[Capdist-auditions] THE GHENT PLAYHOUSE ANNOUNCES AUDITIONS

[Linda Murawski]

*Press Release*                                         Contact:
Linda Murawski  (Lindam4GPH at gmail.com) for

Date:
The Ghent Playhouse   518 392-6264


6 Town Hall Place, Ghent, NY  12075
                *FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE*



*THE GHENT PLAYHOUSE*

*ANNOUNCES AUDITIONS *



The Ghent Playhouse announces auditions for the final production of its
2016-2017 Season, *True West*, written by Sam Shepard and directed by
Patrick White.



*Auditions*:            Monday, March 20 and Tuesday, March 21, 2017

                                           Sign-in at 7:00 p.m. – Auditions
will begin at 7:15 p.m.



   THE GHENT PLAYHOUSE

                                       6 Town Hall Place (Adjacent to the
Ghent Firehouse off Route 66),Ghent, New York



*Rehearsals*:          The rehearsal schedule will be based on the
availability of those chosen for the production.  Those interested in
auditioning are asked to be as specific as possible in listing any and all
conflicts.



*Performances:*     May 19-21, 26-28 and June 2-4, 2017

                                                     Friday and Saturday
evenings at 8:00 p.m., Sunday Matinees at 2:00 p.m.



*Casting Info*:        Those auditioning will be asked to read specific
scenes from the script.  Please see the story and

                           character descriptions below for more
information about the play.



*The Story*:  Sam Shepard’s classic comedy of two estranged and seemingly
different brothers locked into a self-destructive combat.  The two are
reunited after five years at their mother’s home in California, being taken
care of by Austin, when the elder brother, Lee, a petty thief, breaks in
hoping to score big robbing homes in the neighborhood.  When the two are
visited by Saul Kimmer, Austin’s agent, Lee steals his attention, finagling
a deal for his improvised Western, while Lee’s labored-over screenplay is
unceremoniously dropped, thrusting the play into verbal and physical
violence as the two fight for possession and control.  When their mother
unexpectedly returns from her Alaskan cruise, she finds her two sons wasted
and at each other’s throats.



The two brothers represent the two sides of the American present:  one
sophisticated, cultured, ambitious and successful; the other alienated and
outcast, raw, wild and violent.  As the play unfolds, the two characters
exchange places and reveal that each is the double of the other.



*The Characters*:



Austin (20’s) – A “successful” young man with a family and a budding
screenwriting career, house-sitting for his mother, who is away on vacation



Lee (20’s) – A drunk, homeless petty thief, always looking for an angle to
make trouble and perhaps a little cash.



Saul Kimmer (30-70) – A Hollywood producer who presents a successful, “with
it” façade.



Mother (60’s & up) – Distracted, well-meaning, but too wrapped up in her
own senior plans to be of any use to her two sons.




*FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, YOU MAY CONTACT THE DIRECTOR THROUGH EMAIL AT *
*white.patrick1963 at gmail.com* <white.patrick1963 at gmail.com>*.*


-- 
Linda Murawski, Office Manager & Publicity person for The Ghent
Playhouse
6 Town Hall Place, Ghent, NY  12075  (518) 392-6264
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