[Capdist-auditions] Home Made Theater announces open auditions for a December production of Moonlight and Magnolias

[Erin Harrington]

[image: image.png]*ANNOUNCING *
* OPEN AUDITIONS*



for a December production

of *Moonlight and Magnolias*

By Ron Hutchinson



*Directed by Terri Storti*

*Thursday, October 7 & Friday, October 8 from 7:00-9:00*



*At their new location at Wilton Mall, near JC Penney*



            It’s Hollywood, 1939, and mogul David O. Selznick has just shut
down production on the most eagerly anticipated movie in history, *Gone
with the Wind*, scrapping the script and sacking the director. Hollywood is
a buzz. Determined to produce a rewrite in five days, he engages the
reluctant services of ace script doctor Ben Hecht – possibly the only
person in America who has not read the novel – and the movie’s new director
Victor Fleming, straight from the set of *The Wizard of Oz* after
squabbling with the Munchkins and coming to blows with Judy Garland. With
his reputation on the line, and nothing but peanuts and bananas to sustain
them, Selznick locks the three collaborators in his office, and a marathon
creative session begins.

            “Moonlight and Magnolias is an entertaining trip to the
mythical world of Tinsel Town during a bygone era. However, through the
comedy and mayhem, there are serious references to society and cultural
concerns. One is how being Jewish in the 1930’s Hollywood was perceived.
Another is the perception of slavery during The Civil War. Others deal with
the Nazis coming to power, membership in Country Clubs, and how some
romance ‘The Old South’. Hopefully, one day these and other prejudices will
also be, ‘gone with the wind’.” – TOM VALENTINE Correspondent, Allegany
Magazine

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*Character Breakdown **– **All characters are approximately 35-55. This is
a general guideline.*

*Roles are open to all ethnicities and gender identities.*



*David O. Selznick*: The fanatically driven movie producer and son-in-law
of the producer Louis B. Mayer. The son of a movie distributor who became
bankrupt in the 1920’s, Selznick rose to the top of the Hollywood tree
working at RKO, Paramount & MGM before starting his own Selznick
International Pictures. He was notorious

for his frantic pace of work and the astonishing volume of memos he
produced on every

aspect of the productions (seen by some as meddling and by others as
attention to detail).



*Victor Fleming*: Started his working life as a motor mechanic, but got a
break in the film business as a camera assistant, moving on to direct many
action movies in the 1920’s and 30’s. With a robust manner and love of
outdoor sports Fleming was known as a “man’s director”, but his two best
known and most successful credits were *The Wizard of Oz* and *Gone with
the Wind*. Coincidentally, in both cases he was a substitute to replace the
original director in the early days of shooting.



*Ben Hecht*: A successful Chicago journalist, Hecht became one of the most
celebrated and prolific

screenwriters in the early days of film in Hollywood, as well as
contributing uncredited work as a “script

doctor” on many more (including *Gone with the Wind*). As well as
journalism and screenplays he wrote short

stories, novels, plays (including *The Front Page*) and later ghost wrote
Marilyn Monroe’s autobiography. A

lifelong activist for Jewish causes, his active support of the Zionist
movement in Palestine led to a British

boycott of his work in the late 1940’s & 1950’s.



*Miss Poppenguhl*: Selznick’s exceptionally efficient secretary. Usually
tireless, but by the end of the five days even she is more than a little
dazed.

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*No Appointment is necessary • Auditions will be from the script.*



*Please bring a current photo & resume (cannot be returned).*



*Rehearsals to begin Sunday, October 10 and will be held 4-5 days/week at
the Wilton Mall (near JC Penney).*



*Performances will be December 3,4,5 & 10,11,12 at Saratoga Arts, 320
Broadway, Saratoga Springs.*



*For further information visit Home Made Theater’s website, *
www.HomeMadeTheater.org*, *

*or call (518)-587-4427.*
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