[Capdist-auditions] Auditions for the Ghent Playhouse - The Boys Next Door

[Matt Sikora]

“The Boys
Next Door”



Directed by Paul Murphy



 



“The Boys Next Door” is largely a comedic play but with
some serious, and some very touching parts as well.  The play revolves around the lives of four
mentally challenged men who live in a group apartment and are supervised by a
young man named Jack Palmer, who also supervises four other apartments of
similarly challenged individuals.  The
goal is to “mainstream” the men.






The play employs nine actors: seven men and two women.






One of the male actors plays three different male
roles.  And one of the female actors
plays three different female roles.  



 



Auditions
will be held at the Ghent Playhouse, Rte.66, Ghent, NY Monday and Tuesday,
December 1st and 2nd – 7 PM



Performance dates: 
January 23, 2009 to February 8, 2009 – Friday and Saturday evenings and
Sunday matinee.



Male roles: 



Arnold
Wiggins – marginal intelligence, a nervous man in his forties.



Lucien
P. Smith – African-American, very limited intelligence, about 50.



Norman
Bulansky – overweight, sloppy, limited intelligence, maybe 30.



Barry
Klemper – above average intelligence in many ways, but hampered by mental
problems, schizophrenic, chronic history of institutions, 28.



Jack
Palmer – supervisor of the “Boys”, mid-thirties, a wry man.



Mr.
Klemper – coarse, poorly dressed,
 needs a shave, has only one arm, middle-aged.



Same actor for the following roles:



Mr.
Hedges – middle-aged to elderly.



Mr.
Corbin – mild-mannered, middle-aged.



Senator
Clarke – dignified, middle-aged.



 



Female roles:



Sheila
– overweight, late 20’s/early 30’s, dresses and speaks poorly.



Same actor for the following roles:



Mrs.
Fremus – deaf widow, elderly.



Mrs.
Warren – cheerful woman in her thirties, possibly a bit older.



Clara
– a friend of Sheila’s, no specific age, severely limited.



 



Also seeking:





Assistant props manager



 


Contact:   Paul Murphy - 518-781-4200 or
pmcd at fairpoint.net
www.ghentplayhouse.org

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