[Capdist-auditions] NRCC Open Call Audition Notice -- Full Cast

[Eidolon Theater]

*AFTER YESTERDAY* (English version):  Open Call for all parts



The New Russia Cultural Center is holding auditions for their American
premiere of  F. Gorenstein's  play "*After Yesterday*" (original title “
*Berdichev*”).



Gorenstein, best known for scripting the 1972 film "Solaris", portrays the
everyday life of a Jewish family after the Holocaust in Central Ukraine.
It is an unsentimental story about post-Holocaust Jews, separated from
their culture, history and people, who nonetheless survive through laughter
and tears.   It was the surprise hit of the season at its world premiere at
the Mayakovsky Theater in Moscow in 2014.



*DIRECTOR:*  *OLEG GOLUB *-- Director, actor (Russian Academy of Theater
Arts, Moscow), TV host, screenwriter, and theater jurist.  (More
information at newrussiacenter.org web site.)



*RAKHIL* – War-widow with 2 daughters and strong personality -- can be warm
and humorous, or profane and argumentative. (Mid-40’s)

 *ZLOTA *– Rakhil’s older sister, a dressmaker, long-suffering but looks
for the good in others.  (50+)

 *RUZYA *– Rakhil’s daughter, can’t live up to her mother’s expectations,
so retreats into a loveless marriage.  (20’s)

*LYUSYA* – Rakhil’s younger daughter, doted on by her mother, cheerful,
outgoing.  (Teen)

*VILYA* – Rakhil’s nephew, a keen observer, smart, wry, little tolerance
for hypocrisy and injustice. (Teen, then adult)

*SUMER *– Rakhil’s brother.  Dotes on his sisters, but can’t tolerate
Rakhil’s uproars.  Always ready with a homily.  (50+)

*MILYA *– Ruzya’s husband, struggles for status and acceptance, but
stigmatized by his Jewish heritage never succeeds.  (30’s)

*BRONFENMACHER *– Headstrong and belligerent neighbor. A member of the City
Committee, he bullies others for his own end, but becomes compliant when he
needs their support.  (50+)

*MARIK and GARIK* – Ruzya and Milya’s sons, rowdy squabblers with uncouth
friends.  (7-12 yrs)

*GARIK (adult)* – Ruzya and Milya’s younger son, lovelorn, rebels against
his parents. (Late teen, 20s)

*TOLYA* – Milya’s co-worker, aging athlete, tough guy, often drunk.  (30’s+)

*BYLYA SCHNEUR* – Cousin, financially better off, sympathetic to the
sisters, but reserved.   (40+)

*FANYA* – Neighbor, saved from Holocaust by her husband, who later resents
having a Jewish wife. (30+)

*ZOYA* – Fanya’s daughter and Lyusha’s best friend.  Fears her father.
(Teen)

*BORIS MAKZANIK* – Factory poet, populist, object of disdain for Vilya.
(30+)

*OVECHKIS *– Intellectual Moscow Jew, out of touch with the lives of less
urbane Jews.  (50+)



Some parts will be double-cast.   The script is still being finalized, and
selections will be made available on site.

You may prepare a one-minute monologue, but this venue will be for mixed
readings from the script.



Open Call Auditions will be held on:

                           Wednesday      October 13       6-8 pm

                           Thursday          October 14       6-8 pm

Location:

            New Russia Cultural Center
            1550 Broadway
            Rensselaer, NY  12144

   Performance dates:      01/07/22 - 01/16/22

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