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Breakdown
B1 Mainstage; 7 shows under consideration: VENUS IN FUR by David Ives, OTHER DESERT CITIES by Jon Robin Baitz, DETROIT by Lisa D'Amour, ELEMENO PEA by Molly Smith Metzler, RAPTURE, BLISTER, BURN by Gina Gionfriddo, LONELY, I'M NOT by Paul Weitz, TBA HOLIDAY WORLD PREMIERE by Buck Busfield
B3 Alternative Series; 4 shows under consideration: THE CONFERENCE OF THE BIRDS by Jean-Claude Carriere and Peter Brook based on the Sufi poem by Farid Uddi Attar, MY NAME IS ASHER LEV by Aaron Posner adapted from the novel by Chaim Potok, BETRAYAL by Harold Pinter; THE GLASS MENAGERIE by Tennessee Williams
VENUS IN FUR: Thomas is holding auditions for his adaptation of Venus in Fur. Vanda arrives as Thomas is about to leave and convinces Thomas to let her read for the part of Vanda.
SEEKING: 1f, 1m; Thomas Novachek, m, 30's, the playwright/director of Venus in Fur; Vanda Jordan, f, 20's, an actress
OTHER DESERT CITIES: After a long battle with depression, Brooke has managed to write and sell her second book—a memoir of her life exposing what she sees as her parents’ abandonment of her brother. She comes to her parents’ home on Christmas hoping to gain her family’s blessing before the book is published. Her book opens old wounds, exacerbates existing tensions and resentments, and threatens to tear the family apart.
SEEKING: 2m, 3f: Brooke Wyeth, f, 40’s-50’s, an author; Polly Wyeth, f, mother of Brooke and Trip and wife of Lyman, former screenwriter with Silda; Lyman Wyeth, m, oak-like, formerly a politician and actor; Silda Grauman, f, Polly’s sister, just returned from rehab, former screenwriter; Trip Wyeth, m, 10 years younger than his sister Brooke, an actor
DETROIT: "In a 'first ring' suburb outside a midsize American city, Ben and Mary fire up the grill to welcome the new neighbors who’ve moved into the long-empty house next door. The fledgling friendship soon veers out of control, shattering the fragile hold that newly unemployed Ben and burgeoning alcoholic Mary have on their way SEEKING: 3m, 2w; Ben, m, 30's-40's, Mary's husband. Recently laid off from his job at a bank; Mary, f, 30's-40's, Ben's wife. A paralegal at a small to mid-sized law firm; Kenny, m, 20s-30's, Sharron's husband. A warehouse manager. Fresh out of major substance abuse rehab; Sharon, f, 20's-30's, Kenny's wife. Works at a phone bank, answering customer service calls. Fresh out of major substance abuse rehab; Frank, m, 70's-80's. He's spry and happy, the kind of man whose been fixing his roof and rewiring the electricity on his house and taking care of his impeccable lawn for many years.
ELEMENO PEA: "Blue collar meets upper crust with panache and pedal-to-the-metal intensity in Molly Smith Metzler’s comedy of bad manners."
SEEKING: Michaela, f, 30's-40's, married to Peter Kell (an advertising CEO) and the house's owner; Simone, f, 27, Michaela's assistant; Devon, f, 35, Simone's sister; Ethan, m, 30's-40's, a friend of Peter and Michaela's and Simone's boyfriend; Jos-B, m, 30's-60's, Latino, the property caretaker
RAPTURE, BLISTER, BURN: "This fast-paced, witty comedy by Gina Gionfriddo explores the continuing fallout and evolution of the feminist movement."
SEEKING: 1 m, 4 f: Catherine Croll, f, early 40’s, a professor/lecturer/author on feminism and its impact on contemporary culture, Gwen’s former grad school roommate and Don’s former girlfriend; Gwen Harper, f, early 40’s, Don’s wife, Catherine’s former grad school roommate, a professed homemaker and recovering alcoholic; Don Harper, m, early 40’s, Gwen’s husband, Catherine’s former boyfriend, a disciplinary dean at a small New England liberal arts college, former professor of literature; Alice Croll, f, 70’s, Catherine’s mother; Avery Willard, f, 21, a student recommended to Don for disciplinary action
LONELY, I'M NOT: Weitz turns the classic boy-meets-girl story on its ear with his quirky frolic through the corporate shark tank.
SEEKING: 3 m, 3 f with doubling plus voice-overs; Porter Willis, m, divorced; Barista, m; Heather, f, blind; Wendy, f, Heather’s assistant; Administrator; Yana, f, Latvian, housekeeper who works for Porter; Claire, f, Heather’s roommate; Rick, m, Porter’s father; Grace, f, Heather’s mother; Device voice over, Taxi driver voice-over, talking watch voice-over; Waiter; Carlotta, f, Porter’s ex-wife; Pete Decter, m, 60’s, Heather’s boss; Little Dog (Nick), m, a mutual friend of Heather and Porter
TBA HOLIDAY WORLD PREMIERE: Our annual holiday show written by Artistic Director Buck Busfield. A new script is developed every year for the holiday season.
THE CONFERENCE OF THE BIRDS: In a magical, metaphorical world, seven exotic birds brave the unrelenting elements, personal squabbles, and vicious enemies in their search for ultimate enlightment.
SEEKING: (7 actors) Various. Actors should move well and be vocally versatile.
MY NAME IS ASHER LEV: "Based on the best-selling novel by Chaim Potok (The Chosen), My Name is Asher Lev is a new American play set in post-war Brooklyn, which tells the powerful story of a boy prodigy who must be a painter at any cost- against the will of family, community and tradition."
SEEKING: 2m, 1f; Asher Lev, m, a Hasidic Ladover Jew living in Brooklyn, depicted from 6yrs old to 18-20 yrs old; The Men (played by one m actor), Aryeh Lev (a Russian Hasidic Jew, Asher’s father), Yitzchok Lev (Aryeh’s brother), The Rebbe (prophet and president of Asher’s community, very old), Jacob Kahn (Asher’s teacher, a non-observant Jew); The Women (played by one f actor): Rivkeh Lev (Asher’s mother), Anna Schaeffer (a gallery owner in Manhattan), Rachel (nude model)
BETRAYAL: "The play begins in 1977, with a meeting between adulterous lovers, Emma and Jerry, two years after their affair has ended. During the nine scenes of the play, we move back in time, through the states of their affair, with the play ending in the house of Emma and Robert, her husband, who is Jerry's best friend."
SEEKING: 3m, 1f; Emma, f, 38, Robert's wife and Jerry's lover; Jerry, m, 40, Robert's friend and Emma's lover; Robert, m, 40, Emma's husband and Jerry's friend; A Waiter, m, 20's-30's.
THE GLASS MENAGERIE: A memory play of the desparte trianglation of a St. Louis family.
SEEKING: 2m, 2f; Amanda Wingfield, f, 40's-50's, Laura and Tom's mother, "A little woman of great but confused vitality, clinging frantically to another time and place;" Laura, f, 20's, Amanda's daughter and Tom's younger sister, "A childhood illness has left her crippled, one leg slightly shorter than the other, and held in a brace. This defect need not be more than suggested on the stage. Stemming from this, Laura's separation increases till she is like a piece of her own glass collection, too exquisitely fragile to move from the shelf;" Tom Wingfield, m, 20's-30's, Amanda's son and Laura's older brother, the play's narrator, "A poet with a job in a warehouse. His nature is not remorseless, but to escape form a trap he has to act without pity;" Jim O'Connor, m, 20's, a nice, ordinary, young man.
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