[NEohioPAL] Beck Ctr. Seeks Actor Opposite Dorothy Silver in Eric Coble Play

[Scott Spence]

Beck Center is seeking an actor for Eric Coble's The Velocity of Autumn.
 
Appointments will be taken beginning at 10AM this Wednesday (August 10th) for Auditions on Monday, August 15th. Appointment slots will begin at 5:30PM and continue until 7:30PM. See below for information.
 
Auditions:  Monday, August 15th by appointment only. Slots beginning at 5:30PM. Call 216-521-2540 x10 for an appt.
 
Performances: The Velocity of Autumn will begin performances on March 23rd, 2012. The show closes April 29th. 
                               Please note that there is one dark week (April 6/7/8) during the run.
 
Rehearsals: Will most likely begin in mid February.

Preparation:  Actors are asked to prepare a brief (90 second or so) monologue of your choosing. Some cold reading may be involved as well.
 
Both Equity and non-Equity actors are welcome to audition for this role.

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Alexandra, 70’s, dressed to go out, sits sleeping in her meticulous Brooklyn brownstone living room on a beautiful Fall morning.  The only odd thing… are the jars of flammable film-developing fluid placed in front of every door and on every window-sill, all tied together with jury-rigged fuses.  And Alexandra sits holding a lighter.
 
So begins her final epic battle:  to fend off her children outside and live out the rest of her years in her beloved home.
 
But she’s about to receive the unlikeliest of guests.  Through an upstairs window climbs her son Tom, 40’s, the youngest (and most prodigal) of the family.  He’s been persona non grata since he fled years ago, but now stands the only chance talking mom off this insanest of ledges.
 
Can she-- should she -- go quietly into that good night of a nice retirement community?  Or die as she’s lived, in a fierce blaze of passionate independence?  And who is she willing to take out with her?




CHARACTER DESCRIPTION:


TOM
40's.  The youngest member of the family, artistic, has never found a place in the world to truly call his own, haunted by the weight of possibility.  Though he and his mother had perhaps the strongest bond in the family, he hasn't returned home for 20 years, even missing his father's funeral.  






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