[Capdist-auditions] Audition REMINDER - Tuesday 11/23 & Sunday 11/28 - "Broken Glass", Classic Theater Guild

[Laura Griffin]

*REMINDER - Classic Theater Guild Inc. Presents:*


Auditions for *Broken Glass, *written by Arthur Miller

Directed by Stephen Sanborn

(contact producer Laura Griffin at LAPGRIFFIN at GMAIL.COM with inquiries)


*Audition Dates and Location:*


Congregation Beth Israel, 2195 Eastern Parkway, Schenectady.

Park in back of building, by Union Street entrance.


Audition  –  Tuesday Nov. 23rd – 7pm

Audition – Sunday Nov. 28th – 2pm

Callbacks – Tuesday Nov. 30th – 7pm


We will be utilizing sides from the script;  *email to LAPGRIFFIN at GMAIL.COM
<LAPGRIFFIN at GMAIL.COM> to request PDF* sent to you.


*Show Dates and Location: *


Rehearsals to begin with a table reading – Thursday Dec. 2nd – 7pm.


6 performances between Thursday January 20 and Sunday January 30 at
Congregation Beth Israel,

2195 Eastern Parkway, Schenectady.


*Synopsis:*


Phillip and Sylvia Gellburg are a Jewish married couple living in Brooklyn,
New York City, in the last days

of November 1938. Phillip works on foreclosures at a Brooklyn mortgage
bank. When Sylvia suddenly

becomes partially paralyzed from the waist down, after reading about the
events of *Kristallnacht*

(the Night of Broken Glass) in the newspaper, Phillip contacts Dr. Harry
Hyman.

Dr. Hyman believes Sylvia's paralysis is psychosomatic and though he is not
a psychiatrist he begins

to treat her according tohis diagnosis. Throughout the play, Dr. Hyman
learns more about the problems

Sylvia is having in her personal life, particularly in her marriage. After
an argument with his boss,

Philip suffers a heart attack and lays dying in their home. He and Sylvia
confront each other about their

feelings. Before Phillip dies (although his death is never confirmed), his
final words are *"Sylvia, forgive*

*me!"*. Upon his "death", Sylvia is cured of her paralysis. See
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broken_Glass_(play)

for more.


*Roles for 3 males and 3 females:*


*Sylvia Gellberg*

Female, Stage age 40’s to early 60’s

Sylvia lives with her husband Phillip in a brownstone in Brooklyn, New
York. She is smart, bright, and before marrying Phillip worked happily in a
busy and stimulating office job. Sylvia has strong and happy memories of
her family and her family’s ties with their European Jewish heritage. She
loves Phillip but is unhappy with many aspects of their relationship. When
we meet Sylvia she is already suffering from some form of paralysis of her
legs and she’s unable to walk at all.

Philip Gellberg

Male, Stage age 40’s to early 60’s

Phillip works for a prosperous mortgage banking company. He is proud of his
job and proud of the responsibility & trust that his employer Stanton Case
places upon his work and on his judgement in selecting investment
properties. Phillip feels he fits in well at work and in his community and
he’s proud that both he and his son Jerome have made a place for themselves
while also being Jewish. Phillip loves his wife, is proud of her brains and
looks, but doesn’t recognize the roots of unhappiness in their relationship.

Margaret Hyman

Female, Stage age mid-30’s to mid-50’s

Margaret is the office manager for her husband Harry’s medical practice.
She pays attention to what she hears in the office and hears the gossip
about the residents of their Brooklyn community and the patients and
families. She is proud of the fact that the local community relies upon the
care her husband provides. Margaret is also her husband’s confidant and
they often discuss difficult cases Harry encounters. Although her husband
is Jewish, Margaret is not.

Harry Hyman

Male, Stage age mid-30’s to mid-50’s

Dr. Harry Hyman is a general practice physician. It is quite normal for
family doctors in this time period to make house calls such as Harry does
for Sylvia in the course of her illness. Harry is Jewish but in many ways
has assimilated into the secular society around him. Harry is also an avid
amateur equestrian, taking soothing weekend rides through the parks and
tree lined avenues in the area.

Harriet

Female, Stage age 30’s to mid-50’s

Harriet is Sylvia Gellberg’s younger sister. Sylvia and Harriet have a
close relationship and shared many happy memories of their family & their
family’s ties with their European Jewish heritage.

Stanton Case

Male, Stage age 40’s to early 60’s

Stanton Case is Managing Partner of a prosperous mortgage banking company.
He is a keen amateur sailor, with his own large boat to sail around the NY
City waterways & out into the open ocean. Stanton values the advice &
capabilities of Phillip, but only to a point. He’s smooth and urbane, but
at the same time he’s quick to judge when deals go awry.



*COVID-19 Information:*


CTG will be following CDC/NYS Health guidelines, as well as the
requirements of Congregation

Beth Israel regarding COVID-19, including recommendations for
vaccination.  We intend to produce this and

future shows without masks or social distancing among our cast.  In order
to do this, we require that all

auditioners be fully vaccinated for the COVID-19 virus. Proof of vaccine
status will be requested at the auditions.


*Classic Theater Guild does not discriminate on the basis of race, color,
religion, *

*gender, gender expression, national origin, disability, marital status, *

*sexual orientation, or military status, in any of its activities or
operations.*



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