AUDITIONS:

IT’S ONLY A PLAY

Written by TERRENCE MCNALLY
Directed by CATE CAPLIN

SYNOPSIS:

It’s the opening night of The Golden Egg on Broadway, and the wealthy producer is throwing a lavish party in her lavish Manhattan townhouse. Downstairs the celebrities are pouring in, but the real action is upstairs, where a group of insiders have staked themselves out in the producer’s bedroom, waiting for the reviews to come in. Included are the excitable young author; the brilliant but unstable director; the pill-popping leading lady; and the playwright’s best friend, an egotistical but insecure comic actor who the play was originally written for. Also present are a fawning, hypocritical drama critic and a would be singer working as a part-time servant. The good natured bonhommie with which the evening begins grows steadily nastier—and funnier—as the reviews (all bad) come in, and those assembled seek desperately to pin the blame on each other. This show, in its own absurd way, examines the nature of the relationships and surrogate families that develop during the course of producing a show while also putting a glaring spotlight on all of the varied and ridiculous insecurities, ego trips, and anxieties that come along with it. 

PERFORMANCES:

June 1-22, 2024
Thursday at 7 pm (Followed by Q & A)
Friday at 8 pm
Saturdays at 2 pm (Select dates)
Saturday at 8 pm
Sundays at 2 pm

LOCATION:

TORRANCE THEATRE AT 1316 CABRILLO AVE.
1316 Cabrillo Ave. - Torrance, CA 90501

AUDITIONS:

Interested actors must fill out the form below. Please include all potential conflicts with the possible rehearsal dates listed on the production calendar.

Audition appointments available on Monday, April 1st or Tuesday, April 2nd between 7:30 pm - 10:00 pm.

Prepare a brief, contemporary, comedic monologue.

Call-backs by invitation on April 3rd and/or April 4thf between 7:30 pm - 10:00 pm.

Auditions will be held at the Torrance Cultural Arts Center at 3330 Civic Center Dr. in Torrance, 90503. (Due to Hay Fever tech week at 1316 Cabrillo Ave.)

Reminder, all those who are cast will be required to register as a volunteer for the City of Torrance.

This is a non-union, non-paid gig. No participation fees are required.

CHARACTER BREAKDOWN:

JAMES WICKER - Male. 35-55.  The nervous and excitable playwright, desperate to reach the level and status of iconic playwrights of the past. Everything is riding on tonight.

PETER AUSTIN - Male. 35-55. Witty, sarcastic, middling sitcom star; has been best friends with Peter since their off-off Broadway days, egotistical but insecure, turned down the lead in "The Golden Egg" to remain on his (just cancelled) television series, secretly thrilled with the terrible reviews the play receives.

JULIA BUDDER - Female. 30-59 The extremely wealthy, neophyte, and first-time producer of the play; enthusiastic and passionate devotee of ''the theatre," charmingly dotty and benevolent dilettante, not the most self-aware woman in the world, 

VIRGINIA NOYES - The Star. Female. 50-70. The pill-popping, Tony-winning leading lady of the play; trying to resurrect her career by returning to Broadway after a series of movie flops and more than a few cocaine hits.

FRANK FINGER - Male. 25-35.The angst-ridden, boy-wonder/enfant terrible, British-by-way-of New Jersey director of "The Golden Egg;" a self-deprecating almost to the point of self-loathing sort who, after a string of 14 theatrical successes, longs for the flop that will reveal him to be the poseur he claims he actually is, prone to bouts of histrionics and kleptomania.

IRA DREW - Male. 40-60. Fawning, sycophantic, two-faced drama critic who is a closet playwright, skewers the theatre world he desperately wants to be a part of.

GUS - The Help - Male. 18-29. Polite, somewhat naive farm boy who checks the coats and hats but has aspirations for a Broadway career.

meet the director:

CATE CAPLIN has produced, directed and choreographed over 200 productions and her work has been seen on television, in films, music videos, commercials and in theatrical venues world wide from the Paris Opera House to the Broadway Stage. Cate is a 34 times regional and international Theatrical Ballroom Dance Champion and her Production company, Night and Day Entertainment, co-founded with creative partner Vernon Willet, custom designs entertainment for private parties, corporate events and industrial trade shows. She is also a theatre and dance coach, a philanthropist and a published writer. Cate wrote and directed her first feature film, Mating Dance which won an Accolade Award, Best Indie Feature at the NYC 2021Oniros Film Festival, and a 2022 Indie Fest Film Awards of Merit for Direction, Screen play and Feature Film. She has been the recipient of a Garland Award, a Broadway World Award , a Women In Theatre Red Carpet Award, multiple LA Stage Alliance Ovation, Eddon and Scenie Awards and was the recipient of an Award of Excellence from the LA Film Commission for her work as a Writer, Director, Choreographer and Producer.

The Torrance Theatre Company is a program of the Cultural Services Division of the Torrance Community Services Department. www.TorranceCA.Gov Sponsored in part by Friends of Torrance Theatre Company.

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