Moon Over Buffalo
by Ken Ludwig
Directed by: Dr. Michael Kirkland
Information for Auditioners
Auditions limited to Kutztown University students.
Synopsis ......................... Commitment Details
Questions: Dr. Kirkland (610) 683 4571
- Dates:
- Wednesday 2/3/99, 7:30pm
Thursday 2/4/99, 7:30pm
Callbacks -- 2/5/99, 4:30pm
All sessions in KU's Rickenback Theatre
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- Roles Available
- George Hay: Late 40s, fiftish. Leading man in the overly energetic
tradition of the 30s and 40s.
- Charlotte Hay: Late 40s. Leading lady in the same tradition.
- Ethel: Charlotte's mother, in her late 60s, 70ish.
- Rosalind: Female engenue; George and Charlotte's attractive daughter;
has supposedly given up acting; late 20s, 30ish.
- Howard: Rosalind's fiancée; late 20s, 30ish. TV Weatherman who
- wants to be an actor
- Paul: male engenue; actor is George and Charlotte's company; former
love interest of Rosalind; late 20s, 30ish
- Richard: 50ish; lawyer; has a thing for Charlotte; wants to take her
- away from George
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- Audition Requirements
- Please sign up for a 5 minute audition slot. The sign up sheet will be
posted on Tuesday, January 25. Please try to sign up for the earliest slots first and try
not to leave large gaps between auditions--as that means I spend a lot of time twiddling
my thumbs waiting for the next audition.
Bring a prepared audition piece not to exceed 2 and 1/2 minutes. It
should be from a contemporary comedy. It does not have to be memorized...but should be if
possible. Memorized or not--the piece should exhibit that you have a clear grasp of
character, situation, comedic timing, and beat definition.
This is a farce so I'm looking for people who can find variety within the
forced, somewhat shrill tonality and energy level required of farce...that "out of
control" quality that is, in actuality, expertly controlled and technically
proficient.
- Commitment
- Commitment 7 performances. Show opens Wednesday, April 21
and runs through Monday, April 26. Wed. through Saturday performances will be at 8 PM.
Sunday, April 25 performances will be at 2 PM and 8 PM. Closing night performance, Monday,
April 26, will be at 7 PM.
Rehearsals will generally be Monday through Friday evenings
with early rehearsals on Friday (4:30-6:30 PM). Final rehearsal schedule will not be
compiled until after auditions and I've had the opportunity to examine potential rehearsal
conflicts.
- Synopsis
- Time: 1953. Place: Erlanger Theatre, Buffalo NY. George and Charlotte Hay are a husband
and wife acting team in the Lunt/Fontaine tradition. Somewhat past their prime, they
continue to eke out an existence playing repertory on the regional theatre circuit. Just
as Charlotte walks out on George for reportedly getting the company engenue pregnant, a
call comes that Ronald Coleman has broken both legs while shooting The Twilight of the
Scarlet Pimpernel and leading lady Greer Garson has walked the production. It seems the
director, Frank Capra, is thinking about casting George in the Coleman role--and George is
sure he can get Charlotte into the Garson role; but Charlotte has already disappeared. The
disappointment leads George to tie one on. The company desperately searches for George and
attempts to sober him up and get him on-stage for the matinee performance of Private Lives
which Capra is to attend before finalizing the contract. What no one knows is that George
thinks the matinee is supposed to be Cyrano de Bergerac. George shows up on stage dressed
as Cyrano while everyone else is attempting Private Lives; the pregnant young lady's
brother is reportedly in the theatre to kill George, and Capra is reportedly in the
house--a farcical recipe for disaster.
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