Non-equity/no pay
Audition Dates & Times: Saturday, February 23 1-3pm & Monday, February 25, 7-9pm
Location: St. Andrew's House/Church Office at St. Andrew's Church (47 West Afton Avenue, Yardley, PA 19067) - Office is located directly across the street from the church on the corner of West Afton Avenue and Penn Valley Road; park in the small lot next to the barn at the end of the driveway
Callbacks (if necessary): Wednesday, February 27, 7pm
Performances: April 26, 27, 28, May 2, 3, 4, 5, 8, 9, 10, 11
Venue: Spring Garden Mill in Tyler State Park
Route 332, 1440 Newtown-Richboro Road
Newtown, PA 18940
Auditions will consist of cold readings from the script. Please bring resume and headshot, if available.
Synopsis: In this scathing, class-conscious comedy (NY Post), a newlywed couple sets up their romantically-challenged friends on a blind date: straight-shooting Max and nervous Becky. When the evening takes a dark turn, Becky Shaw becomes a satirical, contemporary comedy of manners about family dysfunction, ambition, and the cost of being truthful. Gionfriddo's 2009 Pulitzer finalist is deftly plotted, scabrous, and sharp-witted (NY Times), full of wickedly memorable dialogue and acerbic characters.
WARNING: Mature subject matter with strong language.
Role Descriptions:
Suzanna Slater – mid-30s, graduate student in psychology, she misses her recently deceased father, worries about her mother’s health, and is reeling from her family’s sudden bankruptcy. She leans on Max, but meets and marries Andrew very quickly.
Max Garrett – mid-30s, a successful money manager who lost his parents early and grew up as Suzanna’s de facto brother. He can be blunt and brutal and doesn’t suffer fools gladly, but he’s also a problem solver. He has intimacy issues and grudgingly agrees to a blind date with Becky, mostly as a favor to Suzanna, for whom he has complicated feelings.
Andrew Porter – a little younger than Suzanna and Max, he’s currently an office manager but wants to go back to being a writer and barista. He has a soft heart and a tendency to seek out needy women, but he’s not deluded about it.
Becky Shaw – mid-30’s, she’s a co-worker of Andrew’s. She was probably voted “Most Likely To Succeed” in high school, and then…didn’t. She dropped out of Brown, is alienated from her family and friends, and struggles financially. She’s a little nervous and “delicate,” but determined to turn her life around somehow, possibly with a relationship.
Susan Slater – Suzanna (and Max’s) mom, she has MS and lives with a young “slacker” filmmaker, Lester, who is never seen. Despite her physical challenges, she is sharp and clear-eyed about how the world works, and quite domineering with her family.
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