[Capdist-auditions] Auditions for NYC Playwright's Staged Readings!

[Tim O'Leary]

3 Dollar Bill Productions is casting staged readings of two new plays by young NYC playwright Tim O'Leary (www.timolearyonline.com), as well as one new play by local playwright Michael Meade.

WHEN: This Saturday, January 23rd, beginning at 1 PM sharp.

WHERE: SUNY Albany campus - Performing Arts Center - Arena Theater.  Signs will be posted inside the PAC directing you towards the space.

Sides will be presented at the auditions, and you will be given time to
rehearse. It is not necessary to have anything prepared.  Please bring
a photo of yourself with you. It doesn't have to be anything fancy -- just so we'll remember you!



NOTE: The previous collaboration between playwright Tim O'Leary and 3 Dollar Bill Productions resulted in his play, Pieces on the Board, being performed in a professional Equity production in New York as part of the NY International Fringe Festival, and starring Josh Berresford of Dante's Cove. (In other words, getting cast in the readings could open doors to a part in the future.)


PLAY:

Nightmare World: A Sci-fi Action-Adventure Romantic Comedy


by Tim O'Leary

Synopsis: Read the title. Exactly what it sounds like. 

(Date of Performance: Feb 20th) 

   

Parts available:

   

LANCELOT - a young slacker whose destiny is to save the
world, aloof, good comic timing

BALDIR – a lieutenant for the Resistance, snarky, sympathetic, leadership
quality

CASSANDRA – beautiful, mysterious, a psychic with an edgy
toughness

KALI – extremely tough soldier, doesn’t take crap from anyone

PATROCLUS - flamboyant and funny at first, then turns dark and
grim after a traumatic eventACHILLES - Macho tactical officer, lover of Patroclus

LOKI - mischievous and disloyal, betrays the Resistance

ISIS - sarcastic, dry wit, and a total bad-ass

COYOTE - creepy and dangerous henchman, wickedly sadisticMORRIGAN - Leader of the resistance, wise, noble, charismaticCLEOPATRA - Man in drag, the hilarious, flamboyant, bitchy leader of the totalitarian government

PLAY:

Shadows of Springfield,
by Michael Meade





Synopsis: The untold story of Abraham Lincoln's relationship with another man. (Date of Performance: March 20th.)
Parts available:
Young Abraham – Shy, greatly lacking in confidence, no idea
of the man he’ll becomeAbraham Lincoln - The stern, world-weary President of the United States


Young Joshua – Gregarious, charming, full of boisterous
energyJoshua Speed - Lincoln's lover in his youth, now a close confidant


Young Mary – A know-it-all, bossy, forthright woman in a
time when women were expected to be quiet
PLAY:
The Redemption of AphroditeBy Tim O'Leary




Synopsis: A re-imagining of
Sophocles’ Antigone, in which a Greek
princess falls in love with an Amazon warrior. (Date of Performance: Apr 24th)


Parts Available:



ANTIGONE – Sharp-tongued and feisty, dissatisfied with playing
the role of a docile princess.

IONE - Confident, tough, intelligent, what we would today
call “street-smart.”  An Amazon who has
been domesticated, yet hasn’t lost her edge.

APHRODITE – The Goddess of Love and Beauty.  Bitchy, witty, glamorous, constantly in a
state of sexual arousal, often when it’s inappropriate. 

APOLLO – The God of Music and Prophecy, who as punishment
for a crime is forced to live as a mortal soldier.  Extremely handsome and charming, haughty,
arrogant, at times as bitchy as Aphrodite.

ISMENE – Antigone’s sister. Spoiled, seemingly vapid, yet
hiding a true strength underneath.

POLYNICES – Antigone’s brother, set to become the King.  Darkly handsome.  Brash, proud, headstrong, his entire being is
ruled by the anger he feels towards his traitorous brother.

ETEOCLES – Antigone’s brother and King of Thebes.  Stubborn, authoritative, no-nonsense.CREON - The advisor to Eteocles, a ruthless, calculating man who wants the throne for himselfHAEMON - Creon's son and Polynices' lover, he is plotting with Polynices against his father







      
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