Foursome Productions
AUDITION DATE
Mon, Jan 06, 2020
10:00 am - 5:00 pm (PST)
Lunch: 1:00PM - 2:00PM
APPOINTMENTS
N/A. Please sign-up at theatre on day of audition.
CONTRACT
Bay Area Theatre Minimum - $638/wk
SEEKING
See breakdown.
PREPARATION
You will be provided with a short set of sides.
LOCATION
Gateway Theatre
215 Jackson Street
San Francisco, CA 94111
PERSONNEL
Director: Peter Allas
Casting Director: Michael Donovan, CSA
Playwright: David Mamet
OTHER DATES
Rehearsal for BOBBY and CHARLIE starts 2/24
Rehearsal for KAREN starts 3/1
Opens 3/20
Runs through 4/4.
OTHER
You are encouraged to read the play prior to auditioning.
An Equity Monitor will not be provided. The producer will run all aspects of audition.
Equity’s contracts prohibit discrimination. Equity is committed to diversity and encourages all its employers to engage in a policy of equal employment opportunity designed to promote a positive model of inclusion. As such, Equity encourages performers of all ethnicities, gender identities, and ages, as well as performers with disabilities, to attend every audition.
Always bring your Equity Membership card to auditions.
BREAKDOWN
SPEED-THE-PLOW premiered on Broadway is 1988. Cast featured Joe Mantegna (as Bobby Gould), Madonna (as Karen), and Ron Silver (as Charlie Fox). The play was Tony-nominated for Best Play and Best Direction, and Ron Silver won as Best Actor.
The play is a satirical look at the movie business in Hollywood. It explores the relationship between business and art.
Bobby and Charlie are film producers who are considering greenlighting the script for a prison buddy movie that they believe will be a huge blockbuster. Bobby has been reading an apocalyptic spiritual novel that has deep meaning, but Charlie points out that this book would never make a great movie. They have a temp secretary, Karen, and after she leaves the office, Charlie bets Bobby that he cannot get her into bed. When she returns, Bobby asks Karen fo read the novel and give him her thoughts later. That night, at Bobby's home, she makes an impassioned case for filming the novel, saying that it's Bobby's chance to do good. They sleep together. The next day, Bobby tells Charlie he is greenlighting the novel instead of the action movie. Charlie, ever the pragmatist, sees through what's going on and challenges Karen - would she have slept with Bobby if he had said no to the novel? She admits she wouldn't have. Bobby fires her, and he and Charlie proceed with their movie.
Bobby Gould - Male, 40s, all ethnicities. Attractive alpha male. Slick and full of himself with a bit of a clown charm and sense of humor. Street sensibility.
Karen - Female, 25 - 30, all ethnicities. Attractive, sensual, sweet, unassuming young spiritual woman, new to Hollywood. Later turns determined and opportunistic, and bit driven.
Charlie Fox - Male, 40s, all ethnicities. Highly educated and well-spoken, neurotic, edgy, intelligent. A bit insecure and high strung on emotion on coffee. East Coast in personality and nature.SP
Equity’s contracts prohibit discrimination. Equity is committed to diversity and encourages all its employers to engage in a policy of equal employment opportunity designed to promote a positive model of inclusion. As such, Equity encourages performers of all ethnicities, gender identities, and ages, as well as performers with disabilities, to audition.
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