendary writing staff, trying to fit in, become one of the group, and impress everyone enough to be hired permanently. He is also among the least neurotic of the bunch.
- Milt Fields: (30's): Milt is a rapid-fire joke machine. He considers himself to be a cheap wholesaler among the other writers, who are Tiffany quality. Highly insecure, he tries to stand out by dressing flamboyantly and attempting to be a ladies' man.
- Val Slotsky: (Early 40's - Early 50's) Val is the senior member of the staff, and the most politically aware of the bunch. As a Russian Immigrant, he speaks with a strong accent. He is self-deprecating in an-your-face kind of way. He states his philosophy in the play: All humor is based on hostility.
- Brian Doyle: (Early 30's - Early 40's) A chain smoker and heavy drinker, Brian epitomizes the cynical, hard-living writer. He's acerbic, bitter and has grandiose ideas that, any moment now, Hollywood will come calling. He and Ira are constantly at each other's throats.
- Kenny Franks: (Mid 20's - Mid 30's) Kenny is the golden boy of the group - highly respected by all despite the fact that he's the youngest, he's sophisticated, worldly and self-assured.
- Carol Wyman: (Early 30's - Early 40's) Carol is the lone woman on the writing staff. She is a veteran of the industry, having survived, and thrived, in this male dominated environment. In the first act, she's been trying to get pregnant. In the second act, it is obvious she has succeeded. She is more mature and self-aware than most of her colleagues but is every bit as passionate and quick-witted.
- Max Prince: (Early 30's - 40's) Max Prince is the star of the most popular show on television: the Max Prince Show. Like the characters he plays each week on camera, He is larger than life off camera as well. When he enters a room, he FILLS the room. He has a brilliant madness to him that is exacerbated by his use of alcohol and sleeping pills to fight his perpetual insomnia; increasingly, it either dissipates into disorientation or devolves into out-and-out paranoia. He is a comic genius with a work ethic that is equally impressive. He is a serious professional - and a seriously funny man. He does everything with gusto, exuberance, passion and abandon.
- Helen - (Late 20's - Mid 30's) Helen is the quintessential secretary for the group. She is kind-hearted and in awe of the talent she is privileged to be so close to. Her dream is to become a comedy writer herself. Unfortunately, she does not possess an ounce of comedic talent. But she is amiable and, although she is uneducated, she is self-possessed and unafraid to speak her mind.
- Ira Stone: (Late 20's - Late 30's) Ira is the most annoying member of the writing team by far. He is a chronic hypochondriac and shameless attention seeker who is also extremely argumentative. Although he is late for work every day, and generally disruptive it is always he who is the victim. Unfortunately, he is also extremely funny and very inventive. If you don't kill him, you kind of like him. He and Brian are always at each other's throats.
For auditions please prepare the following:
* Bring a current head shot and resume
* Be prepared for cold readings from the script
* Schedule an appointment
* Fill out an audition form that will be provided at the door
Auditions will take place at OSA - 3041 North Decatur Road, Scottdale, GA 30079
