Auditions for NEW JEWISH THEATRE - Reminder

Auditions slots are filling for the first 3 shows of the NJT 2008-09 Season.  I am re-posting the information for those who may not have seen it before.  For an appointment or for questions, call Melissa at 314-442-3175.

THE NEW JEWISH THEATRE ANNOUNCES AUDITIONS FOR BOTH EQUITY AND NON-EQUITY ACTORS FOR THE FOLLOWING PRODUCTIONS IN THE 2008-09 SEASON:

 

CHAIM'S LOVE SONG, by Marvin Chernoff

Director, Deanna Jent

Production dates, September 10 – 28

 

THE LAST SEDER, by Jennifer Maisel

Director, Doug Finlayson

December 3 – December 21

 

SABINA, by Willy Holtzman

Director, Annamaria Pileggi

January 28 – February 15

 

AUDITION DATES: 

SUNDAY, MAY 4, 2 – 5 PM

MONDAY, MAY 5, 6:30 – 9:30 PM

 

CALLBACKS: WEDNESDAY, MAY 7, 6 - 9 PM

 

ALL POSITIONS PAID.

 

AUDITION LOCATION: NEW JEWISH THEATRE, 2 MILLSTONE CAMPUS DR, CREVE COEUR (OFF OF SCHUETZ AT LINDBERGH)

 

APPOINTMENTS REQUIRED: 314-442-3175

 

REQUIREMENTS: ONE DRAMATIC MONOLOGUE NO MORE THAN 2 MINUTES IN LENGTH.  CAN BE FROM ONE OF THE SCRIPTS BEING PRODUCED.  PERUSAL SCRIPTS AVAILABLE AT THE JCC OR UNIVERSITY CITY LIBRARY.

 

4 COPIES OF PHOTO/RESUME

 

CASTING AUTHORITY FOR EACH PRODUCTION IS THE DIRECTOR

 

PRODUCTION TITLES, DESCRIPTIONS, DIRECTORS AND CHARACTER REQUIREMENTS:

 

CHAIM'S LOVE SONG

Chaim Shotsky is a retired mailman from Brooklyn.  But Chaim has problems. His son Reuben, the actor, has changed his name to Rock Cooper. His daughter is leaving her husband to find herself. His love for his wife Tzawrah seems unrequited. So he spends his days in the park talking to pigeons and looking for someone to tell his troubles to. When he meets Kelly Burke from Iowa, another lost soul, little does he know his world is about to change. 

Characters: 3M, 4W

 

Chaim Shotsky: role is cast

Kelly Burke: 30's, prim, an Iowa first grade teacher

Oscar Birnbaum: 70+, Chaim's best friend, feisty

Reuben: 30's, Chaim's son, an umemployed actor

Rachel: 30's, Chaim's daughter, unhappy in her marriage

Tzawrah: 60's, Chaim's wife, Eastern European

Pearl: 50's Yiddish matchmaker

(actors playing Reuben, Rachel and Pearl will play multiple roles)

 

 

THE LAST SEDER

Lily and Marvin Price's four daughters, each with a respective partner, have gathered to say goodbye to a loved who is already gone - patriarch Marvin who suffers from Alzheimer's.  They have returned for the last Passover in their family home where they find that the magic of the Seder ritual is the one thing that will allow them to heal the past and move on with their lives. 

Characters: 5M, 6W

 

Lily Price: 60's family matriarch

Marvin Price: 70's, family patriarch, suffers from Alzheimers

Julia Price: mid 30's, the oldest daughter, very pregnant

Claire Price: early 30's, engaged

Michelle Price: late 20's

Angel Price: early 20's

Harold Freedman: 70's, a neighbor

Jane: 30's, Julia's partner

Jon: 30's, Claire's fiancee

Kent: 30-ish

Luke: early 20's, Angel's long time love interest, African-American

 

SABINA

Sex! Madness! Scandal! In the dawn of psychoanalysis, Sigmund Freud was always on the alert for new disciples. His early designated heir, Swiss psychiatrist Carl Jung, had some success with a young patient named Sabina Spielrein, who became intricately involved with both men. Based in real history, "Sabina" has all the elements of a psychological thriller as it tells the twisted tale of a psychological and sexual triangle involving two titans of psychoanalysis and an obscure Russian woman, who later pursued a career of her own as an analyst until her death at the hands of a Nazi death squad in 1942.  Play covers more than 30 years (1904 – 1942)

Characters: 3M, 1W

 

Sabina: the patient, later, analyst, Jewish, 20's – 50's

Carl Jung: Freud's early protégé, "Aryan", 30's – 60's

Ludwig Binswanger: psychoanalyst who worked with Jung, 30's – 60's

Sigmund Freud: 50's – 70's