Auditions for A LENGTH OF ROPE

Continuing The Tin Ceiling's critically acclaimed 2007 season of
original works comes auditions for its next show: Robert Strasser's
"A Length of Rope."

Synopsis:
A priceless and seemingly forgotten piece of art goes missing.
Private investigator Stan, desperate for cash, accepts the job of
locating it. His investigation takes him to an art warehouse on the
North side of St. Louis, where he questions the management and staff
– Lesley and Carl – who conveniently know nothing about it. In fact,
the warehouse houses no art whatsoever. In truth Leslie, who's about
to marry her boy friend, threw the painting in the Mississippi. What
ensues is a game of cat-and-mouse where everyone is both the cat and
the mouse.

Directed by Andrew Byrd
Auditions will consist of cold readings from the script.

Audition Date: Oct 2nd 7:30pm at The Tin Ceiling 3159 Cherokee(at the
corner of Compton and Cherokee) in South St. Louis city. Callbacks
Oct 4th

Performance dates: Nov 30th, Dec 1st, 2nd, 7th, 8th, 9th, 14th,
15th, 16th, all shows 8pm

Roles for five men and women of all races.
Characters
Leslie: Female, early to mid 30's. Sarcastic, smart and a bit
guarded. She's a manager of an art warehouse engaged to marry a
banker, and live her dream life. She also just tossed a painting
worth $1.5 million in the river. Brief nudity.

Carl: Male, early 50's. A bit of a ladies man and nonconformist.
He's the only other employee at the art warehouse. He is partially
complicit in Leslie's crime. Brief nudity.

Stan: Male, 30's. A private investigator hired to locate a painting
worth a lot of money. He desperately needs the money the job will
pay him.

Will: Male, 30's. Nice guy, but not uninteresting. Engaged to Leslie.

Julie: Female, early 20's. Bright, ambitious. She wanders into the
art warehouse trying to sell cleaning supplies.

Act 1 of the script is available for perusal here:
http://tinceiling.org/Alengthofrope-act1.pdf

If you have any questions, please call 314-374-1511 and ask for Maria
or email us at tinceiling@gmail.com

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