[Capdist-auditions] Male Auditions -- CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF

[Greg Zabielski]

The Delta Xi cast of Alpha Psi Omega, the National Theater Honor Fraternity
at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, will hold  Male auditions for Tennessee
William's *Cat on a Hot Tin Roof *on Monday July 2nd at 7:00 pm in Mother's
Emporium, lower level of the RPI Union, 15th and Sage Avenue in Troy, NY.
Show dates are September 7th, 8th, 14th and 15th at the RPI Playhouse on 15
th Street in Troy.  *Cat on a Hot Tin Roof* will be directed by Amanda
Brinke.  No prepared monologue necessary.  Actors will read directly from
the script.

-- Synopsis:

*Cat on a Hot Tin Roof* is the story of a Southern family in crisis,
focusing on the turbulent relationship of a wife and husband, Maggie "The
Cat" and Brick Pollitt, and their interaction with Brick's family over the
course of one evening gathering at the family estate in Mississippi,
ostensibly to celebrate the birthday of patriarch and tycoon "Big Daddy"
Pollitt. Maggie, through wit and beauty, has escaped a childhood of
desperate poverty to marry into the wealthy Pollitt family, but finds
herself suffering in an unfulfilling marriage. Brick, an aging football
hero, has neglected his wife and further infuriates her by ignoring his
brother's attempts to gain control of the family fortune. Brick's
indifference, and his nearly continuous drinking, date back to the recent
suicide of his friend Skipper. Big Daddy is unaware that he has cancer and
will not live to see another birthday; his doctors and his family have
conspired to keep this information from him and his wife. His relatives are
in attendance and attempt to present themselves in the best possible light,
hoping to receive the definitive share of Big Daddy's enormous wealth.
(Source: Wikipedia)

--

We will be auditioning for the following Roles:


Brick  -  The favorite son and mourned lover. Brick embodies an almost
archetypal masculinity. At the same time, the Brick before us is also an
obviously broken man because of his repressed homosexual desire for his dead
friend Skipper.



Big Daddy  -  Brick's father. Affectionately dubbed by Maggie as an
old-fashioned "Mississippi redneck," Daddy is a large, brash, and vulgar
plantation millionaire who believes he has returned from the grave. Though
his coming death has been quickly repressed, in some sense Daddy has
confronted its possibility. In returning from "death's country," Daddy would
force his son to face his own desire.

Gooper  -  A successful corporate lawyer. Gooper is Daddy's eldest and least
favored son. He deeply resents his parents' love for Brick, viciously
relishes in Daddy's illness, and rather ruthlessly plots to secure control
of the estate.


See you there.
-- 
~Gregory Zabielski
Producer: AΨΩ "Cat on A Hot Tin Roof"
  Cell: (518) 301-5849
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