[Capdist-auditions] STAGE DOOR - Schenectady Civic Players - Nov 6 & 8 at 7:00pm

[LWAndruski at aol.com]

 Auditions for Stage  Door,  will take place on Tuesday, November 6 and 
Thursday, November 8 at the  Playhouse, 12 S. Church St., Schenectady, NY  12305.  
Like their previous  collaboration, The  Royal Family,  George S. Kaufman and 
Edna Ferber's Broadway play Stage  Door is  a salute to the theatre, and to 
the ambitions, glories, and heartbreaks of the  profession.  
The play is set  entirely in post-Depression 1930s New York City at the 
Footlights Club in the  West '50s, a boarding house for aspiring actresses. Much of 
Stage  Door  offers anti-Hollywood sentiment, with the film capital viewed as 
the place where  people go to betray their talent, and also where 
less-than-gifted actresses  sometimes make it big. 
AVAILABLE  ROLES: 
The  Girls –  All the girls are residents of the Footlights Club in NYC and 
are in their early  20s unless otherwise noted. 
Olga  Brandt -  Russian, dark, intense, passionate and sultry 
Bernice  Niemeyer -  NOT an ingénue – an asset in her opinion. 
Susan  Paige -  A young student at an acting school. 
“Big”  Mary Harper  –  Working as an actress – on the  perferifery. 
“Little”  Mary McCune -  In the same boat as her friend with the same name. 
Madeline  Vauclain -  The languid beauty and knows how to play it. 
Ann  Braddock -  Sensible girl with the ambition. 
Bobby  Melrose –  Soft Southern Belle, fluffy, feminine. 
Judith  Canfield -  Hard cracking, a little older, wise, very dry and sly. 
Kaye  Hamilton -  The newbie – fragile, wispy and naïve. 
Pat  Devine -  A nightclub dancer with a sense of reality. 
Kendall  Adams -  …of the Boston Adams’ … and all that goes with it. 
Linda  Shaw -  Likes to act, might like the company of men better. 
Jean  Maitland -  Beautiful girl in her 20’s.  A  better actress off than on. 
Opportunist. Charming. 
Louise  Mitchell -  She’s getting married and moving to Appleton, but she’ll 
be  back. 
Terry  Randall -  The energetic and vivid personality and face of a born  
actress. 
Tony  Gillette -  A newbie. 
Ellen  Fenwick -  Another newbie. 
The  Staff - 
Mrs.  Orcutt -  (45-65) the house matron.  Former  actress (a bit of 
affectation) loves her current job as advisor to her girls.  Business-like at times. 
Mattie  - (30s maybe older) the matter-of-fact maid of the Footlight’s  Club. 
Frank  -(35) the houseman, baggage carrier and Mattie’s husband. 
The  Men - 
Sam  Hastings -  (20s) Bobby’s boyfriend.  Texan, not  really comfortable in 
the NYC scene.  
Jimmy  Deveraux -  (19-24) an actor. Young, slight, graceful, sensitive.  
Susan’s date. 
Stage Door will  be directed by Joseph Fava.  Production dates are January 
25-27 and January 30—February 3, 2008.  Volunteers are needed to help build the  
set and work backstage.  For more  information, contact the director at 
374-6190. 




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