[NEohioPAL] Twin Masks Announces auditions for After-Play

[Claudia Lillibridge]

Twin Masks Performing Arts Center announces auditions

for After-Play, written by Anne Meara

Directed by D. Keith Stiver

Auditions will be held on Sunday, July 15, at 6 PM, and Tuesday, July 17,
at 7 PM.

Monologues are welcome, but not required. Readings will be done from the
script.

Perusal scripts (2) available at The Twinsburg Public Library - Reference
Desk - you will need to leave your Driver’s License or some form of ID at
the Reference Desk while you read play at the Library - Library is located
at 10050 Ravenna Road, Twinsburg, OH  44087, tel. 330-425-4268;
http://www.twinsburglibrary.org/

Auditions will be held at The First Congregational Church of Twinsburg

9050 Church Street

Twinsburg, OH  44087

PLEASE PARK IN THE LOT BEHIND THE CHURCH AND ENTER THROUGH THE BACK DOOR -
THERE WILL BE SIGNS DIRECTING YOU TO THE AUDITION SPACE

All characters are in their very late 40s, or older. 4 men, 3 women.

THE STORY: Set in the newest "in" Manhattan restaurant, the play opens with
an ethereal waiter preparing for the arrival of a party of four. Just as
the two couples are about to enter, it magically begins to snow making the
night perfect for a cozy after-theater supper. The two middle-aged couples,
Marty and Terry, and Renee and Phil, old friends reuniting after three
years, have just seen a new Broadway play. Shedding the formality of the
theater, the four friends settle into the comfort of the restaurant, order
cocktails and begin to reacquaint themselves. The years and distance
separating them have changed them more than they thought. Discussing the
play and playing catch-up leads to little arguments and major differences
of opinion. More drinks are ordered and apologies ease the way into dinner
over which are discussed sex, the wearing of fur, matters of health and
problems with their children. Time and distance aside, these couples know
each other very well and will always be close friends. A third couple,
Emily and Matt, acquaintances of Marty and Terry, stop by the table to say
hello. After introductions, they are convinced to stay for a nightcap even
though Emily has already had too much to drink. The nightcap sends her over
the edge, and when the recent tragic death of her son is brought up, the
uncomfortable situation is made worse. Emily makes a drunken, public
spectacle of herself, forcing Matt to all but carry her out of the
restaurant. The ugliness of the moment is not lost on Marty, Terry, Renee
and Phil, all of whom are deeply affected. Having shared painful secrets
and made new discoveries about one another, the four put their
disagreements and arguments behind them and forge ahead in friendship until
next time.


Perhaps best known as half of the comedy team, Stiller and Meara, the
highly respected actress Anne Meara's playwriting debut transferred from
Manhattan Theatre Club to a successful Off-Broadway run. "…Meara…has
written an astonishingly strong first play…Think Edward Albee and maybe
Shecky Greene filtered through the sensibility of an observant woman on her
way to psychological perfect pitch…No joke. Meara is a find." —NY Newsday.
"…there is a solidity to Meara's writing that a lot of theatre writing
lacks. That makes this an unusually entertaining evening." —NY Daily News.

For further information you may visit our website, www.twinmasks.org; tel.
330-888-3211; email:  claudia at twinmasks.org.

Twin Masks Performing Arts Center (TMPAC) is a proud member of the
Twinsburg Chamber of Commerce, Twinsburg Historical Society and the Ohio
Community Theatre Association (OCTA).


TMPAC is located in the heart of Twinsburg, right on the square, in between
The Silent Mind and Laundromat, at 9076 Church Street, Suite 2 and 3,
Twinsburg, OH  44087.

TMPAC is a registered 501c3 non profit entity.
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