THEATER TO GO announces auditions Nov 22-23 for a February 2016 production of "ROOM SERVICE" Seeking 11 men and 2 women
By John Murray & Allen Boretz
Directed by Ruth Markoe
PERFORMANCES:
All performances and rehearsals will be held at Kelsey Theatre, 1200 Old Trenton Rd, West Windsor , NJ 08550
? Feb 12, 13, 19,20 8:00 PM
? Feb 14, 21 2:00 PM
AUDITION time & Location
Sunday Nov 22 from 1-5 & Monday Nov 23 from 7-10
Kelsey Theatre at Mercer County Community College 1200 Old Trenton Rd, West Windsor,NJ 08550
In the CM BUILDING located behind the Theater
Callbacks TBD After Thanksgiving
APPOINTMENTS
Sign up for an audition at http://tinyurl.com/T2G-Room-Service-Audition
or email Auditions@TheaterToGo.com or call 609-895-9661
PREPARE
Bring headshot and resume and/or send electronically to Auditions@TheaterToGo.com
Prepare a comic monologue with possible cold reading from script.
Familiarity with the script is a plus (Available on request). All roles require quick comic timing and physical agility.
REHEARSALS
First read through will be early December with 1-2 rehearsals before Holidays
Heaviest rehearsal period will be in January/February.
We will try to work around conflicts, but we do not like surprises after the rehearsal schedule is set
THE STORY:
A nimble-witted producer Gordon Miller is holed up in a Times Square hotel with 19 hungry actors, a ballooning room service bill and living on credit, is desperately in need of a good script. He finds one, and, by great good luck, he also finds an angel with $15,000. He tries to forestall eviction by concocting a series of preposterous events. The play shows how, during a hectic few days, the producer plays hide-and-seek with the angel who wants to withdraw his financial support, manages to outwit creditors, and at the very last moments puts over his play in spite of the most ludicrous and unexpected obstacles. A Broadway hit in 1937, this very funny play about the wheeling and dealing of theatrical producing is still relevant today. Made into a Marx Brothers movie - but the play is funnier!
CAST BREAKDOWN
Gordon Miller: (M – 30 +) a fast talking, quick-witted producer with big ideas but a very small budget.
Joseph Gribble: (M – 30+) The anxious manager of the White Way Hotel where Miller is unable to pay the bills for his indigent troupe. He is also Miller’s brother-in-law.
Sasha Smirnoff: (M 30 +) a waiter at the White Way Hotel who was an actor in his native Russia. Role requires a Russian accent
Harry Binion: (M 30+) The director of Miller’s production of Godspeed.
Faker Englund: (M 20s -40s) Miller’s general assistant who has an earthy quality and boundless energy.
Christine Marlowe: (F 20s-30s) an actress hoping to become a Broadway star in Miller’s production, and his girlfriend.
Leo Davis: (M – mid 20s-30s) a clean cut inexperienced young man from the small town of Oswego and the author of Godspeed, Miller’s intended production.
Hilda Manney: (F – 20s-30s) the secretary of Joseph Gribble.
Gregory Wagner: (M 50s +) an overbearing, hot-tempered hotel executive who inadvertently becomes a backer of Miller’s play.
Simon Jenkins: (M – 50s+) Representative of a wealthy man who wants to invest in a play.
Hogarth: (M – any age) A man from a collection agency whose job makes him responsible for repossessing Davis’s typewriter.
Dr. Glass: (M – 50s +) Harassed hotel doctor.
SEEKING Senator Blake: (M – 50s+) the top executive of the hotel chain which runs the White Way Hotel
For information or questions CONTACT
Auditions@theatertogo.com or 609 895 9661
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