Summer Break Theatre presents auditions for "MIDNIGHT!" by David Epstein.
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PERFORMANCE DATES:
Aug. 6-16
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Rehearsals June 22-29; July 8-Aug. 3
Tech Week Aug. 3-6
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Audition DATE:
February 14, 10am-3pm
6134 E Hwy 290
Austin, TX 78752
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Callbacks:
Feb. 18 in the evening-
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Roles:
Evelyn Maryweather: Mr. Halloway’s assistant (lead, 30s-40s)
Dennis Dean (Deanzie): Mr. Halloway’s lawyer, 50s-60s
Moisha Adelstein: Jewish Mobster, 30s-40s
Max Adelstein: Moisha’s cousin, Jewish mobster, 30s-50s
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*The roles of Jimmy, Tony, Theo, Harvey & Flo have been cast.
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Auditions will consist of cold readings from the script. Actors are encouraged to be familiar with the script if possible.
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Sides will be posted by Feb. 1.
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Actors should be familiar with fast-paced dialogue in 1950's fashion. All ethnicities are encouraged to audition. For the roles of Moisha and Max Adelstein, actors who identify as Jewish are strongly encourages to audition, but not required.
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All roles are paid a stipend + a gas stipend.
About the Play: MIDNIGHT is a fast-paced, hilarious comedy that was performed successfully in NYC. This will be the Texas premiere.
A backstage showbiz farce set in the mid-1950s that follows Jimmy Halloway, a Hollywood director experiencing a severe creative slump. Desperate to revive his career after directing a string of critically panned, albeit successful, war films, Halloway travels to New York for a crucial meeting with a legendary producer, Harvey Gouldenburg. The story features a chaotic mix of characters, including Halloway’s long-suffering assistant/lover Evelyn, his lawyer Dennis, and a stereotypical, perfect British butler named Theo Stintz. Halloway is under pressure to create a masterpiece, all while dealing with a phobia of out-of-work actors, a vengeful actor who previously attacked him, and the arrival of loudmouthed, chaotic industry figures like Gouldenburg.
