[Capdist-auditions] Albany Civic Theater auditions for Neil Simon's "Plaza Suite, " Sept. 20, 21, 7pm

[Charles Treadwell]

Auditions for Albany Civic Theater's second show of the 2010-2011 season, Plaza Suite by Neil Simon, directed by Margaret King, will be held Monday, September 20 and Tuesday, September 21, 2010 at Albany Civic Theater, 235 Second Avenue , Albany , NY , 462-1297, info at albanycivictheater.org. 
  
Plaza Suite runs November 5-21, 2010. 
  
Auditions begin at 7pm both evenings; there is no need to make an appointment. There is no need to prepare a monologue; auditions will consist of cold readings from the script. We are looking for 4-5 women, able to play ages 20-60, and 4-5 men, able to play ages 18-60. 
  
Hilarity abounds in this portrait of three couples successively occupying a suite at the Plaza. A suburban couple take the suite while their house is being painted and it turns out to be the one in which they honeymooned 23 (or was it 24?) years before and was yesterday the anniversary, or is it today? This wry tale of marriage in tatters is followed by the exploits of a Hollywood producer who, after three marriages, is looking for fresh fields. He calls a childhood sweetheart, now a suburban housewife, for a little sexual diversion. Over the years she has idolized him from afar and is now more than the match he bargained for. The last couple is a mother and father fighting about the best way to get their daughter out of the bathroom and down to the ballroom where guests await her or as Mother yells, "I want you to come out of that bathroom and get married!" 
  
Available roles: 
  
Karen Nash (45-55) Forty-eight years old and fine with it. A pleasant and affable woman, comfortable with herself and her age, witty, down-to-earth. 
  
Sam Nash (45-55) Sam is fifty years old but can not come to terms with it. He is trim, incredibly neat, well-tailored, exercises and diets, and is a workaholic. 
  
Jean Mc Cormack (25-30) Jean is Sam’s secretary and highly efficient. She is well groomed, attractive, and bright and cheerful at 28 years of age. She is also Sam’s mistress. (Jean will also play the bride in a later act.) 
  
Waiter (20-50) Well-trained to be friendly and please customers. (The waiter will be in two acts and can be either male or female.) 
  
Bellhop (18-30) Younger, eager to please and will visit as long as needed to get a tip. (The Bellhop will also play the groom in a later act.) 
  
Jesse Kiplinger (35-45) A confident forty-year-old Hollywood producer who has made his success but still feels his life is missing the kind of relationship he had in his teens with Muriel. 
  
Muriel Tate (35-40) Late thirties, very attractive and still seems somewhat naive. Warm and generous and very impressed with Jesse, although she claims to be happily married. She is unsure of meeting with him, and yet can’t seem to make a decision to stay or go. 
  
Norma Hubley (40-60) Mother of the bride and trying to appear calm in a crisis with every one- EXCEPT her husband. Married to a Type A personality, she sways from trying to keep him in calm and in control while passively and aggressively taking a stand for herself. 
  
Roy Hubley (40-60) Father of the bride, a competitive businessman, out of his league when dealing with emotions and marrying off his daughter.


      
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