[Capdist-auditions] CORRECTION of Performance Dates! Auditions at Curtain Call Theatre (Latham NY) for Family Furniture by AR Gurney

[Cindy Bates]

Correction! *** Performance Dates for Family Furniture at Curtain Call Theatre are Friday, September 12th to Saturday, October 11th ***

 

Curtain Call Theatre (Latham, NY) will be holding auditions for their

upcoming regional premiere production of

 Family Furniture by A. R. Gurney

 Directed by Cindy Brizzell-Bates

 

Location:             Curtain Call Theatre, 210 Old Loudon Rd, Latham, NY 12110

Date:                      Sunday, April 27th and Monday, April 28th 2014

Time:                    6:30pm                                           

Rehearsals:        Begin in early July on pre-arranged weekend day times and Sun-Wed evenings

Performances:  September 12th – October 11th 2014 (Thu 7:30pm, Fri & Sat 8pm, Sun 3pm)

 

There is no need to make an appointment. Sides will be available at the audition.

Please bring a picture and resume (attached), if you have them.

 

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About the Play:

A. R. Gurney’s new play, Family Furniture, takes us on a meaningful path through the lives of an early 1950s family of four; each of them are determined to define what “love” means in their lives. The play takes place at the family’s summer home on the Canadian shore of Lake Erie where the beauty of the ocean and joy of summer life allows the parents, Russell and Claire, to guide their young adult children through their early romances; meanwhile, we watch as Claire appears to be engaged in an affair as she searches for more passionate kind of love in her own life. Siblings Nick and Peggy are forced to confront the possibility of their mother’s infidelity while navigating their father’s rigid but “loving” demands on them – all this while they, too, are trying to discover what love means for each of them.

Dramatists Play Services describes the play as follows: “Amid the gin and tonics, vichyssoise, and tennis doubles of Buffalo's summer scene, siblings Nick and Peggy must confront their mother's possible infidelity, their father's apparent indifference, and their own increasingly complicated love lives. Family Furniture is a coming-of-age-tale of one certain summer when everything shifts.”

There are roles available for:  2 Males, 3 Females

Russell, 50s (Father) – Russell is a fairly typical 1950s father enjoys great respect from his children and wife, but who also tends to micromanage their lives – and sometimes misses seeing the heart of his family altogether.

Claire, 40s (Mother) – Claire is an industrious, light-hearted woman who is generous with her time, helping out many volunteer organizations; such tasks do not fulfill her heart nor does her marriage, so the audience wonders through most of the play if she is engaging in an extramarital affair.

Peggy, mid 20s (Daughter) – Peggy is a passionate, friendly young woman who is trying to find her place in society and to understand what she needs from love in her life. She is heading into her senior year at Vassar College but by the end of the play, she isn’t sure that is the right place for her anymore.

Nick, early 20s (Son) – Nick is a bright, practical, and compassionate young man who works odd jobs throughout the summer in an attempt to buy his first car. He attends Williams College and wants to be able to finally have a car on campus – and so he can go see his girlfriend, Betsy, at the Bennington College.

Betsy, early 20s (Nick’s Girlfriend) – Betsy is a highly educated and opinionated young woman who tends to see Nick as her “project” so she can shape and mold his moral compass. She is a strong student at Bennington College.

For more information about the theatre and the rest of our season, please visit our website at www.curtaincalltheatre.com <http://www.curtaincalltheatre.com/> .

Thank you!

Cindy Brizzell-Bates

cindy at batesny.com <mailto:cindy at batesny.com>  

 

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