[Capdist-auditions] Auditions for Steve Martin comedy!

[Michael Silvia]

Auditions continue tonight (Tuesday). If for some reason you cannot attend, but are still interested in auditioning, please send an email. Thank you, see you there.

Picasso at the Lapin Agile by Steve Martin
Monday, November 13th and Tuesday, November 14th
(If needed, a 3rd night of auditions will be held on Thursday, Nov 16th.)
Sign-ups 6:30pm, Auditions start at 7pm.
Auditions and performances are held at the Congregation Beth Israel, 2195 Eastern Parkway, Schenectady, NY (Niskayuna).
Presented by CTG.

Auditions will consist of provided sides from the play.
Proposed performance dates are January 18, 20, 21; 25, 27 and 28, 2024.

Roles for 7 male and 2 female characters. All genders/ethnicities will be considered for all roles. Could be expanded, depending on what doubling is done.
If age is not listed after the name, there is some flexibility.

FREDDY - the owner and bartender of the Lapin Agile

GASTON - an older man

GERMAINE - waitress and Freddy's girlfriend

ALBERT EINSTEIN - age twenty-five (can be older)

SUZANNE/A FEMALE ADMIRER - age nineteen

SAGOT - Picasso's art dealer

PABLO PICASSO - age twenty-three

CHARLES DABERNOW SCHMENDIMAN - a young man with big plans

THE COUNTESS

A VISITOR – age twenty-five

Note: Plan is for Schmendiman actor to act as Swing for Einstein/Picasso/Freddy; Sagot actor for Gaston. Dependent on actors involved.

*This is a very short rehearsal period and there are multiple respiratory illnesses going around. Due to concern about safety for cast and crew, and not just safety but also successfully rehearsing and performing the show... actors will be asked to stay masked during rehearsals and off-stage during tech week. The plus side of this is no vaccination status needs to be proved. *

SYNOPSIS:  This long-running Off-Broadway absurdist comedy places Albert Einstein and Pablo Picasso in a Parisian cafe in 1904, just before the renowned scientist transformed physics with his theory of relativity and the celebrated painter set the art world afire with cubism.

In his first comedy for the stage, the popular actor and screenwriter Steve Martin plays fast and loose with fact, fame and fortune as these two geniuses muse on the century's achievements and prospects as well as other fanciful topics with infectious dizziness.

Bystanders, including Picasso's agent, the bartender and his mistress, Picasso's date, an elderly philosopher, and an idiot inventor introduce additional flourishes of humor. The final surprise patron to join the merriment at the Lapin Agile is a charismatic dark-haired singer time warped in from a later era.


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