[Capdist-auditions] Confetti Stage Combined Auditions 10/21 & 10/22

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Confetti Stage Announces Combined Auditions for Upcoming Productions

Monday, October 21 & Tuesday, October 22 at 7:00pm
(possible callbacks Wednesday, October 23)

We are seeking a diverse range of actors to fill roles in the next 3 shows
of the season: The Most Fabulous Story Ever Told, A Piece of My Heart, and
Bent.

Auditions will consist of readings from the scripts.  No monologues
necessary. Headshots/resumes will be accepted, but are not required.

Production dates, play synopses, and character information for each show
are provided below.

Questions can be emailed to confettistageinc at gmail.com or call: (518)
253-1253 <%28518%29%20460-1167>

We are also seeking to fill technical and stage manager/crew positions for
each of these shows.  Please contact Linda Shirey at sweetp7386 at aim.com or
call: (518) 300-5114

~The Most Fabulous Story Ever Told~

By Paul Rudnick
Directed by Neilson Jones
Performance dates: January10-12 & 16-19, 2014

In the beginning there was God.  She wore a headset and created the world
cue by cue.  Confetti Stage celebrates a belated Christmas with this
hilarious retelling of the Old Testament which asks the question, “What if
God had created Adam and Steve…?”  From Eden to Chelsea, follow the couple,
along with Jane and Mabel, as they experience the first brunch, the flood,
a flamboyant Pharaoh, the Nativity, AIDS, heterosexuals, and a
wheelchair-bound, Jewish lesbian Rabbi from cable access TV.  Oy!

CHARACTERS:
9 roles (4m / 5f)

Stage Manager - Female - any age. God. Sleek and incredibly capable

Adam - Male - 20's - Of Eden. Fair, attractive, wide-eyed, and
innocent with a slim yet athletic or toned build. Adam is overwhelmingly
and passionately curious and in love with the world's possibilities. *Role
requires partial nudity.*

Steve - Male - mid 20's to early 30's - Adam's better half. Handsome with a
moderately athletic build.  Steve is good natured but firm in his opinions.
*role requires partial nudity.*

Jane - Female - 20's - Also of Eden. Hefty, proudly and impressively butch,
boisterous, and tough-minded with a short fuse.  Jane is also warm-hearted,
generous, earthy, and wonderfully sane.

MabeL - Female - 20's - Jane's better half. Thin, sprite-like, classic
beauty.  Mabel always responds emotionally to any situation; she is
tremulous, hopeful, and sympathetic to everyone.

Actor #1
Male - able to play 30s - late 40s.  Will play the following roles:
     Latecomer - sophisticated, highly strung audience member arriving late
to the
     performance
     Rabbit #1 - of the Ark
     Dad #1 - wholesome, good-natured, suburban styled. Dad #1 is married
to Mom #1
     Pharaoh - of Egypt
     Shepherd - of the Nativity
     Trey Pomfret - an acerbic and very gay man - of modern Chelsea

Actor #2
Male - able to play age 20s to 30s. Will play the following roles:
     Father Joseph Markham - a priest
     Rabbit #2 - of the Ark
     Rhino - bartender on the Ark, very sexy with an enormous horn
     Dad #2 - good- natured, welcoming, sociable.  Dad #2 is married to Mom
#2
     Brad - of the Pharaoh's Egypt
     Shepherd - of the Nativity
     Kevin Markham - hot young go-go boy, a giddy/toned Chelsea boy

Actress #1
Female - able to play age 30s to 40s. Will play the following roles:
     Miriam Miller - a "matinee lady"
     Babe - a pig of the Ark
     Mom #1 - Married to Dad #1
     Ftatateeta - Pharaoh's Amazon Guard
     Shepherd - of the Nativity
     Rabbi Sharon - a wheelchair-bound lesbian with her own cable access TV
show. Agressively confident, gung-ho, and relishes an audience.


ACTRESS #2
Female - able to play age 20s to 30s. Will play the following roles:
     Cheryl Mindle - young woman from Utah
     Fluffy - a cat of the Ark
     Mom #2 - Married to Dad #2
     Peggy - Pharaoh's Amazon Guard
     Shepherd - of the Nativity

*This production will also need 3 to 5 stage crew / dressers.*

~A PIECE OF MY HEART~
By Shirley Lauro
Directed by Linda Shirey
Performance dates: March 28 - 30 & April 3 - 6, 2014

In honor of Women’s History Month, Confetti Stage presents an award-winning
play about 6 women who went to Vietnam.  This emotionally powerful and true
story follows the women before, during, and after their time in the jungle
of Southeast Asia as each of them struggles to make sense of a war that
forever changed their lives and the nation that shunned them.

CHARACTERS:

7 roles (6f/1m)

Actresses portraying these roles also portray a variety of other roles in
the play; military personnel, friends, relatives, acquaintances, over a
20-year period.  The male actor plays all the male roles in the play.

MARTHA – 22-42. Strong, self-composed, aura of self-discipline, military
bearting. Strong face, American, almost pioneer in feeling.

MARYJO – 17-37. Blond, pretty, outgoing, bubbly personality.  Texas accent.
Sexy; a funny comedienne quality; but sad inside. Must be skillful
guitarist and singer.

SISSY – 20-140. Sweet, feminine, outgoing.  Sense of fun.  Also sense of
harmony and warmth to personality.

WHITNEY – 21-41. Tall, slender, withdrawn, contained. Very aristocratic in
bearing and quality. A Vassar graduate.

LEEANN – 20-40. Asian or Ameriasian. Attractive. Strong, tough, determined
in nature.  An urban, hip quality to her personality.

STEELE – 35-55. African American. Extremely strong, military bearing. Very
intelligent, outgoing, great sense of humor. A pragmatist. Southern.

THE AMERICAN MEN – 18-60. Versatile actor needed for variety of roles.

~BENT~
By Martin Sherman
Directed by Barbara Davis-Dickman
Performance dates: June 6-7 & 12-15, 2014

Celebrating Gay Pride Month, Confetti Stage offers a riveting story of love
in the midst of the Holocaust.  Max is a man on the run.  From the
SS-infiltrated streets of Berlin to the refugee-filled forests of Germany
to the trains of terror that raced the innocent to inevitable destruction,
he struggles to keep his soul afloat amidst the horrors of the labor camps,
where even love is still possible.

CHARACTERS:
11 roles (11m)

Maximillian Berber - 30’s. Wheeler dealer who leads a hedonistic lifestyle
prior to being captured by the Nazis.  Will make a deal with anyone,
including his Nazi captors.

Rudy - Late 20’s - early 30’s.  Boyfriend of Max at beginning of play.
Effusive homebody who tends to become hysterical at times.

Horst - 20’s. Kind-natured, sensitive man Max befriends in Dacheu.
Relatively muscular.

Greta - late 30’s. A cross dresser who owns and performs at a gay nightclub
until arrival of the Nazi’s.  Now lives again with his wife and children.

Uncle Freddie - early 50’s. Closeted homosexual who masks his predilections
with a wife and children for the sake of his prestigious family name.

Man - No name given. Comes home with Max after a night of partying.

5 German soldiers - late 40’s
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