[NEohioPAL] The Waverly Gallery - AUDITIONS

[Janis Harcar]

Weathervane Playhouse

Akron, OH (In the Valley off Merriman Road)

330-836-2626



THE WAVERLY GALLERY – Dramatic Comedy by Kenneth Lonergan

Rehearsals Begin: Wednesday, September 4

Run Dates: October 31 – November 16, 2013 (Dietz Series)

Director: Jeremy Lewis

 

OPEN CALL

Audition Dates

Sunday, August 25, 2013 beginning at 7 p.m.

Monday, August 26, 2013 beginning at 7 p.m.

 

Casting Requiremtns

4 adult actors:

1 woman and 3 men ranging in age from mid-20s to mid-50s.

Note: The play’s fifth character, Gladys Green, has already been cast.

 

ELLEN FINE — Female. Age range: 50s. Gladys Green's daughter, she is a psychiatrist.



DANIEL REED — Male. Age range: 20s. Ellen Fine's son, he is a speechwriter.



HOWARD FINE — Male. Age range: 50s. Ellen Fine's husband and Daniel's step-father, he is a psychiatrist.



DON BOWMAN — Male. Age range: 30s. A painter and waiter from Lynn, Massachusetts, his art work has been exhibited in Gladys Green's gallery.

 

Preparation

Please prepare one dramatic monologue (two to three minutes in length)

 

Audition scenes are available for download at weathervaneplayhouse.com

 

About the Play

The Waverly Gallery takes place in New York City (in Greenwich Village and on the Upper West Side of Manhattan) between the years 1989 to 1991. The play's central character is Gladys, the elderly matriarch of the Green family, who has run an art gallery in a small Greenwich Village hotel for many years. The management wants to replace her less-than-thriving gallery with a coffee shop. Always irascible but now increasingly erratic, Gladys is a cause of concern to her daughter, her son-in-law and her grandson, from whose point of view this poignant memory play is told. A wacky and heartrending look at the effect of senility on a family, The Waverly Gallery was a success at New York's off-Broadway Promenade Theatre, winning an Obie for legendary Eileen Heckart in the role of Gladys.

The Waverly Gallery originated at the Williamstown Theatre Festival in Massachusetts, where it debuted in August of 1999. It then opened at the Promenade Theatre off-Broadway in New York City on March 22, 2000, where it ran for 70 performances before closing May 21, 2000. Among its many honors, The Waverly Gallery was a finalist for the 2001 Pulitzer Prize for Drama. The legendary Eileen Heckart originated the role of Gladys, and her performance earned her the following awards: The 2000 Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Actress, the 2000 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actress, The 1999-2000 OBIE Award for Performance, The 1999-2000 Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Actress in a Play and the 2000 Drama League Award for Distinguished Performance.

 

Our Director

JEREMY LEWIS in both 2011 and 2012 directed one of the eight 10-minute plays in Weathervane Playhouse's 8x10 TheatreFest and now makes his "full-length" directorial debut with The Waverly Gallery. Most recently, he has spent his summer as an assistant instructor with Cleveland Public Theatre's STEP (Student Theatre Enrichment Program).

 

Janis Harcar
Director of Advancement
Weathervane Playhouse
330-836-2626 X16
jharcar at weathervaneplayhouse.com



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