[Capdist-auditions] Call for actors - Torch Song by Harvey Fierstein

[Jj Buechner]

The Local Actors Guild of Saratoga is looking for three actors for their November production of Torch Song.

 

In Torch Song – the two-act revival of Harvey Fierstein’s award-winning Torch Song Trilogy – the life of Arnold Beckoff, a torch song-singing, Jewish drag queen living in New York City, is dramatized over the span of the late 1970s and 1980s. Told with a likable, human voice, Torch Song follows Arnold’s odyssey to find happiness in New York. All he wants is a husband, a child, and a pair of bunny slippers that fit, but a visit from his overbearing mother reminds him that he needs one thing more: respect.

 

David (18-25 to play 15.) is a fifteen-year-old foster child that Arnold considers his son and who he wants to adopt. David is gay and has been abused by his parents. He has been in other foster homes and has been placed with Arnold so that he can have the example of an adult with a positive attitude toward homosexuality. David is bright and wise beyond his years. It is also clear that he loves and respects Arnold very much.

 

Alan (23-30 to play 23.) is a handsome young man, twenty-three years old, who models and aspires to be an actor. He enters a relationship with Arnold following Arnold’s break-up with Ed. He is considerably younger than Arnold, and he is accustomed to being wanted for his looks. Alan is a hustler, who has always been able to make money selling sex.

 

Laurel (25-35 to play 35.) is the woman Ed meets while he is still seeing Arnold and who later becomes Ed’s lover. She is in her mid-thirties and has been involved in many relationships—though none of them have worked to her satisfaction; every man that she has been involved with was either bisexual or married. She seems to see Ed as a last chance for happiness, although it is also clear that she loves him. It is her idea to bring Arnold and Alan to the farm for a weekend getaway. She does this in an effort to prove to herself that Ed will choose her over Arnold.

 

*Please note ages are not set in stone.

*The roles of Arnold, Ed, and Mrs. Beckoff have been cast

Performances are Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays November 15th-24th. Rehearsals will begin September 8th. Rehearsals are generally Sundays, Mondays and Wednesdays. Torch Song is broken up into three major stories and the roles of David, Alan & Laurel each appear in one section so rehearsals will be minimal until later in the rehearsal process. With a minimal rehearsal requirement, we would be able to work with actors’ schedules. If you are interested or have any questions, please email localactorsguild at gmail.com
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