[Capdist-auditions] For immediate release. Auditions at the Ghent Playhouse for The Cemetery Club

[Kelly Mackerer]

GHENT PLAYHOUSE ANNOUNCES AUDITIONS FOR
 
The Cemetery Club
By Ivan Menchell
 
Directed by John Trainor
 
SUNDAY, AUGUST 11 AND MONDAY, AUGUST 12
Sign-in 7:00
 
At The Ghent Playhouse
6 Town Hall Place
Ghent, NY  12075
 
 
PLAY SYNOPSIS: 
 
Three Jewish widows meet once a month for tea before going to visit their husbands’ graves.  Ida is sweet tempered and ready to begin a new life.  Lucille is a feisty embodiment of the girl who just wants to have fun.  Doris is priggish and judgmental, particularly when Sam enters the scene.  He meets the widows while visiting his wife’s grave.  Doris and Lucille squash the budding romance between Sam and Ida, and are   guilt-stricken when this nearly breaks Ida’s heart.  A touching, funny and moving play.
 
CHARACTERS:
 
IDA – The gentlest and most charming of the three widowed friends and the one who faces life the most realistically.  She is ready to move on past grief and accept new challenges
 
LUCILLE – The most brazen of the three friends.  She is always looking for a good deal and a good time, and “getting even” with her unfaithful, dead husband.
 
DORIS – The most conservative of the three, Doris refuses to change any element of her life.  She adheres to her strict principles of love and respect, and expects her friends to do the same.
 
SAM – The local butcher still mourning the loss of his wife, but who realizes that life has much to offer, and is willing to take a chance on finding happiness again.
 
MILDRED – A show-off and a flirt.  (A smaller role, though BIG in personality)
 
ALL FIVE CHARACTERS ARE IN THEIR LATE 50’S TO LATE 60’S
 
Looking for strong actors with a great sense of comedic timing.  Think “Jewish Golden Girls.”
 
Those auditioning will be asked to read from the script
 
If you are younger or older than the ranges listed, but feel that you can portray any of these characters, please do not hesitate to audition.
 
 
PERFORMANCE DATES:  October 11-13, 18-20, 25-27, 2019
 
 
For more information, please visit info at ghentplayhouse.org <mailto:info at ghentplayhouse.org> or contact the director at jbmt1943 at gmail.com <mailto:jbmt1943 at gmail.com>
 








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